Into the crocodile nest: a journey inside New Guinea.
London: Macmillan, 1987. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
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London: Macmillan, 1987. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Paris: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1967. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Text in French. More
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1966. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: RAOU, 1985. Octavo, signature, softcover. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1986. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, softcover. More
Paris: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Text in French. More
Brussels: Muse Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, 1931. Quarto, four folding plates on stubs. Binders cloth, wrappers retained, owner's stamp, a fine copy. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Norman Chaffer was an excellent amateur ornithologist and photographer. More
Brisbane: Dove, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. With an introductory chapter followed by chapters covering the non-passerine orders and a bibliography. More
Brisbane: Dove, 1985-1990. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, signature, a very good set in dustwrappers. One of the better modern New Guinea bird books, the photographs of the Birds of Paradise are spectacular. With introductory chapters and a bibliography. More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Occasional Papers No. 51, 1997. Octavo, softcover. More
Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1886. Octavo, Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, worn and rebacked, all edges coloured, modern endpapers. More
Paris: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 1972. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. Text in French. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1908. Octavo, photographs, map. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. More
Milton: Jacaranda Press, 1971. Octavo, text illustrations, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Chatswood: Geo Productions, 1994. Quarto, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. The first monograph on this group, which is restricted mainly to Australia and New Guinea. Sixty species and most subspecies are superbly illustrated by Peter Schouten. More
Sydney: Collins, (1977. first edition). Folio, colour plates. Publisher's slipcase and dustwrapper, a few minor blemishes, otherwise a very goo copy. More
New York: Bulletin of the AMNH, Volume 164, 1979. Octavo, wrappers, More
Roermond-Maaseik: J J Romen and Zonen, [1934]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Modern half morocco, coloured labels. In Dutch. Primarily about Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua. More
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 123, Article 1, 1961. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Signature, tapemarks, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Hill House, 1988. Folio, 56 colour plates. Publisher's red cloth, a fine copy. The Bird of Paradise volume. More
London: British Museum, 1850. Octavo, text illustrations. Original plain blue wrappers, detached and split. More
Wau: Wau Ecology Institute, 1978. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Wau Ecology Institute Handbook No. 5. More