The South Sandwich Islands.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, 20 photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume three. More
New Arrivals
The royal research ship 'Discovery II'
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
The South Orkney Islands.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1935. Quarto, 13 photographic plates, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume ten. More
The King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonica of South Gerogia: breeding behaviour and development.
London: Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1957. Quarto, four photographs, text illustrations, bookplate, library stamps, publisher's wrappers. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. Scientific Reports Number 23. More
Off the beaten track of empire.
Washington DC: National Geographic, 1957. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, binder's cloth. More
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Oiseaux [L'Expedition Antarctique Belge en 1897-1899].
Bruxelles: Muse Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique, [1942]. Quarto, bookplate, binder's cloth In French and English, with a contribution by Howard Saunders. More
The natural history and geography of the Antarctic Krill (euphasia superba Dana).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1962. Quarto, one photographic plate, text illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 32. More
The Sub-Antarctic forms of the Great Skua (Cattaracta skua skua)
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1934. Quarto, one plate, bookplate, printed wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume nine. More
The Pygoscelid penguins: One, Methods of study. Two, the Adelie Penguin
London: HMSO, 1954. Quarto, twelve plates, bookplate, printed wrappers. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, Scientific Reports, number 17. More
Fossil penguins from the mid-tertiary of Seymour Island.
London: HMSO, 1953. Quarto, two plates, bookplate, printed wrappers. Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, Scientific Reports, number five. More
The life cycle of Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl).
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1940. Quarto, eight photographic plates, bookplate, fine copy in publisher's printed wrappers. British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37. Scientific Report volume one, number two. More
Ahab's trade: the sage of south sea whaling.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 1999. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, dustwrapper. More
Australia's coral realm: wonders of sea, reef, and shore.
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1943. Octavo, photographs. binder's cloth, wrappers retained. More
The Deer of all lands: a history of the family cervidae living and extinct.
London: Rowland Ward, 1898. Quarto, 24 handcolored lithographed plates after J. Smit, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, expertly rebacked with new endpapers, a few minor internal blemishes; limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by Rowland Ward Nissen, ZBI 2604; Casey Wood p. 444. More
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
Purdom and Farrer: plant hunters on the eaves of China.
Lavers Hill: Author, 2018. Quarto, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, other illustrations, maps. Limited to 250 copies. This volume represents the first in depth biographical study of the life of the often forgotten plant hunter William Purdom and estate owner Reginald Farrer. Both men were born in 1880... More
Guide to venomous and medically important invertebrates.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. colour photographs and illustrations, maps. An illustrated guide to aid identification, provide protection measures and guidance on treatment. Though many are harmless and even beneficial, invertebrates are some of the world’s most feared and dangerous creatures. Guide to Venomous and Medically Important Invertebrates describes the health..... More