Evolutionary dynamics of a natural population: the Large Cactus Finch of the Galapagos.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Octavo, paperback, colour plates. A detailed and careful examination of behavior and ecology in the wild. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Octavo, paperback, colour plates. A detailed and careful examination of behavior and ecology in the wild. More
London: Poyser, (1989. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, (1979. reprint). Quarto, colour plates by John Henry Dick, signature, chipped dustwrapper. Revised and updated by Edgar M. Reilly, Jr. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, BRAND NEW. In this book, Don Grussing tells the uncommon life story of one of the most common birds, the North American Robin. Written as fiction to capture the high drama that goes on unnoticed right outside our windows, the book follows..... More
Mechanicsburg: Stackpole Books, 2009. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Engaging natural history information for a general audience on one of the most beloved groups of birds, including tips on attracting and watching hummingbirds. This book contains stunning photographs of common North American and exotic world species. It explains the details of..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour plates, maps, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. Covers all 110 of the world's chickadees, tits, nuthatches and treecreepers. The Paridae ('true' tits), Remizidae (penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book (78 species), with a further 24 species..... More
London: Helm, 1996. Octavo, colour plates, maps, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. Covers all 110 of the world's tits, nuthatches and treecreepers. The Paridae ('true' tits), Remizidae (penduline tits) and Aegithalidae (long-tailed tits) form the bulk of the book (78 species), with a further 24 species of nuthatch and..... More
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2020. Large octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs. Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed budgerigars are Australia's gift to the bird world. They sing and dance, and yawn as contagiously as humans. They are masters of mimicry. They..... More
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2020. Large octavo, photographs, bookplate, softcover. Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed budgerigars are Australia's gift to the bird world. They sing and dance, and yawn as contagiously as humans. They are masters of mimicry. They grasp simple grammar, can..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2000. Octavo, 41 colour plates by Kim Franklin, maps, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first book to cover the identification, biology, and relationships of all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, wood-shrikes, the closely related flycatcher-shrikes, philentomoas, batises and wattle-eyes. All species are portrayed in..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2000. Octavo, 41 colour plates by Kim Franklin, maps, signature, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. The first book to cover the identification, biology, and relationships of all true shrikes, bush-shrikes, helmet-shrikes, wood-shrikes, the closely related flycatcher-shrikes, philentomoas, batises and wattle-eyes. All species are..... More
South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1993-2006. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, very slightly sunned dustwrappers, otherwise a fine set in dustwrappers. The Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds (HANZAB) provides a comprehensive summary of the biology, together with detailed illustrations, of all 952 species of birds which..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006. Quarto, 54 colour plates, text illustrations, maps, mint set in publisher's mailing carton. POSTAGE AN EXTRA $20 WITHIN AUSTRALIA. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (2007. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in slightly spine-sunned dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Hawks, Eagles..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (2007. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, small bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Hawks..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (1990. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine set in sunned dustwrappers (NOT AS PICTURED). More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in slightly spine-sunned dustwrapper. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. This volume covers Snipe, Godwits, Curlews..... More
Melbourne: Bloomings Books, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. David Hollands has spent 16 years traversing Australia to find, study and photograph the 17 species which make up this book. His passion and enthusiasm for his subjects shine through in the text; lively, accurate, informative and beautifully written, not only..... More
Bloomings Books, Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The sight of Australian birds of prey in flight so inspired David Hollands that in 1984 he wrote his first book, Eagles Hawks and Falcons of Australia. This magnificent new 444 page book is a lyrical account of these unique birds of prey -..... 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
London: Christopher Helm, 2002. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Focuses on the field identification of North American hummingbirds. Illustrated by over 200 stunning photographs picked specifically to show identification criteria. More
United Kingdom: Merlin Publications, 2008. Oblong format, paperback, colour illustrations, distribution maps. An illustrated field guide, showing all 77 species of wildfowl found in the Northern Hemisphere, male and female, Whistling ducks, Swans, Geese, Shelducks and Ducks, painted in the water and on the water. Each species account contains information..... More
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1950. Quarto, 33 colour plates by Lilian Medland. Publisher's quarter morocco, bookplate, very good copy in worn dustwrapper (piece missing from spine). More
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1950. Quarto, 33 colour plates by Lilian Medland. Publisher's quarter morocco, lacks dustwrapper, otherwise a very good copy. More