Tantanoola: Neville Bonney, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. It is highly unlikely that any other edible Australian native plant has created as much interest as the Native peach/Quandong, Santalum acuminatum. This plant is now embedded in Australian folklore and holds nostalgic memories for many people. This fully illustrated book..... More
Adelaide: Neville Bonney, (2020. second edition, reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Edible wild native plants have been gaining much interest in recent years amongst local growers and chefs. This new book focuses on the culinary flora of southern Australia. It is practical and easy to use with coloured photographs throughout..... More
Adelaide: Neville Bonney, (2003. revised edition). Quarto, colour photographs, line drawings. This book is a field guide to the identification, collection, germination and establishment of native plant species for central southern Australian landscapes. The new revised edition includes a Foreward by the author, looking at the role of revegetation in..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, line drawings. Examines three celebrated scientific landscapes: Adelaide's Hallett Cove, Lake Callabonna in the far north of South Australia, and the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region of New South Wales. It offers philosophical insights into significant issues of heritage..... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2008. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This book brings together the latest scientific knowledge on more than 860 species inhabiting Australia's temperate southern waters, from the Recherche Archipelago at the western end of the Great Australian Bight to Wilson's Promontory in the east, many..... More
Stepney: Axiom Publishing, (2017. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A field guide and location guide for birds seen in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. There are 231 species with a full page for each. Included are 600 attractive photographs showing birds in their habitat and notes about each species..... More
Adelaide: Government Printer, (1927-1929. first edition). Octavo, uncoloured plates, text illustrations. Publisher's wrappers, Ingleton bookplate, some blemishes. More
Adelaide: Publishers Limited, 1956. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Adelaide: SA Government Printer, (1986. fourth edition). Octavo, illustrations. Publisher's cloth, a fine set, signature of Helen Aston, scarce. Volume one: Lycopodiaceae-Rosaceae. Volume two: Leguminosae-Rubiaceae. Volume three: Polemoniaceae-Compositae. Volume four: Alismataceae-Orchidaceae. More
Adelaide: Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and State Herbarium of South Australia, 2013. Large octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This sumptuously illustrated book from the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide features 192 apples and 129 pears presented as an album of portraits. Stunning photography captures the life-like detail of this intriguing papier-mache model..... More
South Australia: The Griffin Press, 1972. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1950. Octavo, two colour plates, the bookplate of F. G. Coles, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
South Australia: Gecko Books, 2013. Duodecimo, paperback, colour photographs, map. Covering the area of Central Australia this booklet provides photographs and simple technical information about 37 common plants of the area. More
Adelaide: Geological Survey of South Australia, 1969. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2014. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. This long awaited guide provides a wonderful introduction for naturalists, beachcombers, divers and anyone with an interest in the marine environment. It includes a description of each animal accompanied by a colour photograph with information about each animal's behaviour, diversity..... More
Adelaide: Adelaide Ornithologists Club, 1972-1975. Octavo, wrappers. More
Sofia: Pensoft, 2012. Octavo, paperback, photographs, colour illustrations, line drawings, maps. Zoo Keys 191. The assassin spiders of the family Archaeidae from southern Australia are revised, with a new genus (Zephyrarchaea gen. n.) and nine new species described from temperate, mesic habitats in southern Victoria, South Australia and south-western Western..... More
North Adelaide: Corkwood Press, 1999. Quarto, photographs, softcover. This is an essential natural histort guide for any traveller to the region, but with its strong historical theme it is also an outstanding story of human endevour. More
Paterson: C Arthur Pearson, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. A long-awaited publication written by Dr Douglas Somerville, Technical Specialist, Bees with the NSW Department of Primary Industries. This book focuses on the value of key plants to nectar-feeding animals in Australia with particular emphasis on honey bee nutritional..... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2020. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A comprehensive guide to the 310 species of frogs and reptiles living in the Murray-Darling Basin. The Murray-Darling Basin spans more than 1 million square kilometres across the lower third of Queensland, most of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory..... More
Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia, 1921. Quarto, coloured frontispiece, photographs, publisher's printed wrappers, scarce. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1923-1925. Octavo, text illustrations, Handsome binder's cloth, wrappers retained, bookplate. Part one: the monotremes and carnivorous marsupials. Part two: the bandicoots and the herbivorous marsupials. Part three: the Monodelphia. More
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1923-1925. Octavo, text illustrations, Handsome binder's cloth, a fine crisp copy. Part one: the monotremes and carnivorous marsupials. Part two: the bandicoots and the herbivorous marsupials. Part three: the Monodelphia. More
Melbourne: Longman Green, Longman, Roberts and Green, 1862. Octavo, text illustrations, five uncoloured plates and map. Publisher's green blind stamped cloth, a very good copy. Ferguson 18805. More