Wildlife in the A.C.T.
Canberra: Department of the Interior, [. no date]. Oblong format, photographs, softcover. More
GENERAL - Australia
Stapylton: with Major Mitchell's Australia Felix Expedition, 1836, largely from the journal of Granville William Chetwynd Stapylton.
Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1986. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in 33731 dustwrapper. More
Gatherings of a naturalist in Australasia.
Milson's Point: Currawong Press, (1982. facsimile). Octavo, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published 1860. An important early work on the Platypus. Bennett sent specimens, plus his own observations, to Richard Owen and the mystery was finally solved. More
Wild and free.
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, 2004. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. A collection of photographs of Australian wildlife, by Nicholas Birks. The text gives a picture of life on the land and how the rural community can live in harmony with nature, conserving Australia's natural heritage. Zoological information..... More
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Australia's north: a natural history of Australia, [volume] three.
Sydney: Collins, 1975. Quarto, photos, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The Grampians: a noble range.
Melbourne: Victorian National Parks Association, 1987. Quarto, illustrations, paperback, dog-eared. More
Parks: Victoria's national and state parks.
Melbourne: The Canterbury Press, (1990. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, contacted dustwrapper. A very useful book with quality maps and an excellent account of each park. More
Land of wonder: the best Australian nature writing.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1964. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More
Land of wonder: the best Australian nature writing.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1979. reprint). Quarto, photographs, large inscription, dustwrapper. More
Continent of curiosities: a journey through Australian natural history.
Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Small quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Collecting curiosities was a gentlemanly occupation for wealthy and educated 18th-century Europeans. Few creatures aroused more curiosity than those from Australia. But collections demand organisation, and classification itself reveals patterns to life that cannot be ignored..... More
More wildlife in the suburbs.
Melbourne: Angus and Robertson, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
South Australian National Parks and Wild Life Reserves: an account of the National Parks and Reserves situated near Adelaide, South Australia.
Adelaide: Government Printer, [1964. third edition). Octavo, wrappers, colour plates, text illustrations, softcover. 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
Great Barrier Reef, and some mention of other Australian coral reefs.
Melbourne: Australian National Travel Association, (1953. reprint). Octavo, photographs, chipped dustwrapper. More
Wildlife of the Brisbane area.
Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1983. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Indexing sealer's logbooks from Heard Islands.
Kingston: Australian Antarctic Division, 1996. Octavo, softcover, the signature of Joan Dixon. Anare Research Notes 97. More
Fauna of Australia, Volume 1A: General articles.
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1987. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Bibliography of Norfolk Island natural history.
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 2003. Octavo, wrappers, Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, number 71. More
To sail beyond the sunset: natural history in Australia 1699-1829.
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. A very useful account of the early exploration of Australian natural history and a solid reference for anyone interested in the subject. The author was the recipient of the Museum of Victoria's Science and Humanities Scholarship. More
The Antipodes observed: prints and print makers of Australia.
Melbourne: Macmillan, 1974. Oblong format, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, signed by the author. More
The dynamic partnership: birds and plants in southern Australia.
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1986. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Rambles of an Australian naturalist.
London: John Murray, 1907. Octavo, Publisher's decorated cloth, a few flecks otherwise a fine copy. More
Cape York Peninsula: a natural history.
Chatswood: Reed, (1995. first edition). Quarto, colour photographs, texta mark on bottom edge, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Chistmas Island naturally: the natural history of an isolated oceanic island, the Australian Territory of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.
[Perth]: Christmas Island Natural History Association, (1995. second edition). Oblong format, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. An account of the natural history of Christmas Island. Revised by Rod Clark. More
A steady hand: Governor Hunter and his First Fleet sketchbook.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Some of the earliest artistic impressions of the birds, flowers, fish and people of Australia are found in John Hunter's First Fleet sketchbook. Both historically significant and stunningly beautiful, Hunter's sketches are a valuable record of the..... More