News from nature: a selection of seasonal gossip.
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1948. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs, ex-library stamp (RAOU), chipped dustwrapper. More
Biography
John Gould in Australia: letters and drawings.
Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 1997. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the best books ever published on John Gould, rich in source material and an invaluable reference. The Miegunyah Trust substantially defrayed the costs of publication. More
The life of Matthew Flinders.
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2002. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Provides fresh insight into the life of Matthew Flinders. Miriam Estensen has drawn on many sources to create a vivid picture of his life and voyages. She has created a well rounded picture of the man as seen..... More
Bibliography of Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1941-1969. first edition). Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers. 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
Records of the South Australian Museum, vol. XII. The first hundred years of the museum 1856-1956.
Adelaide: Publishers Limited, 1956. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
The best Australian science writing 2014.
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2014. Octavo, paperback. The annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. Why are Sydney's golden orb weaver spiders getting fatter and fitter? Could sociology explain the recent upsurge in prostate cancer diagnoses? Why were Darwinites craving a good storm during 'The Angry Summer'..... More
Nature's saviours: celebrity conservationists in the television age.
Oxon: Routledge, 2013. Octavo, softcover. Today's celebrity conservationists play a major role in drawing public attention to an increasingly threatened world. One of the first books to address this contribution, it focuses on five key figures: English naturalist David Attenborough, French marine adventurer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, American primatologist Dian Fossey, Canadian..... More
Nature's pilgrim: the life and journeys of Captain S A White naturalist, author and conservationist.
Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer, 1989. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Samuel Albert White (1870-1954) was the son of Samuel White (1835-1880) of "Reedbeds" South Australia. He was a prominent ornithologist of his day and organised many scientific expeditions around the turn of the twentieth century. This is a...... More
Forensics, fossils and fruitbats: a field guide to Australian scientists.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, black and white photographs. A fascinating collection of more than 70 profiles of Australian scientists from 15 fields of physical, biological and medical science. These scientists have been selected because their research is inspiring, intriguing or simply quirky, or because they have taken an unusual..... More
The art of Paul Margoscy.
Author, 1994. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A time for a museum The history of the Queensland Museum 1862-1986.
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Birds and books: the story of the Mathews Ornithological Library.
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. More
Checklist to the Mathews Ornithological Collection.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1966. Quarto, publisher's wrappers. Gregory Mathews was one of the great bird book collectors of his time. He donated his library to the Australian National Library in 1939. More
King of the wilderness: The life of Deny King.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2002. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Mattingly beautifully depicts the life of one man dedicated to living in the Tasmanian wilderness. More
Bibliography to accompany Victorian ornithology: a chronology showing characteristics of the periods and bibliography.
[Melbourne]: Melbourne Council of the National Museum of Victor, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, plus folding chart. More
The Great South Land: treasures of the Mitchell and Dixson libraries and Dixson galleries.
South Melbourne: Sun Books, 1979. Quarto, photographs, bookplate of Sophie Ducker, paperback. More
The best Australian science writing 2015.
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2015. Octavo, softcover. The annual collection celebrating the finest Australian science writing of the year. How does dust connect the cosmos with our bed sheets? Why do lobsters do the Mexican Wave backwards? And what makes us feel 'wetness' when there's no such thing as 'wet' nerve..... More
Australian dictionary of biography, volumes 1-10.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1983-1986. reprint). Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers. Freight will be extra. More
The art of the First Fleet and other early Australian drawings.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988. Small folio, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage of the first fleet and from the early years of settlement, selected from more than 600 drawings and paintings of Australian subjects held in the British Museum..... More
The art of the First Fleet and other early Australian drawings.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988. Small folio, illustrations, very good copy in sunned dustwrapper. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage of the first fleet and from the early years of settlement, selected from more than 600 drawings and paintings of Australian subjects held in..... More
Animals of Australia in colour.
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1963]. Octavo, color illustations by Deirdre East, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Ludwig Becker: artist and naturalist with the Burke and Wills Expedition.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979. Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
An exquisite eye: the Australian flora and fauna drawings 1801-1820 of Ferdinand Bauer.
Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1997. Quarto, colour illustrations, signed by all three authors, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The art of collecting national heritage: the letters of Henry Luke White 1910-1913.
Scone: Seven Press, 2007. Quarto, photographs, limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies, a fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. Limited edition of 300 numbered and signed copies. Henry Luke White assembled the best ever collection of Australian birds' eggs as well as a fine bird skin collection. He also..... More