Parrots of Australasia.
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1949. Small quarto, colour plates, photographs, fine copy, lacks dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1949. Small quarto, colour plates, photographs, fine copy, lacks dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Small folio, 13 plates and accompanying text leaves, two appendices (one by Keith Hindwood). Black full morocco, limited edition of 500 copies, signed and numbered by a Broinowski descendant, a fine copy. With two useful appendices. Apendix A: Table of nomenclature. Appendix B: Gracius Joseph Broinowski;..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1938. Octavo, eleven colour plates, photographs, text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, embossed stamp and the signature of Norman Wettenhall,, a very good copy. One of the better twentieth century Australian bird books. All parrot book collectors need a decent copy. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, number seven. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, inscription pointing out error on page 286, fine copy in dustwrapper. National Photographic Index, number seven. More
Camarillo: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 1994. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. Proceedings of the Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, vol.5 no.4, May 1994. More
Brisbane: Alexander Editions, (2002. third revised edition). Quarto, colour plates by William T. Cooper, a fine copy in dustwrapper. Australian Parrots was first published in 1969 with tipped-in photographs by Len Robinson was an immediate success. A second edition, with a substantially revised text and illustrated by William T. Cooper..... 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
Melbourne: Hill House, (1989. facsimile). Folio, 92 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, fine copy. More
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1981. Octavo, photographs, lengthy inscription, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1981. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Angus and Robertson, (1983. reprint). Octavo, 13 colour plates by Neville Cayley, stamp, sunned spine, otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. A heavily revised re-issue of Neville Cayley's 1938 classic. Alan Lendon was a prominent Adelaide medico and aviculturist who held one of the finest collections of Australian..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1973. Octavo, 13 colour plates by Neville Cayley, maps, chipped dustwrapper. A heavily revised re-issue of Neville Cayley's 1938 classic. Alan Lendon was a prominent Adelaide medico and aviculturist who held one of the finest collections of Australian parrots post World War Two. More
Chatswood: New Holland, (2018. reprint). Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Fact panels throughout cover a wide range of topics. The pages are alive with entertaining and informative text accompanied by exciting action photography. Other green guides in the series are frogs, mammals, spiders, birds, snakes and other reptiles, and sharks..... More
Terrey Hills: A H & A W Reed, (1981. reprint). Folio, colour plates, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: F W White, 1891. Octavo, signature of Cecil Rix with annotations, paper boards and cloth spine, title page laid down. PROVENANCE: the copy of Cecil Rix (1905-1997), a stalwart of South Australian ornithology and regular contributor to The South australian Ornithologist (Obituary, volume 33, 1998). More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1970. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Len Robinson, Bird Observer Club stalwart and one of Australia's first professional naturalist and photographer, was keenly interested in parrots and some of his photographs were the best of their day. More
Austral: Singil Press, 1999. Octavo, colour photographs, inscribed by both authors, fine copy in dustwrapper. A field and avicultural study of the genera Platycercus and Barnardius. Each species is discussed at length in individual chapters dealing with field observations, avicultural techniques, breeding procedures, subspecies, racial variations and known mutations. All..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs, inscribed by both authors, fine copy in dustwrapper. The aim of this specialized handbook is to provide all current information and to explain the modern techniques used in aviculture today for this group of birds. More