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Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1981. Octavo, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1981. Octavo, a fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
Melbourne: 1922. Octavo, photographs, marbled boards. Extracted from The Emu, volume 21. More
London: A & C Black, 1974. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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, 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
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
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
Sydney: Collins, (1970. first edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Lane Cove: Doubleday, 1983. Large quarto, illustrations and maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Potts Point: Hordern House, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. A collection of Matthew Flinders' letters accompanied by biographical notes, bibliography and illustrations. More
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, 2001. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. The exhibition Matthew Flinders: the ultimate voyage was presented by the State Library of New South Wales to commemorate the bicentenary of Flinders' epic voyage of exploration and discovery along the Australian coasts in HMS Investigator in 1801-1803..... 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: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
London: Natural History Museum, 2019. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Roebuck Society, (1974. third edition). Octavo, illustrations, maps, owner's signature. 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, wrappers retained. 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
London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1965-1969. Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers. Volume one: the eighteenth century. Volume two: the nineteenth century. More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, 2003. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first comprehensive study of eighteenth century naturalist, Jacques Julien Houtou de Labillardière- a story of science, survival and a grand adventure. More