Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1994. Octavo, illustrations, paperback. This is the first of two volumes covering the vascular floras of Australia's offshore island territories. It covers Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island, both in the Tasman Sea. An introduction to the geography, physical features, climate, history of human habitation..... More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1993. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. Covers Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Ashmore Reef (Indian Ocean), the Coral Sea, Macquarie and Heard Islands (sub-Antarctic region). More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1993-1994. Octavo, text illustrations, very good set in dustwrappers. Part one: Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. Part two: Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Ashmore Reef (Indian Ocean), the Coral Sea, Macquarie and Heard Islands (sub-Antarctic region). More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1993-1994. Octavo, text illustrations, very good set in softcover. Part one: Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island. Part two: Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Ashmore Reef (Indian Ocean), the Coral Sea, Macquarie and Heard Islands (sub-Antarctic region). More
Anchorage: Alaska Geographic, Volume 9, No. 3, 1982. Octavo, oblong format, colour photographs. More
Lawrence, Kansas: American Ornithologists Union, (1983. sixth edition). Octavo, maps, a fine copy. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, (2004. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This book describes Great Barrier Island's, New Zealand, history and natural features, including flora, fauna, habitats and endangered species, both terrestrial and marine. More
Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Tenerife is a remarkable island, dominated by Mount Teide, an active volcano higher than any mountain in mainland Spain. The island has extraordinary volcanic landscapes, and thousands of species of plants and animals that are found only there. The authors' love of..... More
Hobart: Antarctic Division, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1963-1968. Quarto, four volumes, colour plates by D. M. Henry, a near fine set in dustwrappers. Volume four is titled History of the birds of Cape Verde Islands. More
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1963. Quarto, colour plates and text illustrations by D. M. Reid Henry. Bookplate in each volume, very good set in lightly worn dustwrappers. Volume four is titled History of the birds of Cape Verde Islands. More
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1914. Quarto, one lithographic plate of frogs. Half green morocco, wrappers retained, a handsome copy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 44, number two. More
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1930. Quarto, Binder's cloth with title, wrappers retained. Zoologica: volume eleven, number four. More
New York: G P Putnam's Sons, (1927. reprint). Octavo, photographs, a presentation copy signed bt the author dated 1928, a very good copy. More
London: John Van Voorst, 1860. Octavo, eight handcoloured plates by George French Angas, text engravings. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, gilt spine with title label, top edge gilt, an excellent copy The best general account of Australian natural history at the time of publication and still a useful work..... More
San Francisco: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1963-1968. Octavo, text illustrations, photographs. Binder's cloth, wrappers retained. The first twelve parts with papers in Spanish, French and English. More
San Francisco: american Association for the Advancement of Science, 1983. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, bookplate, publisher's cloth. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1966. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, the signature of Ian Thornton and his bookplate. More
Kew: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2008. Octavo, paperback and CD-ROM, colour photographs and maps. The first Red List assessment of the entire Cayman Islands flora, covering all 415 species and varieties considered to be native to the Cayman Islands. A comprehensive field guide to the unique plants of the Cayman..... More
Perry: Prion, 1996. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Provides detailed information on birding sites on this island archipelago, each site entry giving location and access, accommodation, birding strategy and species expected to be seen. Also includes a selective bird list giving brief details on the distribution and status of the uncommon birds..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. Octavo, laminated boards, text illustrations. WAS $80. This thorough and meticulous study, the result of nearly a quarter-century of research, examines the island biogeography of plants on continental islands in Barkley Sound, British Columbia. Invaluable both because of its geographical setting and because of..... More
London: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: International Council for Bird Preservation, (1985. third edition). Octavo, 12 colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. volume two 24638. More
Maidenhead: WILDGuides, 2001. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. This is an excellent practical, pocket-sized photographic guide to the 27 species of cetaceans that are known to have occurred in European waters (excluding the far north). Based on experiences gained by regularly travelling the ferry runs across the channel and Biscay, the..... More