Brisbane: National Library of Australia, 2007. Quarto, photographs, colour illustrations by William T. Cooper, Tony Pridham and others, fine copy in softcover, increasingly sought after.

Penny Olsen takes us on a journey of discovery—from Gilbert's first observations in 1844 to recent claims and the evidence surrounding them. The story of the Paradise parrot is one that combines elements of natural history, human curiosity for the rare and unobtainable, a destroyed habitat, the endless allure of a lost species, and the facts of this singular bird's fate.

Glimpses of Paradise is a wonderful book and arguably the best historical account of any Australian natural history subject.