Hunters of the African sky.
Cape Town: Struik Winchester, 1990. Folio, colour plates; subscriber's copy limited to 150 numbered copies and signed by both authors, half morocco and marbled boards, slipcase. More
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Nesting birds: the breeding habits of Southern African birds.
Cape Town: Fernwood Press, (1996. first edition). Quarto, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
The vultures of Africa.
London: Academic Press, 1992. Quarto, colour plates. Publishers half red morocco and marbled boards, slipcase, subscriber's numbered limited edition signed by the four authors, a fine copy. A handsome book which discusses all 22 of the world's species, thoroughly covers the eleven African species, takes a comparative look at foraging... More
Kangaroos: biology of the largest marsupials.
Sydney: UNSW Press, (1995. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Some sunning, otherwise a fine copy. Covers many features of kangaroo biology, such as reproductive patterns, social structure and locomotor characteristics as well as other facets of biology, ecology and behaviour. Australian Natural History Series. More
Advances in tropical acacia research.
Canberra: ACIAR, 1991. Octavo, softcover. More
Burke and Wills: the scientific legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2011. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations. Signed by editors. Co-published with State Library of Victoria and The Royal Society of Victoria. This book challenges the common assumption that little or nothing of scientific value was achieved during the Burke and Wills expedition. The Royal Society of Victoria... More
A handbook to plants in Victoria, volume one.
Parkville: Melbourne University Press, (1978. reprint). Octavo, two volumes, owner's signature, good copy in publisher's cloth. More
Australian orchids: a collection of paintings by Rosa Fiveash.
Sydney: Rigby, (1981. reprint). Quarto, colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Australian trees: a guide to their care and cure.
Sydney: New South Wales University Press, (1979. reprint). Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
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Check list of the birds of Australia, [bound with] Bibliography of the birds of Australia.
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1920-1926. Quarto, Contemporary half morocco, library stamps of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Supplement Number one (Check list): Orders Casuariiformes to Menuriformes, 1920. Supplement Number two (Check list): Order Passeriformes (part), 1923. Supplement Number three (Check list): Order Passeriformes (concluding part)... More
Blue gum Clippers and whale ships of Tasmania.
Melbourne: Georgian House, (1949. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate, softcover. More
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
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
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
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