London: Reaktion Books, 2013. Octavo, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. WAS $33. The lily is a flower of contradictions. It represents both life and death, appearing at weddings and funerals. In their pure white form, lilies are a symbol of innocence, chastity and purity of..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2017. Octavo, laminated boards, colour and black and white photographs, black and white illustrations. WAS $33. Cacti are full of contradictions. Although they can be found in some of the harshest, driest and most barren environments on earth, some are delicate tropical plants that grow high among..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2013. colour and black and white photographs. WAS $40. Botanical, a new series from Reaktion, is the first to integrate horticultural writing with a broader account of the cultural and social impact of plants. Oak, one of the first two books in the series, narrates the biography..... More
Calton: T & A D Poyser, (2001. third edition). Octavo, dustwrapper, 96 black and white photographs, some minor tape marks, inscription. The identification of the diurnal birds of prey is especially difficult. There is wide variation in plumage among some species, especially the eagles and buzzards, and in all species..... More
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2020. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Andrew Darby follows the extraordinary migratory shorebirds from Australia's southern ocean to the Arctic and back. On these travels he explores the power of science to reveal the mysteries of these birds, and to heal both their endangered world - and..... More
London: Poyser, 1979. first edition). Octavo, photographs, minor tape marks, signature, dustwrapper. Covers all aspects of population regulation in diurnal birds of prey, their social behaviour, dispersion, numbers, movements, breeding and mortality. One of the modern classics of bird of prey literature. More
London: Poyser, 1997. Octavo, text illustrations, minor tape marks otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. The first comprehensive monograph on the Golden Eagle for more than 40 years. More
Melbourne: Author, [1987]. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1975. reprint). Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. More
New York: Harry N Abrams, 1995. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Rotterdam: A A Balkema, 1989. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Trubner, 1887. Large octavo, nine chromolithograph plates. Binder's cloth, signature, first plate in volume one with water stain confined to outer margin, otherwise a fine crisp set. Three volumes. More
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1988. Quarto, text illustrations, laminated boards, scarce. World Crop Pests Volume 2B. More
London: James Nisbet and Co, (1939. first edition). Octavo, illustrations, tipped in a letter dated 1939 from the author, some pencil annotations, otherwise a fine copy in the publisher's cloth. More
London: Lovell Reeve, 1903. Quarto, 60 chromolithographic pltes. Publisher's red cloth, a fine copy Trreehoppers and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to cicadas. More
London: Ward Lock and Co., [1890]. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
London: John Van Voorst, 1870. Quarto, nine partly handcoloured plates. Publisher's green cloth, a fine crisp copy. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1982. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Warsaw: Polska Akademia Nauk, 1985. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
London: Batsford, 1946. Octavo, black and white photographs, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Beijing: Nineteenth International Congress of Entomology, 1992. Octavo, map, softcover. More
London: The Imperial Institute of Entomology, 1937. Octavo, uncoloured plates, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, personal inscription from author, minor foxing, a good copy. More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1920. Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, owner's stamp, a fine copy. More
London: The Feathered World, [1907]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, slightly rubbed, very scarce. More
London: The Feathered World, [1907]. Octavo, colour plates, text illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, slightly rubbed, very scarce. More