Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Armed with rudimentary Spanish, dangerous levels of curiosity and a record of poor judgement, Allison set off to tackle whatever South America could throw at him. Getting involved with conservation projects as well as seeking out the wildest and rarest... More
Dunbeath: Whittles Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Tenerife is a remarkable island, dominated by Mount Teide, an active volcano higher than any mountain in mainland Spain. The island has extraordinary volcanic landscapes, and thousands of species of plants and animals that are found only there. The authors' love of... More
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
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2004. Octavo, photographs, five copy in dustwrapper. More
Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Publications, (2014. eleventh edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This award-winning guide, now in its eleventh edition, proves to be an informative, amusing and sensitive account of a truly enchanting destination. It covers every aspect of this captivating country, from the unique fauna and flora inhabiting... More
London: Adam and Charles Black, (1975. reprint). Octavo, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: The Library of New South Wales, (1970. second edition). Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Northampton: Interlink Publishing, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, colour plates, black and white illustrations, maps. Covers Southern Mexico's insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plant and sea life. More
Northampton: Interlink Publishing, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations. There are colour illustrations for about 500 of Belize's most common reef fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals and information on their ecology, behaviour and conservation. Also includes information on habitats of Belize and Northern Guatemala and on the most... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Octavo, folding map, black and white plates. Publisher's cloth, very slight rubbing, inscription, a very good copy. More
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1981. Octavo, More
New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. When On the Origin of Species came out in 1859, it changed the understanding of life and presented the foundation for evolutionary biology. All the material that he collected for this book was from the famous expeditions he took... More
Washington DC: Island Press, 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, An exhilarating journey to some of the world's most stunning locales, led by one of conservation's key scientists. In 1972, Eric Dinerstein was in film school at Northwestern University, with few thoughts of nature, let alone tiger-filled jungles at the base of the... More
London: Methuen & Co., 1898. Large octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's green pictorial cloth, slightly shaken, otherwise a very good copy, scarce. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white 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... More
Titirangi: Exisle Publishing, 2007. text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, 2003. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first comprehensive study of eighteenth century naturalist, Jacques Julien Houtou de Labillardière- a story of science, survival and a grand adventure. More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, 2006. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. In 1800 François Péron, an ambitious young medical student not long released from the French revolutionary army, gained a place as an assistant zoologist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australian waters. As his colleagues either deserted or died, he..... More