The Hamlyn guide to birds of Britain and Europe.
London: Hamlyn, 1989. reprint). Octavo, colour illustrations. Front wrapper slightly bent, otherwise a fine copy. More
New Arrivals
Vulture: nature's ghastly gourmet.
San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1997. Octavo, colour photographs. A fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The painted stream: a river warden's life.
London: J M Dent & Sons, 1985. Quarto, text illustrations. Minor wear to dustwrapper, otherwise a fine copy. More
Elephant slaves and pampered parrots: exotic animals in Eighteenth Century Paris.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Octavo, text illustrations. Sunned spine, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. Robbins considers nearly every aspect of France's obsession with exotic fauna, from the vast literature on exotic animals and the inner workings of the oiseleurs' (birdsellers') guild to how the animals were transported..... More
The dictionary of garden plants in colour, with house and greenhouse plants.
London: Royal Horticultural Society, (1969. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, limited to 265 numbered copies, signed by both authors. Full green morocco with inlaid red leaves, gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, specially bound by Zaensdorf, a magnificent copy. More
A woman of courage: the journal of Rose de Freycinet on her voyage around the world 1817-1820.
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2003. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations. More
The life of Sir Charles [Carl von Linné] Linnaeus: a copious list of his works, and a biographical sketch of the life of his son
London: B. and J. White, 1794. Quarto, engraved frontispiece. Quarter calf and speckled boards, a fine copy. More
The overloaded ark.
London: Faber and Faber, 1953. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper, very scarce in this condition. Gerald Durrell's first book. More
Mosquitoes, malaria and man: a history of the hostilities since 1880.
New York: E P Dutton, 1978. Octavo, text illustrations. A good copy in dustwrapper. More
The naming of Australia's dragonflies.
Eltham: Busybird Publishing, 2015. Octavo, black and white photographs. More
The science of entomology.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, (1981. second edition), Quarto, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
What's bugging me?: identifying and controlling household pests in Hawai'i.
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1995. Octavo, colour photographs. Author signatures, a fine copy. More
What bit me?: identifying Hawai'i's stinging and biting insects and their kin.
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993. Octavo, colour photographs. Author signatures, a fine copy. More
Living insects.
Sydney: Collins, 1975. Octavo, photographs, laminted boards. More
The biology of gall insects.
New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., (1984. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations. Owner stamp, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Butterflies.
London: Collins, (1990. reprint). Octavo, photographs. Very good copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 1. More
Atlas of butterflies and diurnal moths in the monsoon tropics of northern Australia.
Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2018. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. More
A butterfly journey: Maria Sibylla Merian, artist and scientist.
Munich: Prestel, 2015. Octavo, colour illustrations, papered boards. More
Ninety-nine gnats, nits, and nibblers.
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1989. Octavo, text illustrations. Minor tear on title page, otherwise a good copy. More
Butterflies: identification and life history.
Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. Minor sunning. This guide aims to provide naturalists, bushwalkers and interested others with a detailed account of butterflies found in Victoria and beyond. Illustrates the full life-cycle of the butterfly. The latest imaging technology has been used to photograph butterfly eggs..... More
Insects and insecticides.
Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1969. Octavo, black and white photographs. Slightly damaged upper spine, stamp on title page. More
Memoires pour servir L'Histoire des insects.
Paris: de l'Imprimerie Royale, 1734- 1742. Quarto, 247 uncloured engraved plates (some folding). Contemporary full patterned calf, gilt spine with raised bands and red title label, all edges marbled, a fine set. More
The speaking parrots: a scientific manual.
London: L. Upcott Gill, 1884. Octavo, eight chromolithographs. Publisher's handsome coloured cloth (the best of all the cloth variants), hinges cracked. More
The call of the Koala.
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1937. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. More
The art of natural history.
London: Bracken Books, (1981. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, dustwrapper. First published 1978 as 'The art of natural history: animal illustrators and their work'. More