Physiography of Victoria: an introduction to geomorphology.
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, (1975. reprint). Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More about Physiography of Victoria: an introduction to geomorphology
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The most valuable bird in the world.
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1924. Octavo, photographs, binder's cloth Extracted from National Geographic volume 46, part three. An account Chilean guano producing cormorants. More about The most valuable bird in the world
Blue gum Clippers and whale ships of Tasmania.
Melbourne: Georgian House, (1949. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate, softcover. More about Blue gum Clippers and whale ships of Tasmania
The natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton. By the late Rev. Gilbert White.
London: John Van Voorst, 1887. Octavo, engraved plates. Contemporary half green morroco and marbled boards, a handsome set. More about The natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton. By the late Rev....
British plant life.
London: Collins, [1971. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 10. More about British plant life
Mountains and moorlands.
London: Collins, (1971. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations, bfine copy in umclipped dustwrapper. New Naturalist 11. More about Mountains and moorlands
Hedges.
London: Collins, (1974. first edition). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist Number 58. More about Hedges
Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, four volumes [facsimile].
Bundaberg: Corkwood Press, 1994. Large octavo, coloured and uncoloured plates. Publisher's blue cloth, a few minor blemishes, otherwise a very good set. A quality facsimile of the best account of nineteenth century Australian scientific exploration. More about Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, four volumes [facsimile
Butterflies.
New York: Mallard Press, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Butterflies
The fishes and fish-like animals of New South Wales
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1922. Quarto, 43 plates. Handsome half morocco, wrappers retained with the signature of J. R. Kinghorn, a fine copy. First published 1922 titled The fishes of New South Wales. The second edition has additions by Gilbert P. Whitley. More about The fishes and fish-like animals of New South Wales
Observations of a naturalist in the Pacific between 1896 and 1899.
London: Macmillan, 1903-1906. Octavo, two volumes, illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, some slight discolouration, a very good set. Volume one: Vanua Levu, Fiji: a description of its leading physical and geological characters. Volume two: plant-dispersal. More about Observations of a naturalist in the Pacific between 1896 and 1899
Lord Howe Island. Its zoology, geology and physical characters.
Sydney: The Australian Museum, 1889. Octavo, six uncoloured plates, four folding maps, tipped in errata. Publisher's printed boards, bookplate, fine copy. More about Lord Howe Island. Its zoology, geology and physical characters
Observations on the myology of Dugong dugon (Muller).
Washington DC: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1977. Octavo, softcover Number 226. More about Observations on the myology of Dugong dugon (Muller
The social organisation of Tigers (Pathera tigris) in Royal Chitawan National Park.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 1981. Octavo, softcover. Number 336. More about The social organisation of Tigers (Pathera tigris) in Royal Chitawan National Park
Bats of the Sudan,
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1975. Octavo, Bulletin American Museum of Natural History, volume 154, article four. More about Bats of the Sudan
Storms, ice, and whales: the Antarctic adventures of a Dutch artist on a Norwegian whaler.
Cambridge: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2003. Octavo, text illustrations. Owner's signature, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Storms, ice, and whales: the Antarctic adventures of a Dutch artist on a Norwegian whaler
Quest of the curly-tailed horses: an autobiography.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1962. Octavo, colour photographs, all edges coloured, full leather "prize binding" More about Quest of the curly-tailed horses: an autobiography
Fairy penguins and earthy people.
Melbourne: Lothian, 1984. reprint). Octavo, text illustrations. Owner's book plate, a very good copy. More about Fairy penguins and earthy people
The ecology of rocky coasts.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1985. Quarto, text illustrations, signature, dustwrapper. More about The ecology of rocky coasts
The distribution of the birds of California.
Berkeley: Cooper Ornithological Club, 1944. Quarto, text illustrations, signature. More about The distribution of the birds of California
Catalogue of primates in the British Museum (Natural History), part one: Families Callitrichidae and Cebidae.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1976. Quarto, softcover. More about Catalogue of primates in the British Museum (Natural History), part one: Families Callitrichidae...
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1926. Quarto, colour plates. Publisher's vellum cloth, top edge gilt, all other edges uncut, limited to to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. First published as A Monograph of the Pheasants 1918-1922, in four folio volumes. The abridged edition was subsequently published as... More about Pheasants: their lives and homes
The world of seashells.
London: PRC Publishing, 1999. Quarto, text illustrations. Owner's stamp, some minor scuffing to dustwrapper, otherwise a very good copy. More about The world of seashells
Islands in the rainforest: landscape management in pre-Columbian Amazonia.
Walnut Creek, Left Coast Press, 2013. Octavo, text illustrations. As new copy, laminated boards. More about Islands in the rainforest: landscape management in pre-Columbian Amazonia
The tapir's morning bath.
New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. Octavo, some scuff marks and foxing, otherwise a good copy. More about The tapir's morning bath