The lions and elephants of The Chobe: Botswana's untamed wilderness.
Sandton: Sable Publishers, [1984]. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper.
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Estuaries of South Africa.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. A review of the current status of the country's estuarine research and management. Information is provided on a wide range of topics, including geological, physical and chemical processes, diversity and productivity of plant and animal communities, interactions between...
Some birds and mammals of Africa: with a descriptive text by Hilary Hook.
London: Tryon Gallery, 1979. Folio, 14 colour plates. Publisher's blue quarter calf and marbled boards, slipcase. Limited to 505 copies.
Ericas in Southern Africa.
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.
Ericas in Southern Africa.
Cape Town: Purnell and Sons, 1967. Octavo, colour plates, folding map. Publisher's cloth, flecked, bookplate.
Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa.
London: Helm, 1997. Octavo, 48 colour plates, 145 maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. Many warblers are notoriously difficult to identify in the field (and even in the hand) and, until now, there has been no definitive guide to the species of these regions. One hundred and forty-five species (and all...
Birds of the Atlantic islands.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1963. Quarto, colour plates and text illustrations by D. M. Reid Henry. Bookplate in each volume, very good set in lightly worn dustwrappers. Volume four is titled History of the birds of Cape Verde Islands.
The birds of west and equatorial Africa.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1953. Octavo, 30 colour plates and other illustrations, a very good set in slightly chipped dustwrappers.
A biological assessment of the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Ankarafantisika, Madagascar.
Chicago: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, illustrations, paperback. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment # 23. Text in French and English.
Reptiles, Sauriens, Iguanidae
Paris: Orstom, 1977. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Faune de Madagascar, 45.
African Elephant Status Report 2002: An update from the African Elephant Database.
Gland: IUCN, 2003. Quarto, paperback, tables, maps. The African elephant is the largest living land mammal, and their potential impact on their habitats raises important management issues both for protected areas and unprotected land. This report is rich in data and information on numbers, distribution and current issues, and provides...
Field guide to the birds of Western Africa.
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2004. Octavo, 147 colour plates, maps, paperback, slight wear. This field guide format of the outstanding handbook covers 1285 species occurring in the western countries of Africa: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Rio Muni...
Catalogue of Sudan birds, based on the Collection in the Sudan Government Museum (Natural History).
Khartoum: Sudan Government Museum (Natural History), 1926-1931. Octavo, publisher's wrappers, a very good set. Part one: Struthionidae to Picidae. Part two: Alaudidae to Fringillidae.
Madagascar wildlife: a visitor's guide.
Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Publications, 1996. Octavo, colour photographs, owner's signature, fine paperback copy. In addition to descriptions of key species, it includes the most important parks and reserves, plus features on evolution, camouflage, conservation, wildlife watching and photography.
Travellers' wildlife guides: Southern Africa.
Northampton: Interlink Publishing, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Covers Southern Africa's insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plant and sea life.
East African wildlife: a visitor's guide.
Chalfont St Peter: Bradt Publications, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. For visitors to East Africa, the wildlife is certainly the major attraction, with the legendary game reserves of Serengeti and the Maasai Mara. This wildlife guide provides a colourful overview of the region's variety of large mammals together with...
The birds of Africa, Volume one: Ostrich to falcons.
London: Academic Press, (1982. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
The birds of Africa, volume one: Ostrich to falcons.
London: Academic Press, (1983. second edition). Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. Handsomely produced and illustrated, this excellent series is the standard work on the birds of Africa.
The birds of Africa, Volume six: Picathartes to Oxpeckers.
London: Academic Press, 2000. Quarto, 36 colour plates by Martin Woodcock, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Universally recognised as by far the most authoritative work ever published on the subject, The Birds of Africa is a superb multi-author reference with encyclopaedic species texts, stunning paintings, detailed line drawings...
The birds of Africa, volume three: Parrots to woodpeckers.
London: Academic Press, 1988. Quarto, colour plates, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
The birds of Africa, volume two: Guinea fowl to doves.
London: Academic Press, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper.
The birds of Africa, volume five: Thrushes to puffback flycatchers.
London: Academic Press, 1997. Quarto, colour plates, illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper.
Quelea quelea: Africa's bird pest.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The Quelea is the world's most numerous bird and the most serious avian agriculture pest. Hundreds of millions are killed each year yet it remains as abundant as ever.
Elephant life: fifteen years of high population density.
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1990. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in worn dustwrapper.
Animals of West Africa.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., (1948. reprint). Octavo, photographs, signature.