The future of tropical savannas: an Australian perspective.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 1996. Octavo, paperback, maps, graphs. Examines the roles of science in resource management and policy making. More
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Whaler's eye.
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1962. Octavo, photographs, slight water damage. More
Birds of Somalia.
Mountfield: Pica Press, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, eight colour plates by Martin Woodcock, maps. Covers 650 species (including seven endemics). Range, abundance and seasonal data are given for each species. More
Natural history of Tenerife.
Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Tenerife is a remarkable island, dominated by Mount Teide, an active volcano higher than any mountain in mainland Spain. The island has extraordinary volcanic landscapes, and thousands of species of plants and animals that are found only there. The authors' love of..... More
The natural history and management of the Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus Daudin).
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2008. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. Presents tortoise management and research techniques that can be applied to various species. Designed to be the manual that can serve for certification for various institutions and State and Federal agencies, this work contains many tricks of..... More
Restoring North America's birds: lessons from landscape ecology.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. The author challenges some of the assumptions that underlie current conservation efforts and offers recommendations, based on sound ecological principles, for protecting the rich natural diversity of North America's birds. More
Restoring North America's birds: lessons from landscape ecology.
New Haven: Yale University Press, (2002. second edition). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Now in paperback. The author challenges some of the assumptions that underlie current conservation efforts and offers recommendations, based on sound ecological principles, for protecting the rich natural diversity of North America's birds. More
Conservation of grassland birds in North America: understanding ecological processes in different regions.
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, wrappers. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 64. More
Stuffed animals and pickled heads: the culture and evolution of natural history museums.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. A stimulating discussion of the role of natural history museums in culture and society. More
Growth in length: embryological essays.
London: Cambridge University Press, 1916. Octavo, text illustrations. Very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
Drawn from paradise: the discovery, art and natural history of the birds of paradise.
London: Harper Collins, 2012. Quarto, laminated boards, photographs and illustrations. This is David Attenborough's journey through the cultural history of the birds of paradise, one of the most exquisite and extravagant, colourful and intriguing families of birds. From the moment they were introduced to the European mind in the early..... More
Life in the undergrowth.
London: BBC Books, 2005. Small quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. This beautifully illustrated book gives a rare glimpse into the secret life of invertebrates - bugs, beetles, scorpions and centipedes, mites and mantids, spiders and dragonflies. More
The life of birds.
London: BBC Books, 1998. Octavo, colour photographs. Slightly bent dustwrapper, otherwise a fine copy. Beautifully illustrated with more than two hundred colour photographs, the book will delight and inform bird lovers and any general reader with an interest in nature. More
The private life of plants: a natural history of plant behaviour.
London: BBC Books, 1995. Octavo, colour photographs. Minor wear to dustwrapper, otherwise a fine copy. In this book, and in his BBC television series, David Attenborough examines in turn the great trials of plant life the world over - travelling, growing, flowering, the social struggle, living together and surviving. Richly..... More
The trials of life: a natural history of animal behaviour.
London: William Collins and Son, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs, good copy in dustwrapper. More
Life in cold blood.
London: Ebury Press, 2008. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The final chapter in David Attenborough's overview of life on planet earth. Reptiles and amphibians ruled the world for nearly 200 million years and today they number over 12,500. This book traces the story of their evolution, behaviour and natural history..... More
Sinai: landscape and nature in Egypt's wilderness.
Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, map. Sinai's allure is legendary, full of spectacular landscapes, thriving flora and fauna, and unique history, this peninsula has long held sway in the imagination of millions. The high mountains and wadis of the peninsula's south provide the fertile..... More
Speciation and geographic variation in Black-tailed Gnatcatchers.
Washington D C: American Ornithologists' Union, 1987. Octavo, black and white photographs, maps, wrappers. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 42. More
The original water-colour paintings by John James Audubon for the birds of America. Reproduced in colour for the first time from the collection at the New York Historical Society.
[New York]: Michael Joseph, 1966. Quarto, two volumes, accompanying text leaves and 431 colour plates. Fine set in publisher's slipcase. More
The John James Audubon portfolio: a selection of the original drawings and watercolors used in the making of Birds of America accompanied by a choice of Audubon's writings.
Edition de la Main Fleurie, 2004. Quarto, 48 prints. WAS $1,800. Edited with a introduction by Ben Forkner. An edition of high quality reproductions of his original watercolors, along with key notes and correspondence by Audubon and a biographical introduction. Printed in a 14-point font on 200g deckled cream stock..... More
Audubon and his journals: with zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. Octavo, photographic plates. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, inscription on front endpaper, a fine set. More
The Bengal monitor.
Gainesville: University Presses of Florida, 1994. Octavo, illustrations, maps. More
Monotreme biology: proceedings of a Symposium held in Sydney, May 1978.
Sydney: Australian Zoologist Special Symposium Issue, Volume 20, Part 1, [1978]. Octavo, wrappers, illustrations, wrappers. More
Mammals of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
London: A & C Black, 2009. Octavo, laminated boards, colour plates, line drawings, distribution maps. Covering over 400 species, this work presents all of the terrestrial mammal species of the Western Palaearctic, serving as an excellent guide to the great wealth of fauna in this region. Species accounts are concise..... More
Do elephants have knees: and other Darwinian stories of origins.
Cornell: Cornell University Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Thinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That's a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. Do Elephants Have Knees? invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the..... More