Miscellania.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1972-1975. Octavo, softcover. A collection of miscellaneous articles, primarily on invertebrates. More
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Seals: proceedings of a working meeting of seal specialists on threatended and depleted seals of the world, held under the auspices of the Survival Service Commission of IUCN...
Morges: IUCN, 1973. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
The South Australian Ornithological Association Newsletter [numbers 25-122].
[Adelaide]: The South Australian Ornithological Association, 1963-1987. Octavo, Originally roneoed foolscap sheets then changing to a multi-page A4 format. This Newsletter was originally published "so that country members can keep in closer touch with the activities of the Association and become informed of all matters affecting them" More
The Victorian naturalist: the journal and magazine of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria [volumes 1-126].
Melbourne: Field Naturalists Club of Victoria, 1885-1989. Octavo, The first 32 volumes bound as single volumes in contemporary half calf, the remaining volumes in modern binder's cloth, an excellent set, rare. The leading names of colonial Australian natural history contributed heavily to "Vic. Nat", the most important of all Australian..... More
Victorian whale rescue plan: a contingency plan for strandings of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) on the Victorian coastline.
Victoria: Fisheries and Wildlife Service, 1986. Quarto, maps, spirally bound. More
Waterfowl of North America.
Winnipeg: Ducks Unlimited Canada, 1987. Large oblong folio, 44 colour plates by 30 artists, each individually signed. Publisher's full brown leather binding and Solander box. Limited to 1,250 regular copies and 50 numbered artist proofs, a fine copy Freight will be extra. More
Wildlife in the A.C.T.
Canberra: Department of the Interior, [. no date]. Oblong format, photographs, softcover. More
De admirabili Viperae natura et de mirificis ejusdem facultatibus.
The Hague: Sam Broun, 1660. Duodecimo, engraved title page, four wood engraved plates. Early papered boards, old library stamp on verso of title page, an excellent copy contained in a half calf and marbled boards Solander box. Baldo Angelo Abati was an Italian physician and naturalist who lived in the..... More
The home-life of the Osprey.
London: Witherby & Co, 1911. Quarto, 32 pages of tipped-in photographs, stamp, publisher's cloth, some wear. More
Wild heart: the possibility of wilderness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Images of pristine forests, mountain ranges, untameable rivers and empty expanses of untouched coastline are the key attraction in how Aotearoa New Zealand is promoted internationally. Such wildness is at this nation's psychological and physical core. This book searches for an understanding..... More
Compendium of landshells: a color guide to more than 2,000 of the world's terrestrial shells.
Burlington: American Malacologists, 1989. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The first year in the life of Estuarine Fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Octavo, text illustrations, tables, fine copy in dustwrapper. This text summarizes research into the first year in the lives of the fishes of the estuaries of the Middle Atlantic Bight, describing the natural history of the eggs, larvae and juveniles of 70 fish species..... More
The genius of birds.
Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2016. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback. Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed..... More
Milkweed butterflies: their cladistics and biology. Being an account of the natural history of the Danainae, a subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Carcasson's African butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical region.
East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1995. Quarto, illustrations, laminated boards. This book deals with about 20% of the world butterfly fauna and is divided into three main sections - biology, biogeography and catalogue. It also includes a gazetteer and list of regional works as well as a bibliography. More
The Cuckoo and other bird mysteries.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1944. first edition), Octavo, map, bookplate of Dominic L. Serventy, publisher's bright green cloth, a very good copy. More
A manual of natural history, for the use of travellers; being a description of the families of the animal and vegetable kingdoms: with remarks on the practical study of geology and metereology.
London: John Van Voorst, 1844. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, worn and hinges cracked, contents grubby. More
Foliage birds: Australian birds and their favoured plants.
Frenchs Forest: Popular Books, (1984. reprint). Folio, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Birdscaping your garden: how to attract Australian native birds to your garden.
Sydney: Weldon, (1989. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, softcover. More
The complete guide to Australian birds.
Australia: Viking Books, 2018. Octavo, softcover, colour photographs, distribution maps. A very useful bookand very good value. With over 1400 photographs, divided into 27 chapters discussing common and scientific names, size, description, behaviour, preferred habitat, feeding habits, voice, status and breeding. Distribution maps are arranged next to each photographed species..... More
Contributions to the history of herpetology, volume two.
USA: SSAR Publications, 2007. Quarto, publisher's cloth, black and white photographs. Contributions to Herpetology 21. Biographies of herpetologists. Second of three volumes. Volume one see [stock id 3810] and volume three see [stock id 34788]. Price approximate. More
Gulls of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East: an identification guide.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022. Octavo, paperback, photographs, maps. A comprehensive photographic guide to the gull species of the Western Palearctic Gulls occupy a particularly important place in the world of birds. But because they are notoriously difficult to identify, they have been relatively neglected in the ornithological literature. Gulls..... More
Tableau encyclopedique et methodique des trois regnes de la nature [the insect plate volume only].
Paris: {'an V. de la Republique Francaise, 1797. Quarto, 266 uncoloured engraved plates. Contemporary half morocco and blue papered boards, all edges uncut, a fine copy. Volume eighteen. More
The lions and elephants of The Chobe: Botswana's untamed wilderness.
Sandton: Sable Publishers, [1984]. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More