London: John Bale, Sons and Danielsson, 1908. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy, very scarce. Translated from the French. The first serious book on venoms with much of Australian interest and reference to earlier Australian venom books Campbell p. 32. More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006. Octavo, text illustrations and diagrams, laminated boards. WAS $120. Snakes responsible for severe envenomations are considered a real public health problem, especially in tropical countries. Yet, snake venom, which is made up of hundreds of specific substances, is used more and more in biomedical..... More
Wollombi: Exisle Publishing, 2011. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This entertaining book deals with an endlessly fascinating subject in a new, unique way. Humans have always had an ambivalent relationship with deadly animals. For most people they arouse fears and even phobias, yet perhaps the real risks are not..... More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 1993. Octavo, laminated boards. WAS $100. More
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 2010. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards. This volume of Terralog is a presentation of the venomous snakes of Europe and Western, Central and Northern Asia. With more than 850 colour photographs this illustrated reference is ideal for scientists as well as terrarium keepers. More
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 2007. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards. Terralog Volume 15. More
Flagstaff: Best Publishing, (1995. second edition), Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, softcover. More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs, line drawings, maps. Carl and Evelyn Ernst have completely revised their landmark reference to present the most comprehensive review of these animals in years. Volume One of this definitive work presents dramatically improved species accounts of the venomous lizards and elapid..... More
Melbourne: Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, 1968. Octavo, illustrations, signature. More
Melbourne: Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, 1968. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, Octavo, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2003. Large octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $170. This is a comprehensive, detailed reference work on the nine genera and their species in the family Viperidae, and a valuable reference describing the frontier of knowledge of viper taxonomy. Each species account is based on..... More
Perth: Western Australian Museum, (2010. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Our coastline extends from the tropical waters of the north to the temperate waters in the south, and attracts thousands of swimmers, sailors, skindivers, fishers, naturalists and beach walkers. This heavily illustrated and informative book identifies those animals in..... More
Adelaide: Rigby, (1982. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. Australia's venomous snakes are widely viewed as the world's most deadly and are regarded with cautious curiosity, fascination, and, regrettably, fear. Australia's Dangerous Snakes examines the biology, natural history, venom properties, and bite treatment of medically important venomous marine and..... More
Madras: Higginbotham and Co., (1893. second edition). Octavo, 20 lithographic plates, many figures handcoloured. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt cobra, title page and early leaves laid down, otherwise a very good copy. More
Sydney: New Holland, 2002. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Includes snakes, spiders, crocodiles, sharks, deadly jellyfish, ticks, toads, stinging caterpillars, bull-ants, wasps, bees, mosquitoes, poisonous fish, blue-ringed octopuses and some surprises including the Platypus, magpies and eels. More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, colour pattern layouts, dustwrapper. WAS $200. Gives full descriptions and keys for the identification of all the species and subspecies, maps of distribution and variation, morphology, anatomy and colour patterns, as well as folklore. More
Rodeo: ECO Publications, 2013. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Rattlesnake expert Manny Rubio and top Snake Envenomation Expert Daniel Keyler have come together to bring us this singularly unique book on snake envenomation. This book covers all western species providing information on appearance, distribution and toxicity. Details what..... More
Rodeo: ECO Publications, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. Rattlesnake expert Manny Rubio and top Snake Envenomation Expert Daniel Keyler have come together to bring us this singularly unique book on snake envenomation. This book covers all western species providing information on appearance, distribution and toxicity. Details what..... More
Dee Why West: Hamlyn, 1970. Quarto, photographs, ex-library with stamps and spine accession number, otherwise a good copy, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Struik Publishers, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. With sensational photography this book documents the range of dangerous and threatening aspects of nature -animals that can wound, venomous animals, those that are poisonous to eat and diseases caused by animals. The focus is on understanding, identifying, avoiding and surviving..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (1981. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The uncommon hardcover first edition, the title went through many paperback editions. From stonefish to jellyfish and tiger snakes to stinging ants, this book covers sixty of the most dangerous Australian terrestrail and marine animals... More
Sydney: Government Printer, 1900. Foolscap, printered wrappers, chipped, the cancelled library stamp of the Department of Public Health of New South Wales. The author also produced a classic report on Australian venoms 1906. More
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 2006. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards. This volume of TERRALOG is a presentation of the venomous snakes of Asia. It portrays about 165 taxa and forms of the families Elapidae and Viperdae, and covers a geographical range from Pakistan to China and Japan to Indonesia. Besides..... More