The brain of the Opossum (Didelphus marsupialis).
Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1968. Folio, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1968. Folio, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Once the world's largest marsupial predator, the doglike Tasmanian tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus) ranged across Australia and as far north as New Guinea. After humans introduced dingoes to the area 4,000 years ago, the misnamed "tiger" was driven..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2011. Octavo, paperback, photographs, colour and black and white illustrations. The world's largest marsupial predator was deliberately hunted to extinction through fear, ignorance and greed. But was it a savage sheep killer or a shy, fussy, nocturnal feeder? And did it really drink its victims'..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, colour photographs, softcover. WAS $35. Many Australian animals are active only during the cooler evening and night-time and are therefore rarely seen. These are the after dark animals found in our backyards, the arid desert, woodlands or rainforest, yet very little noticed by humans. This..... More
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1980. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1990. Quarto, photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The 41 papers in this book are arranged in six sections, covering taxonomy and relationships, distribution and status, anatomy and physiology, reproductive biology, behaviour and ecology, management and conservation of bandicoots and bilbies. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1990. Quarto, photographs, maps, owner's signature, signed by three of the authors, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $20. The photographs originally appeared in "Possums and gliders" by Smith and Hume. This field key uses characteristics that will enable the user to identify the larger (greater than 100 gm) species of Australian phalangeroids at a distance, but smaller..... More
Melbourne: Mallon Publishing, 2005. Folio, 49 full colour plates by Rosemary Woodford Ganf. The complete book but UNBOUND. The book is in its publisher's block and the sections are stitched together. Signed by Rosemary Ganf and Tim Flannery and inscribed 'out of series'. The book will be sold in its..... More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1980. Folio, colour plates by Rosemary Woodford Ganf. Publisher's cloth covered boards with embossed brown calf inset, limited edition of 1000 copies signed and numbered by author and artist, a fine copy. More
London: Angus and Robertson, (1983. first edition). Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. A landmark publication. More
London: [British Museum], 1888. Octavo, 28 lithographed plates (three coloured), bookplate. Publisher's cloth, spine expertly repaired, stamp on front endpaper, otherwise a crisp copy. More
Ottawa: Canadian Museum of Nature, 1983. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations, maps. Describes and illustrates some of Canada's most interesting mammal species. With detailed illustrations showing the whole animal, the skull and other diagnostic characters. More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 2003. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 276. More
Sydney: A H and A W Reed, [1977]. Octavo, text illustrations, stamp on bottom edge, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Text Publishing, (2022. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations. Includes the extraordinary story of Peter Nicholson, who as a fifteen -year-old schoolboy, began to study the secret world of wombats by crawling down their burrows. Also looks at wombat evolution and biology. More