Papegoje bogen.
Skibby: Aage Poulson, 1970-1973. 158 colour plates. Binder's cloth, a fine set, In Danish, a superb monograph on parrots. More
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Bees of Australia: a photographic exploration.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Bees of Australia introduces some of our incredible native bees, many of which, if you look closely, can be found in your own garden. Open this book wherever you like or read it from cover to cover. The combination of photography and..... More
Check list and atlas of the mammals of Mocambique.
Salisbury: National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, 1976. Quarto, photographs, softcover. More
Guide to the rats and mice of Rhodesia
Salisbury: National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, 1975. Octavo, colour plates, softcover. More
The Oxford dictionary of natural history.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. Provides coverage of ecology and the environmental sciences. This dictionary contains over 5,200 entries written in clear, straightforward language. It is suitable for ecologists, ecology students, and the general reader with an interest in the natural world and our..... More
Just like an animal.
Surrey: Book Club Associates, Octavo, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
How the dog became the dog: from wolves to our best friends.
London: Duckworth Overlook, 2012. Octavo, a fine copy in dustwrapper. For anyone who wants to know the story behind their dog, and of every dog, this is an indespensable account. More
Evolution: the triumph of an idea.
New York: Harper Collins, 2001. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Rambles round the zoo.
Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1923. Octavo, photographs, fine copy but lacks front endpaper. More
Australian mammals in colour.
Sydney: Reed, (1983. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Whale watching in Australian and New Zealand waters.
Sydney: New Holland, (2001. second edition). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. Includes the ecology and behaviour of whales and dolphins; identification notes, accompanied by detailed colour illustrations and locator maps for each species; and a comprehensive guide to sites, highlighting the best places to see whales. More
The Australian Great Barrier Reef in colour.
Frenchs Forest: Reed Books, (1984. revised edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. More
The link: uncovering our earliest ancestor.
London: Little, Brown and Company, 2009. Octavo, colour photographs, paperback. The astonishing new discovery that could change everything ...Lying inside a high-security vault, deep within the heart of one of the world's leading natural history museums, is the scientific find of a lifetime - a perfectly fossilized early primate, older..... More
Tasmanian devil: a unique and threatened animal.
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2005. Small octavo, photographs. Good copy in dustwrapper. Comprehensive and easily readable book on the animal that has the distinction of being the world's largest marsupial carnivore. It is packed with information that has either never been published or has only been found in scientific..... More
Here be dragons: how the study of animal and plant distributions revolutionized our views of life and earth.
London: Oxford University Press, 2011. Octavo, line drawings and colour illustrations. Good copy in dustwrapper. In this book, McCarthy tells the story of biogeography, from the 19th century to its growth into a major field of interdisciplinary research in the present day. It is a story that encompasses two great..... More
Restoring farm woodlands for wildlife.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2018. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. Millions of hectares of temperate woodland and billions of trees have been cleared from Australia’s agricultural landscapes. This has allowed land to be developed for cropping and grazing livestock but has also had significant environmental impacts, including erosion, salinity and..... More
Honey and pollen flora of south-eastern Australia.
Paterson: NSW Department of Primary Industries, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. A long-awaited publication written by Dr Douglas Somerville, Technical Specialist, Bees with the NSW Department of Primary Industries. This book focuses on the value of key plants to nectar-feeding animals in Australia with particular emphasis on honey..... More
The mammals of Tasmania.
Launceston: Mary Fisher Bookshop, 1973. Octavo, photographs, quarter cloth and linen boards, wrappers retained. More
Australian parrots in captivity.
London: The Avicultural Society, 1951. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs. Binder's cloth, owner's signature, a fine copy. A minor classic of aviculture literature. Alan Lendon was prominent medical practioner in Adelaide pre and post World War Two. He contributed extensively to the Aviculture Magazine and this pamphlet is a compilation of..... More
Australian parrots in captivity.
London: The Avicultural Society, 1951. Octavo, coloured frontispiece, photographs. Half morocco, wrappers retained, owner's signatures, some foxing. A minor classic of aviculture literature. Alan Lendon was prominent medical practioner in Adelaide pre and post World War Two. He contributed extensively to the Aviculture Magazine and this pamphlet is a compilation..... More
The South Australian Naturalist: the journal of the field naturalist's section of the Royal Society of South Australia.
Adelaide: Royal Society of South Australia, 1934--1935. Octavo, 16 volumes (bound in two), binder's cloth, wrappers retained, scarce. The first 16 volumes, with contributions by well known names such as S. A. White, Edgar Wait, J. M. Black and Bernard Cotton. More
Mammals of the world: a checklist.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper. This book is a complete listing of all recognised mammal species in the world and covers 5,027 species. English and scientific names are given for each species as well as a brief summary of each species' range. An invaluable reference. More
The birds of Sumatra: an annotated check-list.
Tring: British Ornithologists' Union, 1988. Octavo, photographs, stamp, softcover. BOU Checklist 10. More
Records of parrot-like birds bred in the United States of America.
London: Author, 1949. Octavo, text printed recto only. Publisher's blue cloth, the bookplate of Jack Vincent, tipped in a signed note from the author to the editor of 'The Ostrich', a fine copy. More
Possums: brushtails, ringtails and the greater glider.
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, paperback, good secondhand copy. Focuses on the larger possums of Australia and their habitats, eating habits and entire lifestyle. Australian Natural History Series. More