Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2014. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover, fine copy. It caused a sensation in eighteenth-century London when the first ships returned from Sydney with their cargo of exotic animals, birds and plants and striking watercolour illustrations. The acquisition, in 2011, by the Mitchell Library of a large number of..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
Washington D C: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Various accounts of scientific field work of the Smithsonian Institution. More
Sydney: The Library of New South Wales, (1970. second edition). Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
San Diego: Academic Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. Includes identification, distribution, and conservation information on Belize and Northern Guatemala's frequently spotted animals. Also includes information on the ecology, behaviour, and conservation of profiled animals; information on habitats and on the most common plants; information..... More
London: John Van Voorst, 1860. Octavo, eight handcoloured lithographs by George French Angas. Publisher's blindstamped purple cloth, bookplate, some fading and blemishes otherwise a very good copy. Bennett was particularly interested in the Platypus and his account of this extraordinary animal in Gatherings is a classic. "The drawings, with a...... More
London: John Van Voorst, 1860. Octavo, eight handcoloured lithographs by George French Angas. Publisher's blindstamped purple cloth, typically faded spine, a near fine copy. Bennett was particularly interested in the Platypus and his account of this extraordinary animal in Gatherings is a classic. "The drawings, with a few exceptions, are..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. Octavo, aquatint frontispieces (some spotting). Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, all edges coloured, a handsome set. Dr George Bennett (1804-1893) settled permanently in Sydney in 1836 and died in 1893. He established a successful medical practice and became a leading figure in Colonial science. He..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. Octavo, aquatint frontispieces. Contemporary half calf, bookplates of the original owner with his signature on both title pages, the bookplate of F. G. Coles; a very good copy. Dr George Bennett (1804-1893) settled permanently in Sydney in 1836 and died in 1893. He established a successful..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Large octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, line drawings. The past one hundred years of ocean science have been distinguished by dramatic milestones, remarkable discoveries, and major revelations. This book is a clear and lively survey of many of these amazing findings. Beginning..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new. From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1986. Quarto, illustrations, softcover. A richly illustrated archeological and economic history of the whaling industry. More
Sydney: David Ell Press, 1988. Octavo, 27 full-page watercolours. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, limited to 550 copies, a fine copy. The manuscript, now held in the Mitchell Library, was created in 1813 by the colonial official Thomas Skottowe, using the illustrations of the convict artist Robert Browne. More
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Sydney: Collins, 1972. Quarto, photographs, chipped dustwrapper. Explores the plant and animal communities from Rockhampton in Queensland to Portland in Victoria, going as far inland as the Great Dividing Range. More
Lane Cove: Doubleday, 1983. Large quarto, illustrations and maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Pimlico, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Beautifully illustrated, this book details the most amazing spectacles that every wildlife enthusiast has to see during their lifetime. Top nature photographer and inveterate traveller William Burrard-Lucas has spent years visiting the far-flung corners of every continent, capturing thousands of..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1965. Octavo, lacks dustwrapper. More
London: A & C Black, 2012. Octavo, paperback, maps. Sailing off in a forty-foot boat changed the lives of David and Sandra Clayton in ways they never thought possible. With her eye for detail and vivid descriptions, Sandra takes the reader on a powerful journey through some of the Mediterranean's..... More
London: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981. Octavo, More
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Anvers: Imprimerie J. E. Buschmann, 1906. Quarto, five partially coloured lithographic plates. Binder's cloth, wrappersretained. The Insect volume. More
London: John Murray, 1843. Octavo, five lithographed plates (four tinted.) Contemporary calf, spines fully gilt with red and green labels, all edges speckled, bookplate, some foxing but otherwise an attractive set. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Explores images of the tropical world - maps, paintings, botanical drawings, photographs, diagrams, and texts - produced by European and American travelers over the past three centuries. Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors from disciplines across the arts and humanities..... More