The royal research ship 'Discovery II'
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
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Sinai: landscape and nature in Egypt's wilderness.
Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, map. Sinai's allure is legendary, full of spectacular landscapes, thriving flora and fauna, and unique history, this peninsula has long held sway in the imagination of millions. The high mountains and wadis of the peninsula's south provide the fertile..... More
Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator.
Sydney: The Library of New South Wales, (1970. second edition). Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The ecotravellers' wildlife guide: Belize and northern Guatemala.
San Diego: Academic Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. Includes identification, distribution, and conservation information on Belize and Northern Guatemala's frequently spotted animals. Also includes information on the ecology, behaviour, and conservation of profiled animals; information on habitats and on the most common plants; information..... More
Visual voyages: images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of art and science, of the old world and the new. From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world..... More
Seven names for the Bellbird: conservation geography in Honduras.
College Station: Texas A & M Uinversity Press, 2003. Octavo, photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Through his recounting of local lore, Bonta makes the interaction between culture and avifauna in Latin America a key to better understanding the practice of biodiversity protection. He offers a significant contribution to the..... More
Madagascar wildlife: a visitor's guide.
Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Publications, 1996. Octavo, colour photographs, owner's signature, fine paperback copy. In addition to descriptions of key species, it includes the most important parks and reserves, plus features on evolution, camouflage, conservation, wildlife watching and photography. More
Alaska bird trails: adventures of an expedition By dog sled to the delta of the Yukon River at Hooper Bay.
Cleveland: Bird Research foundation, 1943. Quarto, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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Australia's south east: a natural history of Australia, [volume] two.
Sydney: Collins, 1972. Quarto, photographs, chipped dustwrapper. Explores the plant and animal communities from Rockhampton in Queensland to Portland in Victoria, going as far inland as the Great Dividing Range. More
East African wildlife: a visitor's guide.
Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Publications, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. For visitors to East Africa, the wildlife is certainly the major attraction, with the legendary game reserves of Serengeti and the Maasai Mara. This wildlife guide provides a colourful overview of the region's variety of large mammals together with..... More
Great voyages of exploration: the golden age of discovery in the Pacific.
Lane Cove: Doubleday, 1983. Large quarto, illustrations and maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Top wildlife sites of the World.
Chatswood: New Holland Publishers, 2015. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, maps. Beautifully illustrated, this book details the most amazing spectacles that every wildlife enthusiast has to see during their lifetime. Top nature photographer and inveterate traveller William Burrard-Lucas has spent years visiting the far-flung corners of every continent, capturing thousands of..... More
Wild China: the hidden wonders of the world's most enigmatic land.
London: Yale University Press, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. China has more varied habitats for wildlife than anywhere else in the world: rivers carve immense gorges through the world's loftiest mountain peaks; vast deserts range from searing heat to mind-numbing cold; wild horses gallop across grass steppe land; shallow seas..... More
Who stand alone.
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1965. Octavo, lacks dustwrapper. More
Turtles in our wake.
London: A & C Black, 2012. Octavo, paperback, maps. Sailing off in a forty-foot boat changed the lives of David and Sandra Clayton in ways they never thought possible. With her eye for detail and vivid descriptions, Sandra takes the reader on a powerful journey through some of the Mediterranean's..... More
Islands in the bush: a natural history of the Kora National Reserve, Kenya.
London: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
The journeys and plant introductions of George Forrest.
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Octavo, folding map, black and white plates. Publisher's cloth, very slight rubbing, inscription, a very good copy. More
Elliott Coues: naturalist and frontier historian.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981. Octavo, More
In savage Australia: an account of a hunting and collecting expedition to Arnhem Land and Dampier Land.
London: Philip Allan, (1926. first edition). Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, a magnificent crisp copy, scarce in this condition. An interesting account of the author's travels in Northern Australia with substantial natural history. Dahl collected many mammal and bird specimens including Banded Pigeon. First published in Dutch 1924... More
Pelican in the wilderness; a naturalist's odyssey in North America.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Travels in New Zealand: with contributions to the geography, geology, botany and natural history of that country.
London: John Murray, 1843. Octavo, five lithographed plates (four tinted.) Contemporary calf, spines fully gilt with red and green labels, all edges speckled, bookplate, some foxing but otherwise an attractive set. More
Tropical visions in an age of empire.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Explores images of the tropical world - maps, paintings, botanical drawings, photographs, diagrams, and texts - produced by European and American travelers over the past three centuries. Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors from disciplines across the arts and humanities..... More
An officer of the blue: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer, 1724-1772.
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1994. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Best of Getaway gallery.
Johannesburg: Jacana Media, 2011. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The best of Getaway gallery is a celebration of the photographers who capture the unbelievable pictures that are submitted to South Africa's Getaway magazine every month. It is their dedication to their art, and their determination to capture these fleeting moments of..... More