The letters of F. W. Ludwig Leichhardt.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Octavo, some stains to dustwrappers, otherwise a very good set. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1968. Octavo, some stains to dustwrappers, otherwise a very good set. More
Archerfield: Steve Parish Publishing, 2009. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Using superb photographs and comprehensive text, this field guide provides an introduction to the multitude of organisms that inhabit our shores and seas. More
Milson's Point: Currawong Press, (1982. facsimile). Octavo, colour plates, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published 1860. An important early work on the Platypus. Bennett sent specimens, plus his own observations, to Richard Owen and the mystery was finally solved. More
Sydney: David Ell Press, 1988. Octavo, 27 full-page watercolours. Publisher's cloth and slipcase, limited to 550 copies, a fine copy. The manuscript, now held in the Mitchell Library, was created in 1813 by the colonial official Thomas Skottowe, using the illustrations of the convict artist Robert Browne. More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, (2000. first edition). Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Taking art as his starting point, Bonyhady explores how issues such as the preservation of endangered species, the protection of forests, the maintenance of public rights over the foreshore and even the likelihood of climate change already..... More
Sydney: State Library of New South Wales, 2001. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. The exhibition Matthew Flinders: the ultimate voyage was presented by the State Library of New South Wales to commemorate the bicentenary of Flinders' epic voyage of exploration and discovery along the Australian coasts in HMS Investigator in 1801-1803..... More
Canberra: National Gallery of Australia, 2007. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Published to accompany the National Gallery of Australia's exhibition, The Story of Australian Printmaking 1801-2005. Roger Butler is the senior curator of Australian prints and drawings at the National Gallery of Australia. The first volume is a...... More
London: George Philip, 1985. Quarto, photographs and text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2008. Octavo, black and white photographs, publisher's cloth. A series of essays by prominent ornithologists about Australasian ornithology. This book includes chapters on Gould's collector John Gilbert; ornithology at the Auckland Museum, the Western Australian Museum, and CSIRO; systematics and biogeography in Australian ornithology; the..... More
Carlton South: Miegunyah Press, 2006. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. In 1800 François Péron, an ambitious young medical student not long released from the French revolutionary army, gained a place as an assistant zoologist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australian waters. As his colleagues either deserted or died..... More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 2003. Octavo, wrappers, Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, number 71. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1984. Quarto, colour illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. A very useful account of the early exploration of Australian natural history and a solid reference for anyone interested in the subject. The author was the recipient of the Museum of Victoria's Science and Humanities Scholarship. More
Melbourne: Museum of Victoria, 1993. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. The companion volume To sail beyond the sunset, 1983. This book looks at the development of scientific thought in colonial Australia and the inevitable associated controversies. More
New York: Abbeville Press, (1987. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1967. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, some wear, softcover. More
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1964. reprint). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Hawthorn: Bloomings Books, 1999. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Dampier landed on the coast of Western Australia more than 80 years before the arrival of James Cook on the eastern coast, which made him the first explorer to set foot on Australian soil. This book documents his two..... More
Armidale: Kardoorair Press, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. Joseph Maiden was the Government Botanist and Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney , first appointed in 1896, and was one of Australia's great botanist with an enourmous body of scientific literature to his name. More
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2012. Quarto, colour illustrations, sample copy sticker on blank endpaper, fine copy in dustwrapper. Some of the earliest artistic impressions of the birds, flowers, fish and people of Australia are found in John Hunter's First Fleet sketchbook. Both historically significant and stunningly beautiful, Hunter's sketches..... More
Moulins: Imprimerie Dole, Les Marmousets, 1982. Small folio, uncoloured illustrations. Publisher's maroon cloth, gilt with coloured insert, a fine copy. An excellent facsimile of the official account of Baudin's coastal exploration of Australia. More
Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 2012. Octavo, black and white photographs, map. Good copy in paperback. The coast and its people help define our identity. Most Australians live in suburbia, but our hearts are elsewhere. This book is a celebration of the Australian seascape, from its natural grandeur to the..... More
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1975. Octavo, text illustrations, folding map, signature. More
Potts Point: Hordern House, 2003. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper. A comprehensive reference guide to the history and literature of exploration, travel and colonization from the earliest times to the year 1800. With 2,327 articles, 4,000 cross-references, indexes of ships and persons (7,500 entries) and bibliographies (about 20,000 citations). Part..... More
Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 1999. Octavo, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Covers the discoveries of the Baudin expedition of 1800 and Napoleon's ambitions for a scientific empire. More
Collingwood: CSIRO, 2007. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, softcover. An overview of one of Australia's most intriguing birds. This book draws on the limited amount of published research, as well as the author's ten years of personal observations in the field. Part of the Australian Natural History Series. More