Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. Quarto, laminated boards, with illustrations by Peter Schouten, maps. For most of the past 300 million years, the world’s continents were interlinked as the supercontinents Pangaea and then Gondwana. Around 50 million years ago, Australia tore itself free from Antarctica to become the huge, splendidly isolated..... More
Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press, 2025. colour illustrations. The Mesozoic was dominated by a spectacular array of flora, from ferns, conifers, and cycads to ginkgos and flowering plants, as well as some enigmatic species with no modern-day descendants. This wide-ranging illustrated guide provides an unparalleled, in-depth look at the era's..... More
Sydney: William Morrow & Company, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1925. Octavo, three plates, quarter cloth and publisher's printed boards. More
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, (1923. second edition). Tall octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
London: J. Newbery, 1763. Small octavo, uncoloured plates. Contemporary full calf (worn), all volumes rebacked with red label, owner's signature ("Isaac Hitchcock 1763") in each volume. Volume one: The natural history of quadrapedes, including amphibious animals, frogs, and lizards, with their properties and uses in medicine. Volume two: The natural..... More
New York: University of Michigan, 1929. Quarto, five uncoloured folding plates. Publisher's cloth, apart from library stamp on title page, a fine copy. More
Sydney: 1929. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in publisher's cloth. "To Mr and Mrs Midford Le Souef with the author's kind regards 30th Dec. 1942", the bookplate of Frederick Chapman. More
Sydney: 1929. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in torn dustwrapper, tipped in a letter to R. H. Croll from the author, discussing his bookplate. More
Sydney: George Robertson & Co., 1914. Octavo, photographs, inscribed by the author for Robert Henderson Croll, publisher's cloth. More
Sydney: George Robertson & Co., 1914. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1991. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: New York Education Department, 1909. Quarto, uncoulered plates. Publisher's cloth, lightly flecked, some stamps, otherwise an excellent copy. More
London: George Allen and Unwin, (1975. second edition), Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published 1934. More
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1971. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. First published 1935. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's boards. The interval between the Carboniferous and Jurassic is marked by major changes in the structure and character of the Earth, associated with massive earthquakes, volcanic activity, and large scale changes of life at the Permian-Triassic and..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Octavo, laminated boards, illustrations. A guide to a variety of archaeological methods ranging from techniques for measuring time with isotopes and magnetism to the sciences of climate reconstruction, geomorphology, sedimentology, soil science, paleobotany and faunal paleoecology. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Octavo, photographs, signature, publisher's cloth. More
Chicago: American Ornithologists' Union, 1998. Octavo, paperback, photographs. American Ornithologists' Union Monograph number 50. More
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2023. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. When Tim Flannery was a boy he found a fossilised tooth of the giant shark megalodon at a Port Philip Bay beach near his home. This remarkable find-the tooth was large enough to cover his palm-sparked an interest in palaeontology that was..... More
Sydney: Order of the Trustees, 1971. Octavo, wrappers. More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 2009. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 320. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. Brings together nineteen review articles written for Nature over the past decade by many of the major figures in paleontology and evolution. The editor gives new commentary and updated references. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1945. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, owner's signature, very good copy. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2014. Octavo, photographs, maps. WAS $90. An up-to-date synthesis by leading researchers, this book explores Australia’s unique predator communities from prehistoric, historic and current perspectives. It covers mammalian, reptilian and avian carnivores, both native and introduced to Australia. It also examines the debate surrounding how best to..... More