London: The Avicultural Society, 1894-1921. Octavo, Publisher’s cloth, gilt-decorated in the two later series, the final three volumes in binder’s cloth, most volumes retaining the printed wrappers. The Avicultural magazine was the first journal devoted to cage-birds and, along with Bird notes which it absorbed in 1926, is the finest..... More

Sydney: Government Printer, (1920. second edition). Quarto, monochrome plates, photographs. Publisher's green cloth, "Mr A. Cleaver with the authors compliments and in acknowledgement of the express help rendered us when this book was passing thro' the presses'. Signatures of "Richard T. Baker' and "Henry G. Smith" More

Sydney: Technological Museum, 1910. Quarto, illustrations, photographs, maps, signed "Ambrose Pratt esq.with the authors' compliments Richard T. Baker [and] Henry G. Smith". Publisher's red cloth, a fine copy, rare in this condition PROVENANCE: A superb association copy, signed by both authors for Ambrose Pratt. Ambrose Pratt (1874 – 1944) was..... More

Sydney: W. J. Griffiths, [1914]. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's handsome gilt blue cloth, corner crushed, inscribed by the author, a very good copy. The most handsome and definitive of all regional Australian bird books. Charles Belcher (1876-1970) was a foundation member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union and the Bird Observer's..... More

London: C. G. Van Der Post, 1855. Quarto, one folding plate. Publisher's printed wrappers, rare. Not in Ferguson. More

London: Author, 1888-1905. Octavo, Small folio, four volumes. HISTORY: [13 parts in] two volumes, 48 chromolithographs by Keulemans. Publisher's black quarter calf with gilt spine and dark green gilt decorated cloth, top edges gilt. SUPPLEMENTS: two volumes, twelve handcoloured lithographs by Keulemans. Publisher's red gilt decorated cloth, some staining. Second..... More

1890. Watercolour on paper 27cm by 21cm, some spotting, signed and dated "Neville Cayley 1890" lower right, framed and mounted, More

London: W. H. Lizars, 1835. Duodecimo, uncoloured frontispiece of A. J. Werner, coloured half title; 34 handcoloured plates. Handsome contemporary full blindstamped calf with gilt spine, all edges gilt, contents slightly shaken. From The Naturalist's Library, complete in forty volumes and edited by William Jardine. More

Amsterdam: E J Brill, 1867-1868. Tall octavo, 14 handcoloured lithographed bird plates; uncut in later boards mounting the front printed wrapper. More

London: T. and J. Hodgson, 1827. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, binder's cloth. There are two important specimens collected from Cook's first voyage that ended up in the Tunstall collection. Blue-headed Parrot (Rainbow Lorikeet). "This bird was bought to England by Sir Joseph Banks who gave it to Mr Tunstall ..."..... More

London: Author, 1848. Octavo, two wood-engraved illustrations. Publisher's cloth, rebacked, scarce. "The Preface and Introduction to my Birds of Australia having been set up in small type for facility of correction, I have had a limited number of copies printed in octavo form, for distribution ..." (Notice p. vii). Ferguson..... More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Tall octavo, 81 colour-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Publisher's turquoise green blindstamped cloth, bookplate, a very good crisp set. The first book devoted exclusively to parrots in captivity and with much of Australian interest. Occasional contributions were..... More

London: Ray Society, 1864. Folio, 26 uncoloured lithographic plates. Publisher's boards with label, rebacked to match with later maroon quarter cloth, some cracking and minor fraying of corners, a few minor spots, all contained in a modern maroon solander box. German born British herpetologist and ichthyologist Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf..... More