Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1900-1994. Octavo, The first three volumes are the Hyett/Cooper facsimile, volume six is unbound, volume eight part one only (lacks three parts) and volume nine is in a shabby "Emu" binding, all other volumes in a neat binder's cloth, a very good run. The single..... More

Sheffield: Author, 1900. Octavo, 28 (27 of eggs) chromolithographs by Brittlebank, photographs. Publisher's olive-green cloth, a superb set, rare in this condition. A. J. Campbell, a foundation member of both the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union and the Bird Observers' Club, was a prolific contributor to the journals of the day... More

Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's full calf a very good copy. The Supplement. A variety of later discovered birds are figured, including the Night Parrot. More

Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Waders and other waterbirds. More

Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Kimgfishers and others. More

London: Author, 1865. Octavo, Publisher's handsome decorated cloth, bookplate, a few minor splits in the cloth, otherwise a near fine copy. The Handbook is a significant elaboration of the text of Birds of Australia and Gould's final contribution to Australian ornithology. It is still a useful book in any working... More

London: Author, 1848. Octavo, two wood-engraved illustrations. Publisher's cloth, expertly rebacked retaining original endpapers, scarce. "The Preface and Introduction to my Birds of Australia having been set up in small type for facility of correction, I have had a limited number of copies printed in octavo form, for distribution ..."... More

London: Author, 1837-1838. Large octavo, 73 finely coloured lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould and the eight-page appendix 'Description of New Species of Australian Birds'. Contemporary half green morocco and morocco-grained cloth, elaborate gilt-decorated spine, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers; a crisp fine coloured copy, free of foxing and other significant... More

Sydney: Author, 1907. Quarto, photographs. Modern full polished calf with raised bands and two coloured labels, title page grubby. S. W. Jackson (1873-1946) is best known for 'Egg collecting and bird life of Australia'. This is a handsome production liberally illustrated with his pioneering photographs and has always been a.... More

Melbourne: Bird Observers Club of Australia, 1936-2003. Four volumes of half foolscap in binder's cloth (numbers 51-517, 1936-1974), the remaining nine volumes quarto in binder's cloth (numbers 518-827, 1975-2003), a very good run of an exceedingly scarce journal in its early days. The first 50 issues are large quarto and... More

Sydney: Australian Museum, 1901-1914. Quarto, 25 egg plates, uncoloured vignettes by Neville Cayley senior, photographs by the author and H. Barnes. Contemporary half black calf, all edges speckled, an excellent set. Alfred John North (1855-1917) was one of the greatest of all Australian ornithologists and a founding member in 1880... More