Sydney: Australian Geographic, 2015. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. The bioregion that encompasses Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and New Guinea possesses a unique natural heritage stretching back more than 80 million years, to the break-up of the great southern continent of Gondwana. The South Australian Museum and Australian Geographic focus..... More
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Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1912. Quarto, eight (including five coloured) photolithographic plates. Modern binder's cloth, owner's stamp, a fine clean copy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, volume 44, number one. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, photographs, map. New Guinea is famous for its spectacular bird fauna characterized by cassowaries, megapodes, pigeons, parrots, kingfishers, and owlet-nightjars, as well as the iconic birds of paradise and bowerbirds. Of the nearly 800 species of birds recorded from New Guinea, more than..... More
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, (1986. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, softcover. A wonderful book, still useful even if the later edition is better. More
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, (1986. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, softcover. Although superseded by the later edition (Pratt and Beehler), plus the new guide by Phil Gregory, this is still a very useful book which covers over 700 species of birds and illustrates most of them in colour. The..... More
Sydney: Muse Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 1931. Quarto, four folding plates on stubs. Binders cloth, wrappers retained, owner's stamp, a fine copy. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2026. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps, graphs. A visually stunning, meticulously researched field guide to all the major habitats of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. This illustrated guide covers every major habitat found on the continent together with those of New Guinea and..... More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Norman Chaffer was an excellent amateur ornithologist and photographer. More
Sydney: Dove, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. With an introductory chapter followed by chapters covering the non-passerine orders and a bibliography. More
Sydney: Dove, 1985-1990. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, signature, a very good set in dustwrappers. One of the better modern New Guinea bird books, the photographs of the Birds of Paradise are spectacular. With introductory chapters and a bibliography. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1886. Octavo, Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, worn and rebacked, all edges coloured, modern endpapers. More
Adelaide: Rigby, (1978. first edition]. Quarto, colour plates, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. colour plates by John Gould, W. Hart and J. G. Keulemans from Bowdler Sharpe's Monograph of the Paradiseidae (1891-1898). With extra illustrations by Peter Hayman.Some pale foxing, otherwise very good in shelf worn dustwrapper. More
London: Collins, (1977. first edition). Folio, colour plates by Cooper, fine copy in dustwrapper and publisher's slipcase, becoming very scarce in this condition. Winner of Australian Book of the Year in 1977 and one of the modern bird book classics. More
London: Collins, (1977. first edition). Folio, colour plates by Cooper. Publisher's slipcase and dustwrapper, small owner's signature, a fine copy. Winner of Australian Book of the Year in 1977 and one the finest of all modern bird books. More
Sydney: Bulletin of the AMNH, Volume 164, 1979. Octavo, wrappers, More
Sydney: Frith and Frith, [2008]. Quarto, photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $80. Bowerbirds are fascinating because of their unusual behaviour involving building complex structures, called bowers. Some bowers are like miniature buildings and are artistically decorated with flowers, fruits, bones, shells, feathers and much more, including numerous human artefacts. Birds even paint..... More
London: British Museum, 1850. Octavo, text illustrations. Original plain blue wrappers, detached and split. More
Cairns: Sicklebill Publications, (2015. second edition). Small octavo, paperback, map. A comprehensive checklist of all bird species found on mainland New Guinea, its nearby offshore islands, the Bismark Archipelago and Bougainville. More
Sydney:. Octavo, plain wrappers. More
Sydney: Robert Brown & Associates, (1972. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in slightly blemished dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. WAS $100. Gliding mammals are an extraordinary group of animals that have the ability to glide from tree to tree with seemingly effortless grace. There are over 60 species of gliding mammals including the flying squirrels from Europe and North America..... More
Sydney: Frederick Muller, 1975. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Nelson, (1970. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Nelson, 1970. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper, signed by the author. A modest but still useful book. More