The fall of a sparrow.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
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Encounters with nature.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
John Gould in Australia: letters and drawings.
Melbourne: Miegunyah Press, 1997. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. One of the best books ever published on John Gould, rich in source material and an invaluable reference. The Miegunyah Trust substantially defrayed the costs of publication. More
John Gould and the fauna of Southern Australia.
Adelaide: Crawford House, 2004. Quarto, colour illustrations, limited to 100 numbered and signed copy, softcover. The trade version of this title was abandonned and replaced with: Dawes, Sean. John Gould: an Australian perspective. Stepney: Axiom Publishing, 2011. More
Gorilla Mountain: the story of wildlife biologist Amy Vedder.
New York: Franklin Watts, 2005. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. Biography of the life and work of Amy Vedder. More
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Bibliography of Australia [facsimile]
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1975-1986. reprint). Octavo, very good set in slightly worn dustwrappers, with the Addenda. More
A magnificent obsession: the story of The Mitchell Library, Sydney.
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. The Mitchell Library is based on the collection of David Scott Mitchell, Australia's first and greatest collector of Australiana. The Library was opened in 1910 with the exceedingly generous endowment of 70,000 pounds from David Mitchell, and many thousands of..... More
The 1826 journal of John James Audubon. An account of his journey to England and Scotland to arrange the publication of The Birds of America. Transcribed from the original, in the collection of Henry Bradley Martin, and with a foreword and notes.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1967. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, some wear, softcover. More
John James Audubon.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1964. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The identification of the northern European woods: a guide for archaeologists and conservators.
London: Archetype Publications, 2000. Large octavo, laminated boards, black and white illustrations, maps. More
Forensics, fossils and fruitbats: a field guide to Australian scientists.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, black and white photographs. A fascinating collection of more than 70 profiles of Australian scientists from 15 fields of physical, biological and medical science. These scientists have been selected because their research is inspiring, intriguing or simply quirky, or because they have taken an unusual..... More
The art of Paul Margoscy.
Author, 1994. Quarto, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A time for a museum The history of the Queensland Museum 1862-1986.
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Birds and books: the story of the Mathews Ornithological Library.
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. More
Checklist to the Mathews Ornithological Collection.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1966. Quarto, publisher's wrappers. Gregory Mathews was one of the great bird book collectors of his time. He donated his library to the Australian National Library in 1939. More
King of the wilderness: The life of Deny King.
Melbourne: Text Publishing, 2002. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs. Mattingly beautifully depicts the life of one man dedicated to living in the Tasmanian wilderness. More
Bibliography to accompany Victorian ornithology: a chronology showing characteristics of the periods and bibliography.
[Melbourne]: Melbourne Council of the National Museum of Victor, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, plus folding chart. More
Biographies for birdwatchers: the lives of those commemorated in Western Palearctic bird names.
London: Academic Press, 1988. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Cayley and son: the life and art of Neville Henry Cayley and Neville William Cayley.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, lavishly illustrated, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first and only proper biography of both Cayleys. This skillfully researched and handsomely produced book charts the lives and works of this Australian father-and-son pair of bird artists. Neville Henry, peripatetic, often impecunious and with a...... More
The bird man of Brisbane: Silvester Diggles and his Ornithology of Australia.
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2010. Octavo, colour illustrations, softcover. When Silvester Diggles arrived in 1855 there was little artistic or scientific talent in the small frontier town of Brisbane. By the time of his death in 1880, his paramount legacy was a large book on Australian birds, profusely illustrated with hand-coloured..... More
Australian dictionary of biography, volumes 1-10.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1983-1986. reprint). Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers. More
An artist in conservation.
London: Collins, (2005. reprint). Quarto, unpaginated, colour plates. More
The art of the First Fleet and other early Australian drawings.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1988. Small folio, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage of the first fleet and from the early years of settlement, selected from more than 600 drawings and paintings of Australian subjects held in the British Museum..... More
Animals of Australia in colour.
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1963]. Octavo, color illustations by Deirdre East, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A woman in the wilderness.
Sydney: NSW University Press, 1993. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More