Sharks and survival.
Boston: D. C. Heath and Co., 1963. Octavo, photographs, publisher's boards. More
Boston: D. C. Heath and Co., 1963. Octavo, photographs, publisher's boards. More
Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2009. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings. The first of three volumes that will chart the progress of a scientific inventory of New Zealand's live and fossil biodiversity. This is a lavish production and value for money. An international effort involving more than 220 New Zealand..... More
London: Edward Arnold, 1956. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustraitons, maps, diagrams. Signature, good copy in publisher's cloth. More
Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1997. Octavo, text illustrations, maps. The area covered is broadly representative of the central American fish fauna. More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 19301933. Quarto, text illustrations, plates. Binder's cloth, some stamps, a very good copy. Archaic fish are better thought of as "fossil fish", in that they are living examples of fishes that existed in the early fish fossil record. Lampreys and Hagfish are examples..... More
Paris: Editions de l'Ormstom, 1986. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Text mostly in French, but keys in English and French. More
London: British Museum, 1859-1870. Octavo, Binder's quarter morocco and cloth boards, a few library stamps, otherwise a handsome set. With Australian descriptions. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. Large octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. A comprehensive overview of Elasmobranch morphology, with information on physiology and biochemistry. More
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1912. Quarto, six coloured plates. Publisher's printed upper wrapper (lower wrapper missing), badly chipped. Sections on Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles, Birds, Mammals. More
Frenchs Forest: Reed New Holland, 1999. Quarto, 100 colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. There are ten species of kingfishers and kookaburras in Australia and each of them is described in detail, with field notes and distribution maps. More
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1982. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. More
Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 2005. Quarto, colour photographs,k dustwrapper. This exploration of the oceans describes the marine plants and animals that inhabit our planet, whether in the coldest water of the ice-bound poles, the warmest tropical seas, at the surface or in the deep ocean. The text is combined..... More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo, laminated boards, maps. This monograph on marine biodiversity is a result of 132 experts comprehensively and systematically researching and compiling the species recorded in China's seas in the last 70 years. From bacteria to mammals, over 20,000 species were verified. Each species entry includes..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, photographs, line drawings, maps. This volume reviews our past and present understanding of the ecology of Australian freshwater fishes. Comparing patterns and processes in Australia with those on other continents, this book discusses the local relevance of ecological models from the northern hemisphere..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. Octavo, paperback, photographs, colour plates, illustrations, maps. The Murray cod is Australia’s largest and most iconic freshwater fish. Tales of the species have long been part of Australian folklore and this book describes its history, biology, cultural significance and conservation. The Life and Times of the..... More
London: Dulau and Co., 1904. Octavo, Publisher's brown cloth, cancelled library stamp otherwise a fine copy. More
Oakland: University of California Press, 2016. Quarto, laminated boards, photographs, tables, maps. This book provides a much needed practical step-by-step guide to successfully planning, implementing, and evaluating the re-establishment of animal populations in former habitats or their introduction in new environments. In each chapter, experts in reintroduction biology outline a...... More
London: Frederick Warne, (1946. reprint). Octavo, colour and uncoloured plates, bookplate, very good copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The Wayside and Woodland Series. Second edition, 1936. More
London: Collins, (1972. reprint). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist Monograph 16. More
Parkes: Bureau of Resource Sciences, 1993. Folio, illustrations, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Springer Verlag, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, inscribed by the author plus owner's signature, laminated boards. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1919. Octavo, wrappers, text illustrations, partially unopened. Ilinois Biological Monographs Volume five, Number one. More
Boroko: Yumi Press, 1974. Quarto, colour plates, numbered and signed by the author, dustwrapper. More
Sydney: New Holland, (2019. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Features include compact, easy to use format; authoritative text describing key identification features; and full-colour photographs illustrating each of the 222 species. More