Animals for man.
London: Edward Arnold, 1977. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, softcover. Studies in biology, number 78. More
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Domesticated animals: from early times.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1981. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The natural history of dogs. Canidae or genus Canis of authors. Inlcuding also the genera Hyaena and Protoles.
London: W. H. Lizars, 1839-1840. Duodecimo, uncoloured frontispiece of Pallus and uncoloured half titles; 60 handcoloured plates. Handsome contemporary full blindstamped calf with gilt spine, all edges gilt, contents slightly shaken. From The Naturalist's Library, complete in forty volumes and edited by William Jardine. More
The natural history of the Pachydermes, or, thick skinned quadrupends; consisting of the Elephant, Rhinocerus, Hippopotomus, Tapir. Hog etc...
London: W. H. Lizars, 1837. Duodecimo, uncoloured frontispiece of Sir Hans Sloane and uncoloured half title, 29 handcoloured plates. Handsome contemporary full blindstamped calf with gilt spine, all edges gilt, contents slightly shaken. From The Naturalist's Library, complete in forty volumes and edited by William Jardine. More
Mostly mammals: zoological essays.
London: Hutchinson, 1903. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy. More
A history of Britsh quadrupeds.
London: W. H. Lizars, 1838. Duodecimo, uncoloured frontispiece of Aldrovand1 and uncoloured half title; 34 handcoloured plates. Handsome contemporary full blindstamped calf with gilt spine, all edges gilt, contents slightly shaken. The second issue of the first edition, from The Naturalist's Library. The Naturalist's Library, edited by William Jardine, was..... More
Black duck: a year at Yumburra.
London: Thames and Hudson, 2024. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. From the bestselling author Bruce Pascoe comes a deeply personal story about the consequences and responsibility of disrupting Australia's history. When Dark Emu was adopted by Australia like a new anthem, Bruce found himself at the centre of a...... More
Dark emu: Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture.
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2018. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. This book puts forward an argument for a reconsideration of the hunter-gatherer tag for precolonial Aboriginal Australians. The evidence insists that Aboriginal people right across the continent were using domesticated plants, sowing, harvesting, irrigating and storing behaviours inconsistent with the..... More
Guinea pig.
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, photographs, illustrations, bookplate, softcover. Reaktion Animal Series. Guinea pigs are a popular pet for those looking for an alternative to dogs and cats. They are increasingly bred for looks, shaped by humans in search of an ideal appearance. But it was guinea pigs that influenced..... More
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