In quest of bower birds.
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Norman Chaffer was an excellent amateur ornithologist and photographer. More
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Observations on the Golden Bower-bird.
Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1956. Octavo, colour frontispiece. Publisher's stiff wrappers, spine worn. "With compliments Norman Chaffer Sydney June 1956". Reprinted from The Emu Volume 56. More
The birds of paradise and bower birds.
London: Collins, (1977. first edition). Folio, colour plates by Cooper, fine copy in dustwrapper and publisher's slipcase, becoming very scarce in this condition. Winner of Australian Book of the Year in 1977 and one of the modern bird book classics. More
The birds of paradise and bower birds.
London: Collins, (1977. first edition). Folio, colour plates by Cooper. Publisher's slipcase and dustwrapper, small owner's signature, a fine copy. Winner of Australian Book of the Year in 1977 and one the finest of all modern bird books. More
Bowerbirds: nature, art and history.
Sydney: Frith and Frith, [2008]. Quarto, photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $80. Bowerbirds are fascinating because of their unusual behaviour involving building complex structures, called bowers. Some bowers are like miniature buildings and are artistically decorated with flowers, fruits, bones, shells, feathers and much more, including numerous human artefacts. Birds even paint..... More
Bower-birds: their displays and breeding cycles. A preliminary statement.
Sydney: Clarendon Press, 1954. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. "Percy Herbert from A. J. M with thanks Jan '54". The ink stamp of A. R. McGill. A. J. "Jock" Marshall (1911-1967) had a reputation as a larrikin but he was a brilliant biologist. Bower-birds is a...... More
Bower-birds: their displays and breeding cycles. A preliminary statement.
Sydney: Clarendon Press, 1954. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. A. J. "Jock" Marshall (1911-1967) had a reputation as a larrikin but he was a brilliant biologist. Bower-birds is a masterpiece of twentieth century ornithology. More
Finches, bowerbirds and other passerines of Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, small owner's stamp, fine copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, number ten. More
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