Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2004. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Traces the unique place held by parrots in the history, culture, society, literature, and even culinary arts of the Western world, beginning with Alexander the Great's return from Persia with a number of parrots. The..... More

Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper. Handsome red full calf and cloth-backed slipcase, limited to 95 numbered copies signed by both author and artist. The deluxe edition, originally priced at $850. We also have stocks of the trade edition [stock record 35064]..... More

Sydney: Lansdowne Editions, (1981. second edition). Small folio, colour plates, cover edges silverfished, chipped dustwrapper. More

Mountfield: Pica Press, (1998. first edition). Octavo, 88 colour plates, maps, faulty end paper. The first identification guide to parrots. One-fifth of the world's parrots are on the threatened list and this book includes up-to-date information on their conservation Winner of the 1999 British Library Association's McColvin Medal for an..... More

New York: Copernicus Books, 2003. Octavo, black and white illustrations, good copy in dustwrapper. Using the history of the concept of extinction with the dodo as a case study, Pinto-Correia carefully weaves together story fragments to give a cohesive eye-opening view of 17th century exploration and the grave ramifications it..... More

Sydney: [Australian Museum], 1894. Octavo, Publisher's wrappers detached and heavily chipped, the neat stamp of the "Royal Society of Edinburgh" More

London: British Museum (Natural History), 1893. Octavo, 14 chromolithograph plates. Publisher's brown cloth, partly unopened, apart from a library pocket and a small paper library stamp on the bottom of the spine, a near fine copy. Volume 21 from Richard Bowdler Sharpe's 27 volume Catalogue of Birds in the British..... More