New Zealand whales and dolphins.
Wellington: The Biological Society, (1972. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, stiff wrappers, inscribed by the author. More
Wellington: The Biological Society, (1972. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, stiff wrappers, inscribed by the author. More
Cape Town: Purnell and Sons, 1967. Octavo, colour plates, folding map. Leather bound, one corner rubbed. Numbered collector's edition, limited to 400 copies, signed by the authors and the artists. More
Melbourne: The Canterbury Press, (1990. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, contacted dustwrapper. A very useful book with quality maps and an excellent account of each park. More
London: Taylor and Francis, 1931. Octavo, two chromolithographic plates, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, inscribed by the author, tipped in a letter from the author to F. Erasmus Wilson. More
South Melbourne: Matchbooks, 1989. text illustrations, signed by the author for Bob Warneke, softcover. More
Melbourne: Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria, [c1876]. Octavo, Contemporary half morocco, with manuscript index. A magnificent association copy "presented to Robert Scott by the author, May 1876", the signatures of Charles French (Victorian Government entomologist) and inscribed "F. Erasmus Wilson from C. French". Comte du Castelnau (1810-180), also..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2007. Octavo, softcover, signed by the author. Following the success of The big twitch, Sean Dooley presents a guide to the secret world of birdwatching from how to look cool in binoculars to how not to get stuck with a bird bore. He covers varied..... 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, 1980. Small folio, colour plates by Peter Trusler. Publisher's canvas cloth and slipcase, the collector's issue, limited to 200 copies and signed by authors and artist. More
Osaka: Hoikusha, (1966. revised edition). Octavo, colour plates, illustrations. Publisher’s slipcase and dustwrapper, inscribed by the author. Text in Japanese. More
London: Henry J. Drane, [c1912]. Octavo, photographs by the author. Publisher's handsome decorated cloth, corner slightly damp stained, a very good copy. An early photographic account of the author's travels in southern Australia. He also published a companion account of his Queensland travels, Advetures in the big bush, 1928... More
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1919]. Octavo, illustrated from photographs by the authors. Publisher's decorated cloth, bookplate, chipped dustwrapper (scarce), a fine copy. The National Library's website has two separate entries and gives the publication dates respectively 1927 and 1920. However I have seen a copy with a contemporary inscription dated..... More
Forrestfield: Agriculture Protection Board, (1988. second edition), Octavo, photographs, maps, inscription from the author, softcover. More
London: New Holland, (1984. fifth edition), Octavo, colour plates, signed by the author, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cape Town: The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, (1993. sixth edition). Octavo, colour plates, inscription from the author, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cape Town: The Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, (1993. sixth edition). Octavo, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. More
Melbourne: Nelson, (1971. first edition). Small folio, colour illustrations by the author, inscription by the author, very good copy in dustwrapper. A handsome book and one of the better Australian butterfly books. The author was the grandson of Frederick McCubbin. More
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, (1945. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate of Roy Cooper, signed by the autho, fine copy in near fine dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, flexibound, colour illustrations by Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack and Kim Franklin, maps. The new CSIRO Publishing Australian Bird Guide (ABG) has been ten years in the making. With all Australian endemics and non-endemics, described and illustrated in all plumage states, this guide will be..... More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1977. Quarto, colour plates. Publisher's quarter morocco, limited to 350 copies, numbered and signed by the author. More
Ottawa: Entomological Society of Canada, 1963. Octavo, Binder's cloth, inscribed by the author to Edgar Riek. The Canadian Entomologist, Supplement Number 30. More
London: John Murray, 1898. Octavo, 17 plates by the author, one coloured and double-page, folding coloured map. Publisher's gilt-decorated cloth, contemporary signature, a very good copy. More
South Yarra: Lloyd O'Neil, (1984. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. A landmark book and a solid reference for any Australian bird book library. Now widely used in its field guide form. More
Launceston: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, 1995. Octavo, maps, text illustrations, signed by the author, softcover. The guide introduces the reader to the Tamar River and intertidal ecology. The main part of the book is devoted to the common families found in the region with descriptions and notes on..... More