Irvington: Columbia University Press, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, text illustrations. A 65 million year journey showing the complexity of mammalian evolution. More
Sandton: Sable Publishers, [1984]. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Washington, DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, softcover. Ornithological Monographs No. 32. More
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, illustrations. Planting Dreams celebrates the artistry and imagination that have shaped Australian gardens. Internationally renowned garden historian Richard Aitken explores the environmental and social influences that have helped produce our unique gardening culture - from Indigenous land management and the earliest European... More
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. Australia's long-unresolved forest conflict has been the make-or-break factor in federal elections, with both parties often arguing that the four-decade-old forest conflict has no practical solution. This work proposes a forest policy for Australia, calling on individuals in... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, maps. Thoroughly researched, this book traces the history of endangered species and habitat in California, from the time of the Gold Rush to the present. Peter S. Alagona shows how scientists and conservationists came to view the fates... More
Anchorage: Alaska Geographic, Volume 8, No. 2, 1981. Octavo, oblong format, paperback. colour photographs. More
Anchorage: Alaska Geographic, Volume 9, No. 3, 1982. Octavo, oblong format, colour photographs. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. Large octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, text illustrations, maps. WAS $115, NOW $30. The book begins with an introduction by noted iguana biologist Dr. Gordon Burghardt that examines the state of iguana research - past, present, and future - with an emphasis on... More
Sydney: UNSW Press, 2011. Octavo, colour and black and white illustrations, dustwrapper. In this illustrated book, Anita Albus recounts the sad histories of several extinct bird species, including the Passenger pigeon, the Carolina parakeet, and the Great auk. She gives a detailed account of six rare birds: the Hermit ibis... More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. For the beginning and intermediate birders, this guide is a comprehensive and authoritative, yet engaging and user-friendly guide that teaches readers how to get started in and improve their birding, what to look for, and how to... More
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour and black and white photographs, other illustrations, maps. Organised logically with cross-references and easy navigation including subject matter from history to practical advice, this guide offers comprehensive overviews, titbits of information and trivia, short thought pieces, plus how-to instructions on every... More
London: Salamander Books, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
London: Salamander Books, 1990. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
London: Salamander, 1987. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Washington DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More
New York: Taylor and Francis, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs. Print on demand title. Covering a wide range of topics on snake reproduction and phylogeny, this comprehensive book discusses everything from primordial germ migration in developing embryos to semelparity (death after reproduction) in the aspic... More
New York: Dorling Kindersley, 2010. Quarto, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs. A landmark in reference publishing and overseen and authenticated by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, this volume presents an unrivaled visual survey of Earth's natural history. Giving a clear overview of the classification... More
![Diptera of Patagonia and south Chile, part one [only]: Crane-Flies. C. P. Alexander.](/pictures/thumb/35730.jpg?v=1520455552)
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1929. Octavo, eleven uncoloured plates. Publisher's blue cloth, a few flecks, an institutional library stamp on title page, otherwise a fine copy. Complete in seven parts. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The author explains the physical basis of flight with sharp prose and clear diagrams. Drawing upon bats, birds, insects, pterosaurs, and even winged seeds, he details the basic operating principles of wings and... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations. David E. Alexander's fascination with the many animals and plants that have harnessed the air is evident in Nature's Flyers: Birds, Insects, and the Biomechanics of Flight, a detailed account of our current scientific understanding of the... More
Berkhamsted: Poyser, 1974. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Knopf Publishing, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists... More
New York: Knopf Publishing, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists... More
