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
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
London: John C. Nimmo, 1898. Octavo, photographic plates. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, inscription on front endpaper, a fine set. More
London: The Folio Society, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, papercovered boards, cloth spine, bookplate, fine. More
Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksells, 1980. Octavo, publisher's printed cloth. More
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
London: West Brothers, 1973. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Octavo, folding map, black and white plates. Publisher's cloth, very slight rubbing, inscription, a very good copy. More
Adelaide: Crawford House, 2004. Quarto, colour illustrations, limited to 100 numbered and signed copy, softcover. The trade version of this title was abandonned and replaced with: Dawes, Sean. John Gould: an Australian perspective. Stepney: Axiom Publishing, 2011. More
New York: Franklin Watts, 2005. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Biography of the life and work of Amy Vedder. More
Place of publication unknown: Printed for private publication, 1939. Large octavo, roneograph facsimile (recto only), binder's brown boards, a fine copy. More
Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1970. Octavo, black and white photographs. More
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
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
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1967. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, some wear, softcover. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1964. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. 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 children. Special features..... More
London: J M Dent & Sons, 1946. Octavo, text illustrations, owner signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. A curiosity. Many of the illustrations in this book were drawn underwater. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. phorographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Jonathan Cape, 2002. Octavo, phorographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Turning to modern concepts, Gould demonstrates that, even though the whole subject of parallels between ontogeny and phylogeny fell into disrepute, it is still one of the great themes of evolutionary biology. More
Suffolk: Halesworth Press, 1980. Quarto, photographs, dustwrapper. More
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Octavo, softcover. More
London: The Royal Society, 1960. Octavo, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2006. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. An eye-opening chronicle of discovery - a narrative that traces the evolution of Darwin's genius and celebrates the unexpected rewards of close observation of the natural world. More