A contribution to the theory of the living organism.
Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1951. Octavo, a very good copy in dustwrapper.
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Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 million years of mammalian evolution in Europe.
Irvington: Columbia University Press, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, text illustrations. A 65 million year journey showing the complexity of mammalian evolution.
Reproductive biology and phylogeny of snakes.
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...
Bats: from evolution to conservation.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. Bats are highly charismatic and popular animals that are not only fascinating in their own right, but illustrate most of the topical and important concepts and issues in mammalian biology. This book covers the key aspects of bat biology...
T. Rex and the crater of doom.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (2015. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs. Vaporized detritus blasted through the atmosphere upon impact, falling back...
The morphology of the syrinx in Passerine birds.
New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, 1971. Octavo, 20 plates, softcover. Bulletin 37.
Aristotle's ladder, Darwin's tree: the evolution of visual metaphors for biological order.
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Leading paleontologist David Archibald explores the rich history of visual metaphors for biological order from ancient times to the present and their influence on human beings' perception of their place in nature. Specifically, Archibald focuses on ladders and...
Extinction and radiation: how the fall of dinosaurs led to the rise of mammals.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs and illustrations, line drawings, maps. In the geological blink of an eye, mammals moved from an obscure group of vertebrates into a class of planetary dominance. Why? J. David Archibald's provocative study identifies the fall of dinosaurs as...
Origins of Darwin's evolution: solving the species puzzle through time and place.
New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, line drawings. In On the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin presented his evidence for evolution and natural selection as its mechanism. He drew upon his earliest data gathered during his voyage on the HMS Beagle, which included...
Darwin's luck: chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin.
London: Continuum, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Just how far did Charles Darwin's luck - both good and bad - affect his life and scientific discoveries? One might make a case for saying that Darwin's life was dogged by ill-luck (or perhaps ill-fortune is more...
Neurobiology of monotremes: brain evolution in our distant mammalian cousins.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white illustrations. Details the development, structure, function and behavioural ecology of our distant mammalian cousins. The monotremes are an unusual and evolutionarily important group of mammals showing striking behavioural and physiological adaptations. They are the only mammals exhibiting electroreception (in the...
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.
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.
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...
Hymenoptera: evolution, biodiversity and biological control.
CSIRO, 2000. Octavo, dustwrapper, Based on a collection of papers presented at the Fourth International Hymenoptera Conference.
Lizards: study in thermoregulation.
London: Edward Arnold, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, softcover. Studies in Biology number109.
On evolution.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2007. Octavo, paperback, John Avise is one of the most distinguished evolutionary biologists of our time. His groundbreaking work with mitochondrial DNA created the discipline of phylogeography and his work on the Pleistocene refugia hypothesis redirected scientific thinking about patterns of distribution. Spanning a remarkable thirty-five-year...
The Tettigoniidae: biology, systematics and evolution.
Bathurst: Crawford House, 1990. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. Includes chapters by various authors on topics such as the evolution of acoustic communication; anti-predator defences; and karyotypes and meiosis.
The meaning of birds.
London: Head of Zeus, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, oblong format, black and white illustrations. One of the most eloquent nature writers offers a passionate and informative celebration of birds and their ability to help us understand the world we live in. As well as exploring how birds achieve the miracle of...
In search of reptiles and amphibians.
Leiden: E J Brill, 1987. Octavo, photographs, paperback, bookplate of David Mcphee.
Evolution.
New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2007. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps. A book on evolutionary biology that integrates molecular biology, genomics, and human genetics with traditional studies of evolutionary processes. Aim and Scope of the Book I INTRODUCTION 1 The History of Evolutionary Thinking 2...
Galapagos at the crossroads: pirates, biologists, tourists and creationists battle for Darwin's cradle of evolution.
Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, map. This book challenges the world view that the Galapagos as a pristine natural environment, famed for its rare species of flora and fauna. Here, Bassett takes a hard look at the real story that the islands are in jeopardy from poaching...
Reptilia.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1955-1961. Octavo, wrappers, signature. Contains volumes 90, 91, 92 and 95.
Beautiful minds: the parallel lives of Great apes and Dolphins.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. Small octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. Apes and dolphins: primates and cetaceans. Could any animals appear to be more different? Yet both are large-brained intelligent mammals with complex communication and social interaction. In the first book to study apes and dolphins side by side, Maddalena...
Reptile and amphibian variants: colors, patterns, and scales.
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 1995. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This is the first published work on the reptile and amphibian variations that occur naturally or through selective breeding. These animals with conspicuously altered colours and patterns are often quite beautiful. Profusely illustrated.