The kangaroo.
Sydney: Kevin Weldon, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs. More
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Living marsupials.
Sydney: Collins, 1970. Quarto, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Kangaroos: biology of the largest marsupials.
Sydney: UNSW Press, (1995. first edition). Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Some sunning, otherwise a fine copy. Covers many features of kangaroo biology, such as reproductive patterns, social structure and locomotor characteristics as well as other facets of biology, ecology and behaviour. Australian Natural History Series. More
Paradoxical Platypus: hobnobbing with duckbills.
Milton: Jacaranda Press, (1980. first edition), Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Kangaroos.
Melbourne: Cheshire, 1969. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. A classic account of the biology of Australian macropods. More
Kangaroos: with modern commentaries by Joan Dixon.
Melbourne: Macmillan, 1973. Folio, colour plates, Publisher's cloth and slipcase. More
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A monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos [facsimile].
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Folio, 30 colour plates. Publisher's cloth with locket portrait, limited edition of 750 copies numbered and signed by Joan M. Dixon, a very good copy. This is a facsimile edition of the two-part work, A Monograph of the Macropodidae of Family of Kangaroos, published by John..... More
The platypus: a unique mammal.
Sydney: NSW University Press, (1989. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, signature, paperback. More
The development of the Monotremata.
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1933]. Large quarto, ten photographic plates. Modern half calf and marbled boards, wrappers retained, a fine copy. Part one: The histology of the oviduct during gestation Part two: The structure of the egg-shell. Extracted from the Transactions of the Zoological Society of..... More
Possums: brushtails, ringtails and the greater glider.
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, paperback, good secondhand copy. Focuses on the larger possums of Australia and their habitats, eating habits and entire lifestyle. Australian Natural History Series. More
The kangaroo keepers.
St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1985. Octavo, colour plates, photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
The Koala: a natural history.
Kenthurst: NSW Uni Press, (1988. first edition). Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
The Mountain Pygmy-possum of the Australian Alps.
Sydney: UNSW Press, (1994. first edition). Octavo, photographs, signature, paperback. The only Australian mammal entirely restricted to the Alps. Occurring in Kosciusko National Park between Mt Bogong and Mt Higginbotham, the Mountain Pygmy-possum hibernates during winter. Australian Natural History Series. More
Koala: a historical biography.
Collingwood: CSIRO, 2008. Small octavo, colour and black and white illustrations, good copy in dustwrapper. This book examines the Koala's long seclusion from discovery (1803), its slow penetration of the European classificatory system, its distinctive history, and its emergence through observation, artistic and scientific depiction. It also covers Koala destruction..... More
Walker's marsupials of the world.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Octavo, colour photographs, paperback. WAS $45. A comprehensive guide to the biology and distribution of marsupials. Includes common and scientific names, size and physical traits, habitat and ecology, behaviour and social interactions, reproduction, life span, and conservation. Also available in hardcover [stock id 24325]..... More
Bush animals of Australia.
Sydney: Shepherd Press, 1950. Folio, photographs, softcover. In the original publisher's printed envelope. More
The call of the Koala.
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1937. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. More
Australia's amazing Kangaroos: their conservation, unique biology and coexistence with humans.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, colour illustrations, maps, graphs. WAS $50. This book is an authoritative source of information on kangaroos and their relatives. Chapters discuss topics such as species characteristics and biology, adaptations and function, and conservation. The book also discusses culling and the commercial kangaroo..... More
A key and field guide to the possums, gliders and Koala.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The photographs originally appeared in "Possums and gliders" by Smith and Hume. This field key uses characteristics that will enable the user to identify the larger (greater than 100 gm) species of Australian phalangeroids at a distance, but smaller species may..... More
Marsupials of Australia, volume one: possums, the Koala and wombats.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1980. Folio, colour plates by Rosemary Woodford Ganf. Publisher's cloth covered boards with embossed brown calf inset, limited edition of 1000 copies signed and numbered by author and artist, fine copy. More
Kangaroos and men: a symposium of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales and held at the Australian Museum, Sydney, on 4th July, 1970.
Sydney: Australian Zoologist, 1971. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's wrappers. Australian Zoologist, volume 16, part one. More
Reproductive physiology of marsupials.
Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1987. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustrapper. More
Mammalia. Marsupialia or pouched animals.
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, [1855. second edition]. Duodecimo, handcoloured half title and 34 handcoloured plates. Contemporary half calf and cloth boards, marbled endpapers, some shelf wear otherwise a very good copy. The naturalist's library, volume 24. Most Australian species are covered with an accompanying handcoloured plate. More
The secret life of wombats.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, (2002. second edition). Octavo, colour photographs, other illustrations, paperback. Good secondhand copy.. Includes the extraordinary story of Peter Nicholson, who as a fifteen -year-old schoolboy, began to study the secret world of wombats by crawling down their burrows. Also looks at wombat evolution and biology... More
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