A time for a museum The history of the Queensland Museum 1862-1986.
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1966. Quarto, publisher's wrappers. Gregory Mathews was one of the great bird book collectors of his time. He donated his library to the Australian National Library in 1939. More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2014. Quarto, colour illustrations, photographs, bookplate, softcover. Lilian Medland has not received until now the recognition she deserves as a painter of birds. Due to world events and circumstances, five important books on birds containing her superb illustrations were never published. Even now, she is..... More
Tisbury: Element Books, 1982. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: UNSW Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, Could the Dodo make a comeback? Is giving up meat really the greenest option? Do birds make art? What do the Cold War and climate science have in common? This volume brings together great writing about life and the universe, including contributions from poets..... More
[Melbourne]: Melbourne Council of the National Museum of Victor, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, plus folding chart. More
Newton Abbot: Readers Union, (1978. reprint). Octavo, photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
London: Natural History Museum, 2000. Quarto, colour photographs, other illustrations, softcover. An exploration of natural history past, present and future drawing on the collections of the Natural History Museum, London and other sources. More
Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2019. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Alec Chisholm inspired Australians to see nature anew. His Mateship with Birds, published in 1922, is a classic of nature writing, and until his death in 1977 he urged his compatriots to cherish the natural world as their national heritage. Chisholm was..... More
Aldershot: Scolar Press, 1988. Octavo, colour plates and text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Academic Press, 1988. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, bookplate, a very good copy in dustwrapper. Awonderful reference, like the authors' other books. More
London: Academic Press, 1998. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This book examines the history and uses of bird skins and is a very useful for anyone interested in the history of ornithology. There are 160 period photographs showing famous collectors and ornithological expeditions. More
London: Academic Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Penguin Books, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1972. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. A superb bibliography that was never finished. No wonder, Robert Mengel set the bar very high. Volume two (C-D) was published 1983. More
Lawrence: University of Kansas Libraries, 1983. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. A superb bibliography that was never finished. No wonder, Robert Mengel set the bar very high. Volume one (A-B) was published 1873. More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1937. Octavo, modern binder's cloth, wrappers retained, two library stamps. More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. Quarto, colour photographs and illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Philadelphia developed the most active scientific community in early America, fostering an influential group of naturalist-artists, including William Bartram, Charles Willson Peale, Alexander Wilson and John James Audubon, whose work has been addressed by many..... More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo, laminated boards. WAS $50. More
Peterborough: Langford Press, 2014. Quarto, color photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Explores the work and processes of award winning wildlife sculptor Jill Moger. With a distinct focus on reptiles this title also showcases some insect and marine works. More
New York: Abbeville Press, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Staking out some of the world's last dark places, photographer Beth Moon uses a digital camera to reveal constellations, nebulae, and the Milky Way, in rich hues that are often too faint to be seen by the naked eye. As in..... More
New York: Abbeville Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Be transported to another time by Beth Moon's captivating black and white photographs of the world's most majestic ancient trees. Beth Moon's fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees has taken her across the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle..... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. As an environmental mediator, Lucy Moore has spent the past quarter century resolving conflicts that appeared utterly intractable. Here, she shares the most compelling stories of her career, offering insight and inspiration to anyone caught in a seemingly hopeless dispute. Moore..... More
London: Icon Books, 2021. Octavo, dustwrapper, Ten weeks into its life, a Manx shearwater chick will emerge from its burrow and fly 8,000 miles from the west coast of the British Isles to the South Atlantic. It will be unlikely to touch land again for four years. Part memoir, part..... More