A text-book of practical entomology.
London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1932. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. More
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Britain's hoverflies: an introduction to the hoverflies of Britain and Ireland.
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to all the genera of hoverflies found in Britain, focusing on the species most likely to be identified. Accessible and designed to appeal to a wide audience, the book contains more than 500 remarkable..... More
Birds and Counties: an ornithological bibliography for the Counties of England, Wales, Scotland and for the Isle of Man.
London: Imperial College Press, 2000. Octavo, dustwrapper, maps. A magnificent contribution to ornithological history in the United Kingdom. Includes all known books, pamphlets and papers which contain substantial studies of the birds of local areas. Each county has an introduction on its boundaries and the history of its ornithology... More
Bird talk: an exploration of avian communication.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2021. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations. Delves into new scientific developments to reveal the complexities of how birds make, learn, and use sound in a bewildering array of songs and calls. The beauty of birdsong is one of the joys of nature, and this book..... More
Planet ocean: voyage to the heart of the marine realm.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2005. Large quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Spanning the vast diversity of Earth's oceans, these fascinating ocean worlds occupy more than three quarters of our planet, and their natural richness is the source of life, yet they are still poorly understood. With through, accessible essays on..... More
Wild hope: on the front lines of conservation success.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. Octavo, photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Tropical deforestation. The collapse of fisheries. Unprecedented levels of species extinction. Faced with the plethora of gloom-and-doom headlines about the natural world, we might think that environmental disaster is inevitable. But is there any good news about..... More
Bird anatomy for artists.
Redcliffe: BFineArt, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Foreword by Penny Olsen. This informative textbook for bird artists is a comprehensive survey of the complete bird from head to tail. The book is full of masterly illustrations that are clear and easy to understand, including black and white working drawings..... More
Philippine insects: an introduction.
Quezon City: The University of the Philippines Press, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
The illustrated atlas of wildlife.
California: University of California Press, 2009. Quarto, colour photographs, illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Have you ever seen an antelope the size of a cat, or a frog bigger than a lapdog? What kinds of animals thrive in the Sahara? Earth is full of incredible creatures, all specially adapted..... More
The amazing world of insects.
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1963. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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Notes on birds in Sarawak, with a list of native names [drop title].
Sarawak Museum Journal, 1935. Octavo, photographs, tsoftcover. More
A selection of the butterflies of Sri Lanka.
Colombo: Lake House Investments Ltd., 1985. Oblong format, colour plates, softcover. More
Banks' Florilegium: a publication in thirty-four parts of seven hundred and thirty-eight copperplate engravings of plants collected on Captain James Cook's first voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771, with five supplementary plates ...
London: Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum (Natural History), 1980-1990. Folio, 738 copper-engraved plates in titled window mounts, colour printed a la poupee in up to 17 colours with additional watercolour touches from the original plates after Sydney Parkinson, Frederick Polydore Nodder, John Frederick Miller, James Miller..... More
The birds of the British Isles, volume eight.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1959. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of the British Isles, volume eleven.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1962. Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of the British Isles, volume nine.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of the British Isles, volume seven.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1958. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of the British Isles, volume six.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1957. Quarto, 26 colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The birds of the British Isles, volume ten.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Birds of the Atlantic islands.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1963-1968. Quarto, colour plates by D. M. Henry, a near fine set in price-clipped dustwrappers. Volume four is titled History of the birds of Cape Verde Islands. More
Birds of the Atlantic islands.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1963. Quarto, colour plates and text illustrations by D. M. Reid Henry. Bookplate in each volume, very good set in lightly worn dustwrappers. Volume four is titled History of the birds of Cape Verde Islands. More
The birds of west and equatorial Africa.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. Octavo, 30 colour plates and other illustrations. Publisher's cloth, some light flecking, lacks dustwrappers, owner's stamp, a bright copy. More
Zoological Catalogue of Australia, volume five: Mammalia.
Canberra: AGPS, 1988. Octavo, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
The action plan for Australian cetaceans.
Canberra: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, 1996. Quarto, softcover. Wildlife Australia endangered species program, project number 380. More
Great whales.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2008. Octavo, paperback, photographs, text illustrations. WAS $40. John Bannister is a leading expert on the large whales of southern waters and has published on Sperm, Humpbacked and right whales. Seven 'great whales' are found in Australian coastal waters including six of the large baleen whales (Blue..... More