The genus Sarothrura (Aves, Rallidae).
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1970. Quarto, wrappers, colour plates, photographs, maps, sonograms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 143, article 1. More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1970. Quarto, wrappers, colour plates, photographs, maps, sonograms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, volume 143, article 1. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1904-1910. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, neat library stamp on title pages, otherwise a very good set. Volume one: Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria, et Gressoria. Volume two: Orthoptera saltoria. Volume three: Orthoptera saltatoria. BM(NH) Supplement p. 566; Musgrave p. 177. More
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1867. Large octavo, 36 handcoloured engraved plates. Early brown calf and marbled boards, all edges coloured, a few inoffensive spots, otherwise a handsome copy. This edition of Histoire naturelle de Lacepede was first published in 1856 and "the many subsequent volumes and editions [of treatises..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Large octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. James L. Patton served as Curator of Mammals in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and as Professor of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1969 until 2001. This book aims to bring..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2009. second edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations by Lindsay Marshall, text illustrations, maps. WAS $120. The second edition of this classic book on the cartilaginous fishes in Australia. This edition covers 323 species of sharks, rays and chimaerids, including species descriptions, full-colour illustrations, line illustrations and distribution..... More
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, (1968-1991. first edition). Quarto, Publisher's cloth, very good set. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. This book illustrates the key role played by taxonomy in the conservation and sustainable utilisation of plant biodiversity. It is a tribute to the work of Professor Vernon Heywood who has done so much to highlight the importance of..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2014. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in papered boards. An accessible, informative, and beautifully illustrated guide to the mysteries of ornithological Latin. It reveals the meaning, origin, and pronunciation of Latin binomials, helping readers to get to grips with the highly useful information that these..... More
Cape Town: Purnell, 1972. Small quarto, colour plates by Gwendoline Joyce Lewis, biro inscription, dustwrapper. More
London: Blandford Press, 1991. Octavo, Embossed owner's stamp, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1858]. Quarto, four folding plates (mounted on canvas) by Lowry. Publisher's cloth with label, scarce. More
Melbourne: National Museum of Victoria, 1936. Octavo, maps, softcover. Reprinted from Memoirs of the National Museum, number ten. More
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1920-1926. Quarto, Contemporary half morocco, library stamps of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Supplement Number one (Check list): Orders Casuariiformes to Menuriformes, 1920. Supplement Number two (Check list): Order Passeriformes (part), 1923. Supplement Number three (Check list): Order Passeriformes (concluding part)..... More
[London]: British Ornithologists' Union, 1927-1930. Octavo, Binder's green cloth, a very good copy. More
[London]: British Ornithologists' Union, 1927-1930. Octavo, Later half calf and marbled boards, uncut, wrappers retained. More
[London]: British Ornithologists' Union, 1927-1930. Octavo, Publisher's wrappers, slight chipping, uncut, a very good set. More
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1993. octavo, paperback, text illustrations. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. A comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring many superb colour illustrations to aid understanding. The topics covered in this glossary include anatomy, angiosperms, bryophytes, chemistry, cytology, family specific terms, ferns and fern allies, flowers, fruit, genetics, gymnosperms..... More
Cambridge MA: Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, No. 9, 1970. Octavo, More
Cambridge MA: Belknap Press, 1970. Octavo, maps, diagrams, signature, dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Belknap Press, (1974. reprint). Octavo, maps, text illustrations, softcover. More
Melbourne: Government Printer, 1913-1914. Quarto, coloured frontispiece, uncoloured photographic plates. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. More
Melbourne: Government Printer, [1910]. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
[Maidenhead]: British Ornithologists' Club, 1992. Octavo, publisher's boards. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club: Centenary volume. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Large octavo, dustwrapper. An important new checklist, based on Sibley and Monroe's Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world (1990) and the 1993 Supplement. Also available in paperback [10502]. More