Birds of Australia: a selection of prints.
Adelaide: Oaklands Publishing, [c1985]. Small folio, four colour plates in printed folder. Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Nankeen Kestrel, White-backed Magpie and Kookaburra. More
Adelaide: Oaklands Publishing, [c1985]. Small folio, four colour plates in printed folder. Major Mitchell Cockatoo, Nankeen Kestrel, White-backed Magpie and Kookaburra. More
Adelaide: Oaklands Publishing, 1985. Quarto, 19 tipped-in colour plates. Publisher's quarter cloth, a fine copy. An edition of 19 colour plates and selected drawings with accompanying text by Shane Parker, Curator of Birds, South Australian Museum. More
Canberra: Australian National University, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. There is no denying that the unpredictability of Australia's climate poses real challenges for the agricultural community, especially as most conventional farming practices were developed on the relative predictability of a European climate. More recently though policy has been rejecting the..... More
London: Macmillan, 1961. Octavo, fine copy. This is the text volume of a separately published portfolio of thirty plates, titled Macmillan's Australian nature plates. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2016. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps. As biologically fascinating as they are beautiful, butterflies are a pleasure to watch and an important group of invertebrates to study. In the twelve years since the first edition, the volume of discoveries and changes in information..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. Though separated by thousands of miles, the United States and Australia have much in common. Geographically both countries are expansive-the United States is the fourth largest in land mass and Australia the sixth-and both possess a vast..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Quarto, dustwrapper, illustrations. WAS $104. The book begins by exploring why biodiversity is important. The main part of the book deals with the major factors threatening our biodiversity: habitat loss; degradation and pollution of water resources; weeds and feral animals; commercial use of native plants..... More
Hawthorn: Hutchinson, 1987. Octavo, maps, slightly used, softcover. More
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. WAS $50. Pest animals are but one of many factors that influence the desired outcome from managing natural resource based systems, whether for production or conservation purposes. Others include diseases, weeds, financial resources, weather and fire management. To be..... More
London: Angus and Robertson, (1984. reprint). Octavo, photographs, illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. Australian Natural Science Library. Every farmer should have a copy. More
Sydney: Australasian Publishing Company, 1967. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Simon and Schuster, 1989. Octavo, oblong format, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Collins, 1975. Quarto, photos, text illustrations, bookplate, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Collins, 1972. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, bookplate, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Collins, (1970. first edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1968. Quarto, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Kuranda: Steven Nowakowski Publishing, 2022. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. If humanity survives, Stan Breeden's memoir is destined to be a natural classic. For eight decades he has been a peerless observer and chronicler of Earth’s wilds and wildlife. In this book are some of the most poignant accounts of the..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO, (1995. revised edition). Quarto, signature, softcover. A revised and greatly expanded edition of this popular book. More
[c1880]. Separately published chromolithograph. Oblong format, mounted and framed (68cm by 40cm), with eleven Australian birds (nine parrots) posed on a branch. "Harry" Bright (1847-1896) was a successful English natural history watercolourist. His father (1824-1876) was of the same name and also a natural history painter. An Australian Eleven, and..... More
Frenchs Forest: Reed New Holland, (2022. second edition), Large octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. Now fully updated this new revised edition of Native Plants of Northern Australia with over 450 species are described, with 700 colour photographs. Covers the northern Northern Territory and the offshore islands. Each species..... More
Frenchs Forest: Reed New Holland, (2022. second edition), Large octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, softcover. Bumped corners, otherwise a very good secondhand copy (not as pictured). Now fully updated this new revised edition of Native Plants of Northern Australia with over 450 species are described, with 700 colour photographs..... More
Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press, 1976. Quarto, text illustrations and facsimile pages tipped in, folding map at rear. Quarter calf and cloth, raised bands decorated in gilt, slipcase with pictorial inset, a fine clean copy. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Small folio, 13 plates and accompanying text leaves, two appendices (one by Keith Hindwood). Black full morocco, limited edition of 500 copies, signed and numbered by a Broinowski descendant, a fine copy. With two useful appendices. Apendix A: Table of nomenclature. Appendix B: Gracius Joseph Broinowski;..... More
Brussels: Muse Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 1931. Quarto, four folding plates on stubs. Binders cloth, wrappers retained, owner's stamp, a fine copy. More
London: British Museum (Natural History). 1893. Large quarto, 240 uncoloured photographs. Publisher's cloth, some wear, the upper spine of volume seven repaired, the title pages with the stamp of the "Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales" plus a few stamps throughout, a sound set, scarce. Volume one: the genus..... More