Antarctic oasis: terrestrial environments and history of the Vestfold Hills.
North Ryde: Academic Press, 1986. Octavo, text illustrations. More
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Reading the shape of nature: comparative zoology at the Agassiz Museum.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991. Octavo, black and white illustrations. Good copy in paperback. Vividly recounts the turbulent early history of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard and the contrasting careers of its founder Louis Agassiz and his son Alexander. Through the story of this institution and the... More
Jardine's journal: narrative of the overland expedition of the Jardine brothers from Rockhampton to Cape York.
Bundaberg: Corkwood Press, 1995. facsimile). Octavo, map, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Describing species: practical taxonomic procedure for biologists.
New York: Columbia University Press, 1999. Octavo, black and white illustrations. Good copy in paperback, Deals with all aspects pertinent to the description process, from establishing identiy to naming, from taxonomic ehtics to publicatin; it also ranges beyond the species level to cover subspecies, genus, and higher taxa descriptions. More
Locusts in Australia and other countries.
Sydney: Government Printer, 1910. Octavo, text illustrations, printed wrappers. More
Notes and observations on New Zealand birds.
Wellington: Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1891. Octavo, one uncloured plate. Mondern binder's stiff card, first page paid down, bookplate. More
Contributions to the flora of Queensland, with an epitome of botany for beginners.
Rockhampton: Daily Northern Argus, 1880. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's titled wrappers, rare. More
Pasture "weeds" of coastal NSW.
Sydney: Department of Primary Industries, 2018. Octavo, spirally bound, colour photographs, maps, line drawings. This is an easy to use reference to the non-grass plants, including legumes, ferns, sedges, rushes and other herbs identified by flower colour. The book contains colour photographs and distribution maps for each species and notes... More
A natural history of the birds of New South Wales, collected, engraved, and faithfully painted after nature.
London: Bernard Quaritch, [1875]. Folio, 26 hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary half morocco, slight wear, lacks rear marbled endpaper, a few spots but the plates scarcely affected. The Quaritch reissue, from the original copperplates. In a catalogue of 1877 Quaritch described it as ‘a new issue, in which the birds are... More
Reptiles and amphibians of Australia.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2018. updated seventh edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. A complete guide to Australia’s rich and varied herpetofauna, including frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards and snakes. For each of the 1218 species there is a description of its appearance, distribution and habits. These descriptions... More
The many worlds of R. H. Mathews: in search of an Australian anthropologist.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2011. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay, with an account of the establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island.
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, (1968. facsimile). Quarto, uncoloured plates and maps. Publisher's quarter cloth and papered boards, a fine copy. More
Index of the books and authors cited in the Zoological works of Linneaus.
London: Ray Society, 2007. Quarto, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Ornithologen-briefe des 20. Jahrunderts.
Ludwigsburg, Schriftleitung und Bezugsadresse, 1997. Octavo, fine copy in publisher's cloth. Letters from Mayr, Hartert and Stressman in German and English. An immense and valuable work of source material. More
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A voyage of discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, performed by order of the emperor Napoleon, during the years 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804 [with] the atlas.
Adelaide: The Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2006-2008. Octavo, plates, map in pocket of each text volume. ATLAS: small folio, coloured and uncoloured plates, a fine set TEXT: translated from the French by Christine Cornell, Introduction by Anthony J. Brown. ATLAS: translated from the French by Peter... More
An account of the English Colony in New South Wales: with remarks on the dispositions, customs, manners of the native inhabitants of that country, by David Collins.
Sydney: A H and A W Reed, 1975. facsimile). Octavo, very good set in publisher's cloth and slipcase. More
Leichhardt the dauntless explorer: with an appendix on his last and fatal journey.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1988. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly ...
Mansfield Centre: Martino, (c1995. facsimile). Octavo, folding maps, plates, publisher's cloth. The geologist Joseph Beete Jukes (1811-1869) studied at Cambridge under Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873). In 1841, having already gained field experience in England and Newfoundland, he joined the H.M.S. Fly as a naturalist for an upcoming four-year expedition to chart..... More
Some private correspondence of Sir John and Lady Franklin (Tasmania 1837-1845).
Sydney: Australian Historical Monographs, (1977. reprint). Octavo, photographs, softcover. The Franklins became close to John and Elizabeth Gould on their Australian visit. More
Journals of two expeditions into the interior of New South Wales.
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, (1964. facsimile). Quarto, folding maps, plates, publisher's cloth. More
Reason and experience: the representation of natural order in the work of Carl von Linne
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971. Octavo, More
The journals of John McDouall Stuart, during the years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, when he fixed the centre of the continent and successfully crossed it from sea to sea.
Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, (1975. facsimile). Octavo, frontispiece portrait of Stuart, two maps, twelve engraved plates. Publisher's cloth, a very good copy. More
The Faber book of exploration: an anthology of worlds revealed by explorers through the ages.
London: Faber and Faber, 2002. Octavo, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Charles Darwin's letters: a selection.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1998. reprint). Octavo, softcover. More
The journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth: surgeon, Lady Penrhyn 1787-1789.
Sydney: Australaian Documents Library, 1979. Quarto, plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More