Land of wonder: the best Australian nature writing.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1979. reprint). Quarto, photographs, large inscription, dustwrapper. More
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The Florida scrub jay: demography of a cooperative-breeding bird.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984. Octavo, graphs, inscription, softcover. More
Aves Brasileiras: volume one (all published).
Sao Paulo: Dalgas-Ecoltec Ecologica Tecnica, 1981. Octavo, colour plates, softcover, inscribed by the author for Ian Rowley. Text in Portugese. More
Christmas Island national park: plan of management.
Australia: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, 1994. Octavo, softcover. More
Helpers at birds' nests: a worldwide survey of cooperative breeding and related behavior.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1987. Octavo, illustrations, dustwrapper, signed by the author. More
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Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania, volume one [all published].
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (1984. facsimile). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, sunned dustwrapper. A. J. North's classic work on Australian ornithology was published from 1904-1914. This high quality facsimile was unfortunately never completed but it is still a useful addition to any Australian bird book collection. Walter Boles, former curator of..... More
The principles of insect physiology.
London: Methuen, (1953. fifth edition), Octavo, text illustrations, tape marks otherwise a very good copy in dustwrapper. A masterpiece of twentieth century entomology. More
The moths of the British Isles: first series [one volume only].
London: Frederick Warne, 91939. second edition), Octavo, colour plates, a very good copy in slightly chipped dustwrapper. The Wayside and Woodland Series. More
The beak of the finch: a story of evolution in our time.
New York: Alfred A Knopf, (1994. first edition). Large octavo, text illustrations, signature, softcover. A great book popularising the Grant's study of Galapagos finches and their observations of evolutionary changes in real time. More
Biology and conservation of the Monarch butterfly.
Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 1993. Quarto, photographs, maps, publisher's cloth. More
Results of Dr. E. Mjoberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 19. Isoptera.
Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1920. Octavo, text illustrations, printed title wrapper, ex-library stamps, cover detached. More
A natural history of the most remarkable quadrapeds, birds, fishes, serpents, reptiles, and insects.
Chiswick: C. and C. Whittingham, 1825. Sextodecimo, text illustrations. Full publisher's blindstamped morocco with label and all edges marbled, a fine set. More
The insects of Macquarie Island,
Sydney: Government Printer, 1920. Quarto, text illustrations, wrappers. More
Revision des rhaphidides.
1891. Octavo, elven partly coloured plates, binders hald cloth. More
Etudes sur l'anatomie de la tete de quelques collemboles suivies de considerations sur la morphologie de la tete des insectes.
Paris: Librairie H. Le Soudier, 1928. Large octavo, text illustrations, prnited title wrappers. More
Contribution a la flore de la nouvelle-caledonie.
Octavo, plain wrappers. More
Food webs and container habitats: the natural history and ecology of phytotelmata.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Octavo, text illustrations, graphs, laminated boards. More
Titans of the Barrier Reef.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1938. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in worn dustwrapper. More
Blue whales.
Grantown-on-Spey: Colin Baxter, 1997. Oblong format, colour photographs, softcover. More
The garden pest book: an illustrated Australian guide.
South Yarra: Claremont, 1991. Octavo, text illustrations, photographs, softcover. More
Insect pests.
Wellington: Government Printer, 1974. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Hawaii's butterflies and moths: an identification guide to easily observed species.
Honolulu: Mutual Publishing, 2002. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
A field guide to the butterflies of North America, east of the Great Plains.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1979. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, softcover. First published 1951. More
California butterflies.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations, softcover. More
The action plan for Australian freshwater fishes.
Brisbane: Australian Nature Conservation Agency, 1993. Quarto, softcover. More