The royal research ship 'Discovery II'
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
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The magnificent foragers.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Exposition Books, 1978. Quarto, colour photographs, dustwrapper. Various accounts of scientific field work of the Smithsonian Institution. More
Captain Cook: navigator and scientist. Papers presented at the Cook bicentenary Symposium Australian Academy of Science, Canberra 1 May 1969.
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1970. Octavo, tipped-in frontispeice, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
![Stock ID 43499 A visit to the archipelago of the Recherche S.W. Australia [drop title]. A. F....](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/43499.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1758219440)
A visit to the archipelago of the Recherche S.W. Australia [drop title].
Sydney: 1922. Octavo, photographs, marbled boards. Extracted from The Emu, volume 21. More
Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator.
Sydney: The Library of New South Wales, (1970. second edition). Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The ecotravellers' wildlife guide: Belize and northern Guatemala.
London: Academic Press, 1999. Octavo, colour plates, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. Sunned spine, softcover. 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;..... More
Wanderings in New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, and China.
Sydney: Richard Bentley, 1834. Octavo, aquatint frontispieces. Nineteenth century half calf, and marbled boards, spine labels, bookplate, stamp, a very good copy. 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..... More
Ocean: reflections on a century of exploration.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2009. Large octavo, laminated boards, black and white photographs, text illustrations. 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
Baudin in Australian waters: the artwork of the French voyage of discovery to the southern lands 1800-1804. With a complete descriptive catalogue of drawings and paintings of Australian subjects by C.-A. Lesueur and N.-M. Petit from the Lesueur C.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988. Small folio, colour plates, textillustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The Skottowe manuscript: select specimens from nature of the birds, animals etc etc. of New South Wales.
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
![Stock ID 188 Australia's south east: a natural history of Australia, [volume] two. Stanley...](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/188.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1779258698)
Australia's south east: a natural history of Australia, [volume] two.
London: Collins, 1972. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. Explores the plant and animal communities from Rockhampton in Queensland to Portland in Victoria, going as far inland as the Great Dividing Range. More
![Stock ID 43296 Tropical Queensland: a natural history of Australia, [volume] one. Stanley...](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/43296.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1771477356)
Tropical Queensland: a natural history of Australia, [volume] one.
London: Collins, (1970. first edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Top wildlife sites of the World.
London: 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
Islands in the bush: a natural history of the Kora National Reserve, Kenya.
London: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
The journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin: Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes Geographe and Naturaliste, assigned by order of the Government to a voyage of discovery.
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Pelican in the wilderness; a naturalist's odyssey in North America.
New York: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Resultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery.
Paris: Imprimerie J. E. Buschmann, 1906. Quarto, five partially coloured lithographic plates. Binder's cloth, wrappers retained. The Insect volume. More
Tropical visions in an age of empire.
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
Francois Péron: an impetuous life.
Paris: Miegunyah Press, 2006. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. In 1800 François Péron, an ambitious young medical student not long released from the French revolutionary army, gained a place as an assistant zoologist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australian waters. As his colleagues either deserted or died, he..... More
Outback by camel.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1998. Large octavo, black and white photographs, colour photographs, map. Signed by the author, softcover. Rex Ellis recounts some of the more adventurous expeditions he has organised throughout Australia's desert regions, the Flinders Ranges and Kangaroo Island. He also reflects on the experience of running a camel..... More
Outback by camel.
Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1998. Large octavo, paperback, colour photographs, map. "Andrew and Belinda Good travelling along the 'stock route' of life. Rex Ellis". Rex Ellis recounts some of the more adventurous expeditions he has organised throughout Australia's desert regions, the Flinders Ranges and Kangaroo Island. He also reflects on the..... More
To sail beyond the sunset: natural history in Australia 1699-1829.
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. A very useful account of the early exploration of Australian natural history and a solid reference for anyone interested in the subject. The author was the recipient of the Museum of Victoria's Science and Humanities Scholarship. More
Europe: a natural history.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2018. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. More
Crossing the blue mountains: journeys through two centuries, from naturalist Charles Darwin to novelist David Foster.
Potts Point: Duffy and Snellgrove, 1997. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. More
The Banks/Cook portfolio.
Melbourne: Hill House, 1990. Folio, charts, colour plates. Text volume, dustwrapper. Chart volume, cloth boards. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Fine copy. More