The magnificent foragers.
Washington D C: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Various accounts of scientific field work of the Smithsonian Institution. More
Washington D C: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Various accounts of scientific field work of the Smithsonian Institution. More
London: Cassell, 1942. Octavo, photographs, slightly worn dustwrapper. 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
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1953. Octavo, photographs. Volume 102: Article 2. More
Lane Cove: Doubleday, 1983. Large quarto, illustrations and maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Pimlico, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. When On the Origin of Species came out in 1859, it changed the understanding of life and presented the foundation for evolutionary biology. All the material that he collected for this book was from the famous expeditions he took..... More
Carlton: The Miegunyah Press, 1995. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
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
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1994. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
St Leonards: Allen and Unwin, 2005. Octavo, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. Brings to bear exhaustive research in the archives and libraries of the world, to present an account of the life and death of this most complicated man. More
London: Collins, (1958. reprint). Octavo, illustrations, heavily foxed preliminary pages and fore edges, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Random House, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. This book details the historic race to become the first team to reach the South Pole. On 2 December 1911, Sir Douglas Mawson left Hobart on his Australasian Antarctic Expedition to explore the virgin frozen coastline below Australia, 2000..... More
Melbourne: Text Publishing, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Blending together the writings of early Australian explorers, settlers, and leaders, "The Birth of Sydney" editor Flannery constructs a compelling narrative history of the early life of one of the world's great cities. More
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2007. Octavo, paperback, BRAND NEW. A concise version for young adults of Flannery's classic anthology, The explorers. In these exciting, heartbreaking diaries of the men and women who explored our country, young readers will get a sense of freedom of travelling into the unknown. These amazing stories..... More
Mile End: Wakefield Press, 2016. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations. In 1800, French navigator Nicolas Baudin led two ships carrying 22 scientists and more than 230 officers and crew on a three-and-a-half-year voyage to the 'Southern Lands'. It was one of the most lavishly equipped scientific expeditions ever to leave Europe..... More
Mile End: Wakefield Press, (2017. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, black and white and colour illustrations. Traces the parallel lives and voyages of the explorers Flinders and Baudin, as they travelled to Australia and explored the coastline of mainland Australia and Tasmania. Unusually, the book takes its lead from the voyages..... More
Roermond-Maaseik: J J Romen and Zonen, [1934]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Modern half morocco, coloured labels. In Dutch. Primarily about Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua. More
Melbourne: Hill House, 1990. Folio, two volumes, charts, colour plates. Text volume, dustwrapper. Chart volume, cloth boards. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Fine copy. More
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1995. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Sydney: New South Books, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. In the summer of 2002-03, acclaimed writer and historian Tom Griffiths voyaged the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. He was on board the first Australian ship to ' slice the silence' of a year, arriving at Casey Station to deliver the new..... More
Moulins: Imprimerie Dole, Les Marmousets, 1982. Small folio, uncoloured illustrations. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt with coloured insert, a fine copy. An excellent facsimile of the official account of Baudin's coastal exploration of Australia. More