The Goulds in the Hunter Region of NSW, 1839-1840.
Clayton: Monash University, Naturae No. 2, 1992. Octavo, softcover. More
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A brief history of the Royal Society.
London: The Royal Society, 1960. Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. Includes a pamphlet on the Society's Portraits and Busts by Gillian Hammill (reprinted from the Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 24, No. 1, June 1969). More
Darwin's luck: chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin.
London: Continuum, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Just how far did Charles Darwin's luck - both good and bad - affect his life and scientific discoveries? One might make a case for saying that Darwin's life was dogged by ill-luck (or perhaps ill-fortune is more..... More
Audubon and his journals: with zoological and other notes by Elliott Coues.
London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. Octavo, photographic plates. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, inscription on front endpaper, a fine set. More
Shaping ecology: the life of Arthur Tansley.
West Sussex: John Wiley, 2012. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Sir Arthur Tansley was the leading figure in ecology for the first half of the 20th century, founding the field, and forming its first professional societies. He was the first President of the British Ecological Society and the first..... More
Thomas Bewick. My life.
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, papercovered boards, cloth spine, bookplate, fine. More
Charles Darwin: a commeration 1882-1982.
London: Linnean Society of London, 1982. Octavo, softcover. More
Linnaeus: progress and prospects in Linnean research.
Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1980. Octavo, publisher's printed cloth. More
Charles Darwin: Voyaging: Volume one of a biography.
London: Pimlico, 1996. Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Evolution: selected letters of Charles Darwin 1860 - 1870.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Octavo, dustwrapper. Charles Darwin is a towering figure in the history of science, who changed the direction of modern thought by establishing the basis of evolutionary biology. With a Foreword by Sir David Attenborough, this is a fascinating insight into Darwin's life as he first..... More
A wolverine is eating my leg.
London: Black Swan, 2004. Octavo, paperback, Not only has Tim Cahill survived fantastic journeys through the Himalayan rapids, the Grand Terror of Montana, and Dian Fossey's forbidden zone, he writes about them, too. More
Windward road: adventures of a naturalist on remote Caribbean shores.
Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2013. Octavo, photographs, maps, softcover. Originally published in 1956, Archie Carr's landmark publication helped set in motion a movement to protect sea turtles that spread throughout the world and remains strong today. Archie Carr's unmatched style of nature writing, accessible to experienced naturalists and laypersons..... More
Charles Darwin.
London: West Brothers, 1973. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
An explorer and his birds: John Gilbert's discoveries in 1844-45.
Melbourne: [Author], [1945]. Octavo, photographs. Binder's green cloth, publisher’s printed wrappers retained, a handsome copy. First published in The Emu. 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
Oxford book of modern science writing.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback. Selected and introduced by Richard Dawkins, this text is a celebration of the finest writing by scientists for a wider audience - revealing that many of the best scientists have displayed as much imagination and skill with the pen as they have in..... More
Gorilla Mountain: the story of wildlife biologist Amy Vedder.
New York: Franklin Watts, 2005. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Biography of the life and work of Amy Vedder. More
A memoir of Thomas Bellerby Wilson, M.D., prepared in pursuance of a resolution of the entomological society of Philadelphia, by a committee.
Place of publication unknown: Printed for private publication, 1939. Large octavo, roneograph facsimile (recto only), binder's brown boards, a fine copy. More
John Banister and his natural history of Virginia 1678-1692.
Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1970. Octavo, black and white photographs. More
John Banister and his natural history of Virginia 1678-1692.
Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1970. Octavo, black and white photographs. Margaret Stones bookplate, lengthy inscription to Margaret Stones from authors, chipped dustwrapper otherwise a fine copy. More
Finding order in nature: the naturalist tradition from Linnaeus to E. O. Wilson.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Octavo, illustrations, paperback. Traces the development of the naturalist tradition since the Enlightenment and considers its relationship to other research areas in the life sciences. Explores the adventures of early naturalists, the ideas that lay behind classification systems, the development of museums and zoos..... More
A magnificent obsession: the story of The Mitchell Library, Sydney.
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. The Mitchell Library is based on the collection of David Scott Mitchell, Australia's first and greatest collector of Australiana. The Library was opened in 1910 with the exceedingly generous endowment of 70,000 pounds from David Mitchell, and many thousands of..... More
The 1826 journal of John James Audubon. An account of his journey to England and Scotland to arrange the publication of The Birds of America. Transcribed from the original, in the collection of Henry Bradley Martin, and with a foreword and notes.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1967. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, some wear, softcover. More
Evolution in the antipodes: Charles Darwin and Australia.
Sydney: UNSW Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, Examines Charles Darwin's profound influence on Australian thinking. This book provides useful contextual material on Darwin's life and times, including: his 1836 visit to Australia in HMS Beagle, and the background to historic disputes and contemporary debates about Darwin's motivations and methods. More
In nature's name: an anthology of women's writing and illustration, 1780-1930.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. The varied works in this volume include passionate essays on the protection of animals, vivid accounts of travel and adventure from the English seashore to the Himalayas, poetry and fiction, and marvellous tales of nature for..... More