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
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Octavo, some stains to dustwrappers, otherwise a very good set. More
Melbourne: 1922. Octavo, photographs, marbled boards. Extracted from The Emu, volume 21. More
Sydney: The Library of New South Wales, (1970. second edition). Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Richard Bentley, 1834. Octavo, aquatint frontispieces. Nineteenth century half calf, and marbled boards, spine labels, bookplate, stamp,a very good copy. Dr George Bennett (1804-1893) settled permanently in Sydney in 1836 and died in 1893. He established a successful medical practice and became a leading figure in Colonial science. He..... More
College Station: Texas A & M Uinversity Press, 2003. Octavo, photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Through his recounting of local lore, Bonta makes the interaction between culture and avifauna in Latin America a key to better understanding the practice of biodiversity protection. He offers a significant contribution to the..... More
Sydney: David Ell Press, 1988. Octavo, 27 full-page watercolours. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, limited to 550 copies, a fine copy. The manuscript, now held in the Mitchell Library, was created in 1813 by the colonial official Thomas Skottowe, using the illustrations of the convict artist Robert Browne. More
Cleveland: Bird Research foundation, 1943. Quarto, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Collins, (1970. first edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. British Museum Yearbook Three. More
Lane Cove: Doubleday, 1983. Large quarto, illustrations and maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, 2001. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. The exhibition Matthew Flinders: the ultimate voyage was presented by the State Library of New South Wales to commemorate the bicentenary of Flinders' epic voyage of exploration and discovery along the Australian coasts in HMS Investigator in 1801-1803..... More
London: Yale University Press, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. China has more varied habitats for wildlife than anywhere else in the world: rivers carve immense gorges through the world's loftiest mountain peaks; vast deserts range from searing heat to mind-numbing cold; wild horses gallop across grass steppe land; shallow seas..... More
London: Geoffrey Bles, 1965. Octavo, lacks dustwrapper. More
London: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text 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
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1956. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, 2006. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. In 1800 François Péron, an ambitious young medical student not long released from the French revolutionary army, gained a place as an assistant zoologist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australian waters. As his colleagues either deserted or died..... More
Hawthorn: Bloomings Books, 1999. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Dampier landed on the coast of Western Australia more than 80 years before the arrival of James Cook on the eastern coast, which made him the first explorer to set foot on Australian soil. This book documents his two..... More
Melbourne: Hill House, 1990. Folio, two volumes, charts, colour plates. Text volume, dustwrapper. Chart volume, cloth boards. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Fine copy. More
Pittsburgh: Hunt Botanical Library, 1972. Quarto, text illustrations, folding map, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Moulins: Imprimerie Dole, Les Marmousets, 1982. Small folio, uncoloured illustrations. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt with coloured insert, a fine copy. An excellent facsimile of the official account of Baudin's coastal exploration of Australia. More
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1975. Octavo, text illustrations, folding map, signature. More
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 1998. Octavo, softcover. More