A field guide to the moths of eastern North America.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Octavo, colour plates, softcover. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Octavo, colour plates, softcover. More
Sydney: William Maddock, 1868. Octavo, 20 handcoloured lithographs by Harriet Forde. Early (publisher's?) cloth, a fine crisp copy with well coloured plates, rare in this condition. Issued with coloured or uncoloured plates, Ferguson does not mention the existence of coloured copies. An important book that belongs to a select group..... More
Sydney: William Maddock, 1868. Octavo, 20 handcoloured lithographs by Harriet Forde. Contemporary full calf with gilt title, marbled endpapers and coloured edges, expertly rebacked, some wear; a very good copy with the plates in good contemporary colouring, in a cloth box with title, very scarce. Issued with coloured or uncoloured..... More
Sydney: William Maddock, 1868. Octavo, 20 handcoloured lithographs by Harriet Forde. Early binder's (publisher's?) cloth, the title wrapper retained, owner's signature on title page dated 1920, a few spots throughout but a very sound copy, scarce. Issued with coloured or uncoloured plates, Ferguson does not mention the existence of coloured..... More
Sydney: F. W. White, 1895. Octavo, publisher's printed wrappers. More
Surrey: Wykeham Publications, 1980. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
New York: Macmillan, (1945. reprint). Octavo, illustrations. More
New York: Macmillan, 1946. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Chapman & Hall, 1994. Octavo, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
Glasgow: Blackie & Son, 1860. Quarto, 16 coloured steel engravings, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, some wear, bookplate, signature. More
East Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1980. Folio, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Lavishly illustrated and well produced, these are arguably the finest modern butterfly books ever published. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1971. first edition). Folio, colour photographs, near fine copy in dustwrapper. Lavishly illustrated and well produced, these are arguably the finest modern butterfly books ever published. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1977. second edition). Small folio, colour photographs, bookplate, very good in crinkled dustwrapper. More
Canterbury: Five Mile Press, 1984. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1974. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Chartwell Books, 1976. Quarto, colour photographs, inscription, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1973. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published 1953, a classic of Australian natural history and still very useful. More
London: A & C Black, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Stephen Dalton's detailed photographs chronicle the diversity of the spider world. Chapters are divided along broad ecological themes, with each focusing on different species, their habitats, hunting techniques, ecology and behaviour. Also featured are chapters on spider anatomy, and a...... More
Sydney: ABC Books, 2011. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, softcover. Professor Christopher B. Daniels introduces 250 animals from Australian urban areas. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, (1887-1891. Octavo, plates and text illustrations. Contemporary half calf, marbled sides and edges. The set consists of the following, all are the American New York editions published by D. Appelton and Company except for The life and letters of Charles Darwin published by John..... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2019. reprint). Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This handy, pocket-sized guide includes slugs, worms, crabs, starfish, anemones and shell inhabitants. Each of the 232 species or groups in the book is illustrated with a colour photograph, distribution map and description of the animal. More
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1991. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, volume 31. More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2002. Octavo, publisher's cloth, illustrations. Covers the commercially important crustacean species - shrimps, prawns, lobsters and yabbies, listing over 1200 species known from Australian waters. The volume opens with a general introduction to the Malacostraca, giving an historical overview of the work on this group. The Catalogue..... More
Albury: Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, 1998. Quarto, spirally bound, text illustrations. Identification guide no. 17. More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A compact and portable photographic guide to the 280 species of butterflies and dragonflies most likely to be encountered in Sri Lanka. It is also an excellent book for residents and visitors to learn about the commoner butterflies and dragonflies before..... More