Into the crocodile nest: a journey inside New Guinea.
London: Macmillan, 1987. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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Hume and Howell 1824.
Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1981. Octavo, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
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
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
![Stock ID 43499 A visit to the archipelago of the Recherche S.W. Australia [drop title]. A. F....](https://andrewisles.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/43499.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&v=1675905649)
A visit to the archipelago of the Recherche S.W. Australia [drop title].
Melbourne: 1922. Octavo, photographs, marbled boards. Extracted from The Emu, volume 21. 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
Lost worlds: adventures in the tropical rainforest.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Bruce Beehler, a widely travelled expert on birds and tropical ecology, recounts fascinating details from twelve field trips he has taken to the tropics over the past 30 years. Drawing on his experiences in Papua New Guinea..... More
The zoology of the voyage of the Samarang, parts one, two and three [only]: Mollusca.
London: Reeve and Benham, 1850. Quarto, 24 lithographic plates ( 23 handcoloured, one uncoloured). Modern binder's cloth, the three stiff wrappers, retained, all edges coloured, contents and plates crisp except the waterstained uncoloured plate. 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
Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia.
London: John Van Voorst, 1860. Octavo, eight handcoloured lithographs by George French Angas. Publisher's blindstamped purple cloth, typically faded spine, a near fine copy. Bennett was particularly interested in the Platypus and his account of this extraordinary animal in Gatherings is a classic. "The drawings, with a few exceptions, are..... 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
The Skottowe manuscript: select specimens from nature of the birds, animals etc etc. of New South Wales.
Sydney: David Ell Press, 1988. Octavo, 27 full-page watercolours. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, limited to 550 copies, a fine copy. The manuscript, now held in the Mitchell Library, was created in 1813 by the colonial official Thomas Skottowe, using the illustrations of the convict artist Robert Browne. 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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Tropical Queensland: a natural history of Australia, [volume] one.
Sydney: Collins, (1970. first edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Captain Cook and the South Pacific.
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. British Museum Yearbook Three. 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
Matthew Flinders: personal letters from an extraordinary life.
Potts Point: Hordern House, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. A collection of Matthew Flinders' letters accompanied by biographical notes, bibliography and illustrations. More
Matthew Flinders: the ultimate voyage.
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, 2001. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. The exhibition Matthew Flinders: the ultimate voyage was presented by the State Library of New South Wales to commemorate the bicentenary of Flinders' epic voyage of exploration and discovery along the Australian coasts in HMS Investigator in 1801-1803..... 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
Islands in the bush: a natural history of the Kora National Reserve, Kenya.
London: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Sea-girt jungles: the experiences of a naturalist with the 'St George' Expedition.
London: Hutchinson, [1926]. photographs, very good copy in publisher's cloth (some slight rubbing). 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
Nature's explorers: adventurers who recorded the wonders of the natural world.
London: Natural History Museum, 2019. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More