Handbook of Western Australian birds, volumes one and two.
Perth: WA Museum, 2004. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, text illustrations, maps, very good set in slightly chipped dustwrappers. More
Perth: WA Museum, 2004. Quarto, colour plates, photographs, text illustrations, maps, very good set in slightly chipped dustwrappers. More
Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer, 1989. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Samuel Albert White (1870-1954) was the son of Samuel White (1835-1880) of "Reedbeds" South Australia. He was a prominent ornithologist of his day and organised many scientific expeditions around the turn of the twentieth century. This is a...... More
London: Taylor & Francis, 1934. Octavo, plates, folding map, signature, publisher's cloth, stained and flecked. More
London: Taylor & Francis, 1933. Octavo, plates, signature, publisher's cloth, waterstained. More
London: Collins, (1984. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. This photographic field guide identifies the more than 900 species known to occur form Antarctica to the Zambezi River. More
Adelaide: SA Government Printer, (1986. fourth edition). Octavo, illustrations. Publisher's cloth, remnant sticky tape, texter numbering on foredge, a sound working copy and priced accordingly. Volume one: Lycopodiaceae-Rosaceae. Volume two: Leguminosae-Rubiaceae. Volume three: Polemoniaceae-Compositae. Volume four: Alismataceae-Orchidaceae. More
Australia: Oxford University Press, (1994. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. The book is intended for undergraduate students of biogeography and ecology, environmental sciences and general readers interested in conservation. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1993. Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (2003. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, signature, sunned spine and slight wear, softcover. The US edition. More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2002. second edition). Octavo, colour photographs, maps, owner's sticker, softcover. This highly successful book features all 840 bird species that live on or visit the Australian continent. Following a brief introduction about bird biology, habitats and bird families, the main part of the book comprises species..... More
Sydney: Doubleday, 1847. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in slightly torn dustwrapper. First published in 1847. More
Sydney: New Holland, (2018. reprint). Small octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Provides information on each species or group and is accompanied by a photograph and a distribution map. Also has fact panels throughout covering a wide range of topics. Other green guides in the series are mammals; parrots; spiders; birds; snakes..... More
Cromer: Auscipub, 2006. Quarto, colour plates, laminated boards, slightly damaged spine. A comprehensive overview of vertebrate diversity within Australasia, together with discussion of the factors that influenced the evolution and distributions of the faunas we see today. By considering the major forces shaping extant vertebrate assemblages, using new techniques and..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2003. Octavo, 26 colour plates, 240 colour photographs, maps and text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. The first guide to cover the 26 species of Holarctic pipits and wagtails in detail. The species accounts cover all aspects of identification (taxonomy, size and structure..... More