Australia's coral realm: wonders of sea, reef, and shore.
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1943. Octavo, photographs. binder's cloth, wrappers retained. More
New Arrivals
Principles of systematic zoology.
New York: McGraw Hill, 1991. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations. Some pencil annotations, otherwise a fine paperback copy. More
An historical journal of events at Sydney and at sea 1787-1792.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1968. Octavo, plates, map. Some tears to dustwrapper, otherwise a good copy. More
Swift as a shadow: extinct and endangered animals.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. Octavo, colour photographs. More
Augustus Gregory and the inland sea.
Canberra: Roebuck Society, 1972. Octavo, text illustrations. Some pencil annotations, small tear in dustwrapper, otherwise a fine copy. More
Birds of the early explorers in the Northern Pacific.
Comox: Theed Pearse, 1968. Octavo, illustrations. Minor sunning to spine, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Historical records of New South Wales.
Sydney: Lansdown Slattery, 1978- 1980. facsimile). Octavo, fine set in dustwrappers with quarto chart volume. First Edition; 8vo; Vol. I. Part I. Cook, pp. xlii,[ii], 526; Vol. I, Part II. Phillip 1783-1792, pp. xxxiv, 748; Vol. II. Grose and Patterson 1793-1795, pp. xxviii, 936; Vol. III. Hunter. 1796-1799, pp. xxxviii... More
Captain Cook's world: maps of the life and voyages of James Cook R.N.
Auckland: Random House, 2000. Quarto, oblong format, maps. Some scuffing to dustwrapper, otherwise a fine copy. More
Australia's dangerous snakes: idenfication, biology and envenoming.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards, bumped covers. Australia's venomous snakes are widely viewed as the world's most deadly and are regarded with cautious curiosity, fascination, and, regrettably, fear. Australia's Dangerous Snakes examines the biology, natural history, venom properties, and bite treatment of medically important venomous... More
Invisible connections: why migrating shorebirds need the Yellow Sea.
The Hague: Wetlands International, 2008. Oblong format, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards, slightly bumped corner. Offers a photographic journey that follows the migration of shorebirds flying from their breeding grounds in the Arctic through East Asia to Australasia. This title highlights one of nature's most spectacular phenomena and reveals the... More
Wild things, wild places: adventurous tales of wildlife and conservation on planet Earth.
New York: Knopf Publishing, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, A moving, inspiring, personal look at the vastly changing world of wildlife on planet earth as a result of human incursion, and the crucial work of animal and bird preservation across the globe being done by scientists, field biologists, zoologists, environmentalists, and conservationists... More
Antarctic oasis: terrestrial environments and history of the Vestfold Hills.
North Ryde: Academic Press, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations. More
Reading the shape of nature: comparative zoology at the Agassiz Museum.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Octavo, black and white illustrations. Good copy in paperback. Vividly recounts the turbulent early history of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and the contrasting careers of its founder Louis Agassiz and his son Alexander. Through the story of this institution and the... More
Jardine's journal: narrative of the overland expedition of the Jardine brothers from Rockhampton to Cape York.
Bundaberg: Corkwood Press, 1995. facsimile). Octavo, map, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Describing species: practical taxonomic procedure for biologists.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. Octavo, black and white illustrations. Good copy in paperback, Deals with all aspects pertinent to the description process, from establishing identiy to naming, from taxonomic ehtics to publicatin; it also ranges beyond the species level to cover subspecies, genus, and higher taxa descriptions. More
Practical hints on the keeping and breeding of Gouldian Finches.
London: The Avicultural Society, [1932]. Octavo, coloured frontispiece by Neville W. Cayley, publisher's printed wrappers. Teague was famous as the most successful pre world war two breeder of Gouldians. More
Locusts in Australia and other countries.
Sydney: Government Printer, 1910. Octavo, text illustrations, printed wrappers. More
Notes and observations on New Zealand birds.
Wellington: Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1891. Octavo, one uncloured plate. Mondern binder's stiff card, first page paid down, bookplate. More
Contributions to the flora of Queensland, with an epitome of botany for beginners.
Rockhampton: Daily Northern Argus, 1880. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's titled wrappers, rare. More
Pasture "weeds" of coastal NSW.
Sydney: Department of Primary Industries, 2018. Octavo, spirally bound, colour photographs, maps, line drawings. This is an easy to use reference to the non-grass plants, including legumes, ferns, sedges, rushes and other herbs identified by flower colour. The book contains colour photographs and distribution maps for each species and notes... More
A natural history of the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature.
London: Bernard Quaritch, [1875]. Folio, 26 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half morocco, slight wear, lacks rear marbled endpaper, a few spots but the plates scarcely affected. The Quaritch reissue, from the original copperplates. In a catalogue of 1877 Quaritch described it as ‘a new issue, in which the birds are... More
Reptiles and amphibians of Australia.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2018. updated seventh edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. A complete guide to Australia’s rich and varied herpetofauna, including frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards and snakes. For each of the 1218 species there is a description of its appearance, distribution and habits. These descriptions... More
The many worlds of R. H. Mathews: in search of an Australian anthropologist.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2011. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island.
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, (1968. facsimile). Quarto, uncoloured plates and maps. Publisher's quarter cloth and papered boards, a fine copy. More
Index of the books and authors cited in the Zoological works of Linneaus.
London: Ray Society, 2007. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper. More