Field identification of wading birds
Melbourne: Bird Observers Club of Victoria, 1948. Octavo, single folding sheet. The precursor to Condon and McGill's Field guide to the waders. More
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Amphibians of South Australia.
Adelaide: SA Government Printer, 1978. Octavo, colour photographs, signature, softcover. More
On the naturalised weeds and other plants in South Australia.
Adelaide: E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1879. Quarto, cloth spine and printed stiff wrappers, slight damage, scarce. More
Bush friends in Tasmania, native flowers, fruits and insects, drawn from nature, with prose descriptions and illustrations in verse
London: Macmillan, 1891. Folio, 15 chromolithographs. Publisher's gilt decorated cloth over bevelled boards, a few spots, otherwsie a handsome copy, the bookplate of Jenico Preston (Governor of Tasmania 1893-1900). More
Protected native birds of South Australia.
Adelaide: Government Printer, 1910. Octavo, twelve coloured plates. Publisher's printed wrappers, fine copy. More
Bush birds in captivity: from the notes of the late Noel Ives.
Perth: Avicultural Society of Western Australia, 1982. Octavo, photographs, softcover. A very useful publication with a lot of specialised observations on the keeping of Australian softbills such as chats, hoeyeaters and wrens. More
Flora of Australia, volume one. Introduction.
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, (1981. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, paperback, signature, light wear. This volume provides an overview of the series and important background information on the flora of Australia. More
Flora of Australia, volume 29. Solanaceae.
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1982. Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, paperback, signature, light wear. More
Flora of Australia, volume 22. Rhizophorales to Celastrales.
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1984. Octavo, colour photographs, paperback, signature, light wear. More
The birds of Broome: am annotated list.
Broome: Broome Bird Observatory, 1995. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
A guide to the parks of Sabah.
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Parks Trustees, 1988. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Sabah Parks Publication No. 9. More
Parrots for pleasure and profit: their breeding and management.
London: Cage Birds, [1908]. Octavo, photograph, coloured stiff card wrappers. More
Variations among birds (chiefly game birds).
Tokyo: The Ornithological Society of Japan, 1928. Octavo, photographs, softcover, some wear. More
Parrots: their care, aviculture and conservation.
Grafton: Wildwood Press, 1994. Octavo, colour photographs, paperback. More
A flower-hunter in Queensland and New Zealand.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1898. Octavo, illustrations. Publisher's decorated and embossed cloth, very good copy. More
Hawaii's birds.
Honolulu: Hawaii Audubon Society, (1981. third edition). Octavo, colour photographs. More
The Exotic Birds of Hawaii.
Norfolk Island: Island Heritage, 1977. Octavo, colour plates. Notes on the history and effect of over thirty introduced species. More
African birds of prey.
London: New Holland, 1989. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs by Peter and Beverly Pickford. More
An annotated list of the birds of Bolivia.
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1989. Octavo, paperback, WAS $30. Bolivia's total of 1274 species places it among the countries with the most diversity in the world, with over 40% of the birds of South America found within its boundaries; the avifauna of Bolivia is certainly the largest of any land-locked country in the world. More
From range to sea: a bird lover's ways.
Melbourne: Lothian, 1907. Octavo, black and white photographs. Publisher's printed wrappers, worn and detached. Charles Barrett's first publication with a cover design by Ruby Lindsay. More
Notes on a collection of birdskins from Kalgoorlie, W. A.
Adelaide: Transactions of the Royal Society, South Australia, 1900. Octavo, binder's marbled boards with label. More
The birds of the British Islands.
London: E. Grant Richards, 1906-1911. Large quarto, 318 uncoloured plates by Lillian Medland. Contemporary half brown morocco and green cloth, raise bands with gilt title, uncut, a superb copy. More
Handbook to the birds of Australia.
London: Author, 1865. Octavo, Publisher's handsome decorated cloth, front endpaper of volume one marked, otherwise a near fine copy. The Handbook is a significant elaboration of the text of Birds of Australia and Gould's final contribution to Australian ornithology. It is still a useful book in any working collection of... More