Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1900-1994. Octavo, The first three volumes are the Hyett/Cooper facsimile, volume six is unbound, volume eight part one only (lacks three parts) and volume nine is in a shabby "Emu" binding, all other volumes in a neat binder's cloth, a very good run. The single... More
Melbourne: Australian National Publicity Association, [1948]. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1990. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Haloragaceae and Thymelaeaceae make up the major part of this volume. Haloragaceae (the Raspworts and Milfoils) are a ubiquitous group of over 100 species found almost throughout the continent in a range of habitats, including freshwater. Thymelaeaceae... More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This volume is the first for nearly 50 years to provide a full description of the 513 species making up this diverse, yet familiar, genus. Many species are described here for the first time. Angophora, the closely... More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1985. Octavo, colour photographs, paperback. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1982. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback, signature. More
![Flora of Australia, volume 49. Oceanic islands [part one].](/pictures/thumb/17720.jpg?v=1543889771)
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1994. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. This is the first of two volumes covering the vascular floras of Australia's offshore island territories. It covers Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island, both in the Tasman Sea. An introduction to the geography, physical features, climate, history of human habitation... More
![Flora of Australia, volume 49. Oceanic islands [part one].](/pictures/thumb/1603.jpg?v=1543889770)
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1994. Octavo, illustrations, paperback. This is the first of two volumes covering the vascular floras of Australia's offshore island territories. It covers Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island, both in the Tasman Sea. An introduction to the geography, physical features, climate, history of human habitation... More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1982. Octavo, text illustrations,very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1984. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, owner's signature, paperback. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in blemished dustwrapper. More
![Flora of Australia, volumes 17A, Proteaceae [part two]: Grevillea [and] 17B, Proteaceae [part three]: Hakea to Dryandra.](/pictures/thumb/40481.jpg?v=1545004880)
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1999-2000. Octavo, text illustrations, fine set in dustwrappers, scarce. Volumes 17A and 17B together complete the treatment of the subfamily Grevillioideae, with over 640 species in tribe Grevilleae (Grevillea, Hakea) and tribe Banksieae (Banksia, Dryandra, Musgravea and Austromuellera). Grevillea and Banksia are conspicuous components of the Australian flora... More
![The South Australian Ornithological Association Newsletter [numbers 25-122].](/pictures/thumb/17917.jpg?v=1520444743)
[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
Melbourne: J. Wing, 1880-1886. Octavo, 39 (of 42) parts in the publisher's printed wrappers, boxed. A very important journal with much insight into early colonial scientific life. Contributors include Ferdinand von Mueller, Charles French and A. J. Campbell. This rare journal was the forerunner to The Victorian Naturalist: the journal... More
Melbourne: Shell Company of Australia, 1950. Octavo, photographs, colour plates, publisher's coloured wrappers. First published 1932. More
Melbourne: Shell Company of Australia, [1932. first edition]. Octavo, photographs, colour plates. Publisher's coloured wrappers, with interesting cuttings and ephemera tipped in. This is almost certainly the first edition although there is nothing to indicate this except a newspaper cutting dated 1930. Presumably there are differences in the text to later printings. More
Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1889. Quarto, 31 lithographed plates (twelve coloured). Modern red binder's cloth, partly unopened, a fine copy. A scarce and attractive work on Australian seaweeds. 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