Parrots of Australasia.
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1949. Small quarto, colour plates, photographs, fine copy, lacks dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1949. Small quarto, colour plates, photographs, fine copy, lacks dustwrapper. More
Garden City: New York Zoological Society, (1931. first edition). Quarto, colour plates by Lodge and others, a fine set in publisher's cloth. The reduced format version of Beebe's monumental 'A monograph of the pheasants', 1914-1918. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Small folio, 13 plates and accompanying text leaves, two appendices (one by Keith Hindwood). Black full morocco, limited edition of 500 copies, signed and numbered by a Broinowski descendant, a fine copy. With two useful appendices. Apendix A: Table of nomenclature. Appendix B: Gracius Joseph Broinowski;..... More
London: Christopher Helm, (1993. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, distribution maps, owner's sticker, near fine copy in dustwrapper. Describes and illustrates in colour for the first time the plumages and most distinctive races of all 290 species in the Fringillidae, Carduelidae, Estrildidae and Passeridae families. Colour distribution maps are used..... More
Marlborough: The Crowood Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A practical guide for both novice and experienced poultry-keeper alike. It identifies the basic British poultry breeds and assesses the qualities of each, explaining their attributes to help today's hobbyist understand which breeds are most suited to their needs. Detailed photographs..... More
Surrey: Spur Publications, (1982. second edition). Quarto, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Widely acclaimed as the most comprehensive and authoritative work published on pheasants. Covers 49 species of pheasant and includes life habits and distribution as well as breeding information. First published in 1951. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, (1973. first edition). Folio, colour plates, maps, inscription (birthday presant) on front endpaper with a few flecks, slightly worn and sunned dustwrapper (NOT AS PICTURED). One of the great twentieth century bird books and a central work for anybody seriously interested in parrots. More
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Australian Parrots was first published in 1969 with tipped-in photographs by Len Robinson was an immediate success. A second edition, with a substantially revised text and illustrated by William T. Cooper..... More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1980. second edition). Folio, colour plates. Publisher's full green calf, limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed by author and artist; a fine set in a fine (the box is often typically a little tired) publisher's solander box. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, stamp, very good dustwrapper. with an excellent chapter by David Rushton on the aviculture of pigeons and doves. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1982. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. An excellent treatment on the subject. The author as director of CSIRO Wildlife Division maintained an extensive collection of Australian pigeons and doves in Canberra. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1968. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in torn dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1977. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Farnham Royal: Farnham Royal Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper, bookplate of Roy Cooper. More
Tokyo: The Ornithological Society of Japan, 1928. Octavo, photographs, softcover, some wear. More
Sydney: Lansdowne, 1994. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1926. Octavo, bookplate. Publisher's handsome blue cloth in very good printed dustwrapper, very scarce in this condition. More
New York: E P Dutton, 1974. Octavo, photographs and other illustrations, dustwrapper. More
London: Kegan Paul/National Wildlife Research Center, 1996. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. This species has become endangered due to hunting. Captive breeding, by the National Wildlife Research Centre of Saudi Arabia, has provided much important data. More
Calton: Poyser, 1980. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. First English edition, an american edition was published in the same year. More
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1980. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, other illustrations. A timely and absorbing account of the Hawaiian goose, or Nene, its near extinction, eleventh hour rescue and restoration to the wild. More
Mansfield: Insignis Publications, 2009. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. The author's adventures through South America over the course of 33 years are described in this book highlighting her experiences with parrots and other birds along with the people and the culture of this region. More
Edinburgh: John Bartholomew & Son, 1976. Octavo, colour illustrations, paperback. More
London: Cage Birds, [1952]. Small octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More