Keeping reptiles and amphibians as pets.
Sydney: Thomas Nelson, 1980. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, stamp. fine copy in stiff card. More
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Reptile keeper's handbook.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1996. Quarto, black and white photographs, other illustrations, laminated boards. WAS $120. Written by a professional zoo keeper, this handbook provides the reader with a practical approach to the husbandry of reptiles, including venomous snakes. More
Management and conservation of small populations: Proceedings of a conference held in Melbourne, Australia, September 26-27, 1989.
Melbourne: Chicago Zoological Society, 1990. Octavo, photographs, maps, softcover. More
Birds and people.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2013. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A wonderful book. Vast in both scope and scale, this book explores and celebrates the relationship between birds and people. Throughout history their flight has inspired the human imagination so that birds are embedded in our religions, folklore, music..... More
Traditional British poultry breeds.
Ramsbury: The Crowood Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A practical guide for both novice and experienced poultry-keeper alike. It identifies the basic British poultry breeds and assesses the qualities of each, explaining their attributes to help today's hobbyist understand which breeds are most suited to their needs. Detailed photographs..... More
The general care and maintenance of Horned Frogs.
Sydney: Advanced Vivarium Systems, 1990. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
The general care and maintenance of Red-tailed Boas.
Sydney: Advanced Vivarium Systems, 1990. Octavo, wrappers, photographs. More
Captive husbandry and propagation of the boa constrictors and related boas.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1997. Octavo, 63 colour photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $70. More
Breeding food animals: live food for vivarium animals.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2004. Octavo, black and white photographs, text illustrations, laminated boards. WAS $60. Instructions for the development of long-term breeding environments for food animals, with information on how to raise a wide variety of live food such as plankton, worms, crustaceans, molluscs, insects and mammals. Note..... More
Cloning wild life: zoos, captivity, and the future of endangered animals.
New York: New York University Press, 2013. Octavo, paperback, photographs. The natural world is marked by an ever-increasing loss of varied habitats, a growing number of species extinctions, and a full range of new kinds of dilemmas posed by global warming. At the same time, humans are also working to..... More
A practical guide for feeding captive reptiles.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, (1996. reprint). Octavo, publisher's cloth, WAS $50. In this guide, ready sources on alternatives for many dietary items for the feeding of captive reptiles are discussed in detail. In the case of invertebrate prey, practical methods for their culture are provided. Throughout the manual, certain..... More
Biomedical and surgical aspects of captive reptile husbandry.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, (1991. second edition). Folio, colour photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $300. A magnficent two volume revision, first published in 1981. The author is a leading authority on veterinary aspects of reptile husbandry. FREIGHT WILL BE EXTRA. More
Iguana Iguana: guide for successful captive care.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1995. Quarto, colour photographs, laminated boards. WAS $80. Revised and updated edition of Iguanas: A guide to their biology and captive care. More
Reptile clinician's handbook: a compact clinical and surgical reference.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1994. Octavo, spirally bound, WAS $45. More
Animals in translation: using the mysteries of Autism to decode animal behavior.
London: Harvest Books, 2006. Octavo, softcover. One of the world's most celebrated animal scientists merges a lifetime of study with her extraordinary perceptions as an autistic person in a groundbreaking book that revolutionizes the understanding of how animals think and feel. Also available in hardcover [stock id 32005]. More
Desert lizards: captive husbandry and propagation.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2003. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $50. Everything you need to know about keeping and breeding spiny-tailed lizards, horned lizards, chuckawallas, desert iguanas, collared lizards and geckoes. More
Doing bird: a chicken keeper's year.
London: Constable and Robinson, 2013. Octavo, paperback, This book tells you what it's really like to keep chickens, charting the highs and lows in the year of an amateur hen keeper and his flock. Split into months and seasons, this book brings out the characters and idiosyncrasies of the birds..... More
Wild deer in Britain.
London: David & Charles, 1970. Octavo, colour frontispiece, monochrome photographs, slight spotting of endpapers, otherwise fine copy in chipped dustwrapper. More
Geckoes: biology, husbandry and reproduction.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 1995. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $50. A comparative survey of geckoes covering history, evolution, and range of the species, as well as information on care and breeding. More
Chinchilla care.
Sydney: Allied Fur Industries, (1953. third edition). Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Biology, husbandry and medicine of the Green Iguana.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs. WAS $120. More
The finch... a breeder's companion.
Sydney: Indruss Productions, 2010. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce and sought after. This valuable reference book details the author's personal experiences in the keeping and breeding of the finches, and his experiences in the field. The book contains colour photographs of the finches, habitat, etc...... More
Tarantulas in the vivarium: lifestyle, husbandry and breeding.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. WAS $60. This popular handbook for the captive husbandry and breeding of tarantulas, originally published in the German language, is now available in English. The taxonomy has been updated by the author. The text is in two sections. The..... More
Diseases of amphibians and reptiles.
Malabar FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations, laminated boards. WAS $60. Clear, basic information on how to care for amphibians and reptiles. Describes general diagnostic techniques - parasitological, bacteriological, mycological, and virological - as well as x-ray, ultrasounds and endoscopy. There is a section..... More
The new Chameleon handbook.
New York: Barron's, Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More