New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1957. Large octavo, coloured frontispiece, text illustrations, very good copy in slipcase (slightly flecked), limited to 750 copies, signed by the author. An excellent compilation of essays on birds by the best known names in ornithology. More
Geelong: W. J. Griffiths, [1914]. Octavo, photographs, Publisher's cloth, some slight wear and small splits to top of spine, a good copy. More
Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs, (1950. eighth edition). Octavo, colour plates, photographs. Revised and editied by Charles Barrett. More
London: The Ibis, 1930. Octavo, 20 folding colour plates. Binder's green cloth with red labels, all edges coloured, a fine copy. The plates are produced in folding chart form and are highly attractive examples of measured drawings. Published as a Supplement to The Ibis, Twelfth Series, Volume 6... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, huge annoying inscription, laminated boards . Focuses on the natural history of Australian bats. The authors take the reader through the nation's broad bioregions, describe what bats do in them, the ecosystem services that they provide, and some of the places where..... More
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Sydney: Collins, (1970. first edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. Octavo, colour plates, maps, dustwrapper. More
[London]: The Ibis, 1915. Quarto, 8 chromolithographs by Gronvold, two folding maps. Contemporary half polished morocco, uncut, a very good copy. The Ibis, Jubilee Supplement 2 from The report of the Wollaston Expedition originally published as a large quarto, two-volume account covering all aspects of natural history. This is the..... More
Cape Town: Maskew Miller, 1953. Quarto, 17 colour plates, signature, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Washington: National Academy of Sciences, 1914. Quarto, 93 (34 chromolithographs) plates, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, expertly rebacked with new endpapers. More
Stuttgart: Erwin Nagele, 1896. Quarto, eight coloured plates. Modern binder's cloth, small library stamp, all edges uncut. More
London: Henry G Bohn, 1837. Quarto, Contemporary half morroco and marbled boards, rebacked. The three volume text bound in one. There are no plates. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816-1826. second edition), Octavo, two steel engraved frontispiece portraits, 30 engraved plates (five handcoloured). Modern half polished calf and marbled boards,with labels, all edges coloured, a very good set. More
London: Tryckt I Berlingska Boktryckeriet, 1862. Octavo, text illustrations. Contemporary marbled boards, expertly rebacked with new endpapers. More
Amsterdam: Author, [1767. Quarto, one engraved plate (lacking folding plates). Contemporary polished calf, rebacked, bookplates, small library stamp on title page. More
Sydney: The Macleay Museum, 1992. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. With useful potted biographies of nineteenthe century scientists. More
Paris: Paul Lechevalier, 1942. Octavo, colour plates, bookplate, softcover. More
1948. Octavo, text illustrations, photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More
London: Chapman & Dodd, Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations, publisher's cloth. The Abbey Nature Books. More
London: Order of the Trustees, 1940. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's boards. More
New York: W. H. Freeman, (1995. second edition). Small quarto, black and white illustrations, sunned and sloppy dustwrapper. Covers evolution; development of anatomical features (feathers, bills, wings), social and reproductive behaviour, survival methods, communication, and conservation. More
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Society, (1981. third edition). Octavo, colour plates by A. M. Hughes, folding map, bookplate, crusshed spine and pasted in note from booksller apologising about condition, publisher's printed paper boards. A marvellous book, first published in 1941. More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2019. second edition), Octavo, photographs, figures, maps, softcover, creased front cover. The Australian magpie is one of our nation’s most popular and iconic birds. It is loved for its impressive vocal abilities, propensity to play, excellent parenting and willingness to form enduring friendships with people. Written by..... More
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1978. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Witherby, 1947. Quarto, photographs, crushed corner, lacks dustwrapper. More