Across the years: the lure of early Australian books.
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1948. Octavo, illustrations, limited to 650 copies, tipped in prospectus and related material, fine copy in publisher's stiff clear wrapper, More
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1948. Octavo, illustrations, limited to 650 copies, tipped in prospectus and related material, fine copy in publisher's stiff clear wrapper, 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
Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1988. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1941-1969. first edition). Octavo, very good set in dustwrappers. 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
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
Australia: Oxford University Press, (1994. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. The book is intended for undergraduate students of biogeography and ecology, environmental sciences and general readers interested in conservation. More
Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer, 1989. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. Samuel Albert White (1870-1954) was the son of Samuel White (1835-1880) of "Reedbeds" South Australia. He was a prominent ornithologist of his day and organised many scientific expeditions around the turn of the twentieth century. This is..... More
Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer, 1989. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Samuel Albert White (1870-1954) was the son of Samuel White (1835-1880) of "Reedbeds" South Australia. He was a prominent ornithologist of his day and organised many scientific expeditions around the turn of the twentieth century. This is a...... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, photographs, softcover. 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 or interesting..... More
Author, 1994. Quarto, illustrations, signature, signed by the author, softcover. More
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Canberra: Verity Hewitt Bookshop, 1942. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's wrappers, limited to 200 copies, numbered and signed by the author. More
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
[Melbourne]: Melbourne Council of the National Museum of Victor, 1975. Octavo, wrappers, plus folding chart. More
Melbourne: Melbourne UP, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2012. Small quarto, colour illustrations, author's inscription, discoloured softcover. In 1813, author, illustrator, printmaker and natural historian, John William Lewin created the first illustrated book ever published in Australia - Birds of New South Wales. Featuring more than 150 exquisite artworks, Neville takes a fascinating look at..... More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce. More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, sunned dustwrapper, scarce. More
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
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2013. Quarto, dustwrapper, lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and black and white illustrations. Personal inscription by author. 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..... More
Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Large octavo, colour illustrations, dustwrapper. From 1810 to 1811, the English stonemason and amateur naturalist George Perry published a lavishly illustrated magazine on natural history. The Arcana or Museum of Nature ran to 22 monthly parts, with 84 extraordinary hand-coloured plates and over 300 text..... More
Brisbane: Boolarong Press, 2010. Octavo, colour illustrations, inscribed by the author, 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..... More