Home pests and their destruction.
William Heinemann, 1929. Octavo, text illustrations, chipped dustwrapper. More
New Arrivals
A practical guide to butterflies and moths in southern Africa.
South Africa, The Lepidopterists' Society of Southern Africa, 1992. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Advances in myrmecology.
Leiden: E J Brill, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Manual of insect morphology.
New York: Reinhold Publishing, 1959. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplates, a very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
The biology of social insects.
Boulder: Westview Press, 1982. Octavo, publisher's cloth. Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the International Union for the study of social insects, Boulder, Colorado, August 1982. More
Animal identification: a reference guide. Volume three: insects.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1980. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Molluscan biodiversity and conservation.
Dorchester: Conchological Society of Great Britain & Ireland, 2001. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Insects affecting park and woodland trees.
Albany NY: New York State Education Department, 1905. Quarto, signatures, publisher's cloth. New York state museum, memoir 8. More
Tropical gardening and planting, with special reference to Ceylon.
London: Macmillan and Co.Limited, 1949. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
Handbook of economic entomology for south India.
Madras: Government Printer, 1940. Octavo, text illustrations, signatures, publisher's cloth, slightly flecked. More
Ecological genetics.
London: Methuen and Company, (1975. fourth edition). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Wildlife of the south seas.
London: Constable, 1967. Small quarto, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The age of the dinosaurs.
London: World University Library, 1968. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Red cedar: the story of the north coast.
Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade, 1948. Octavo, bookplate, photographs. More
Birds of Australia.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, (1971. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Wildlife and wilderness: an artist's world.
Topsfield: Salem House, 1986. Oblong format, colour plates, a very good copy in slightly sunned dustwrapper. More
The art of Robert Bateman.
Ontario: Madison Press Books, (1981. first edition). Oblong format, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper (lightly sunned). More
The lying stones of Marrakech: penultimate reflections in natural history.
London: Jonathan Cape, 2000. Octavo, text illustrations, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The art of Jeremy Boot: birds of Australia.
South Australia: Author, (2015. reprint). Octavo, illustrations, softcover. More
Australian birds.
Sydney: Australian Universities Press, 1974. Quarto, colour photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
Australian sea fishes north of 30S.
Lane Cove: Doubleday, (1986. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, maps, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Green mountains and Cullenbenbong.
Fortitude Valley: W. R. Smith and Paterson, (1962. reprint). Octavo, photographs, signature, near fine copy in dustwrapper. Bernard O'Reilly (September 1903-1975) became famous for his discovery of the 1937 crash site in Lamington National Park. His family established the O'Reilly's Guesthouse in the Lamington Plateau. More
Parrots in captivity.
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Tall octavo, 81 colour-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Later binder's half morocco and red cloth with Palm Cockatoo design (a clunky effort), some cracking and internally slightly grubby with some spotting. The first book devoted exclusively to..... More
Nature's explorers: adveturers who recorded the wonders of the natural world.
London: Natural History Museum, 2019. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The Australian encyclopaedia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1927. third edition), Quarto, text illustrations, fine set in publisher's cloth. Historically of interest with excellent natural history entries by the authorities of the day. More