Occasional papers from the Museum of Victoria, five volumes.
Melbourne: Museum of Victoria, 1984-1992. Foolscap, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, five volumes. More
Melbourne: Museum of Victoria, 1984-1992. Foolscap, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, five volumes. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1968. Octavo, photographs very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Queensberry Hill Press, 1977. Octavo, photographs, maps, a fine copy in the publisher's quarter brown morocco and cloth, limited to 775 numbered copies and signed by the author. More
Melbourne: Scribe Publications, 2001. Quarto, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Tells the history of Museum Victoria from its early beginnings as the National Museum of Victoria established in 1854 and The Industrial and Technological Museum established in 1870. Operating independently for over a century, the two merged in 1983. This..... More
Sydney: New Holland, 2002. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Includes snakes, spiders, crocodiles, sharks, deadly jellyfish, ticks, toads, stinging caterpillars, bull-ants, wasps, bees, mosquitoes, poisonous fish, blue-ringed octopuses and some surprises including the Platypus, magpies and eels. More
London: Hutchinson, 1983. Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1897-1898. Octavo, binder's boards with label. Extract. More
Perth: West Australian Newspapers, [no date]. Octavo, photographs, binder's cloth. More
Hobart: O.B.M., (1969. second edition), Quarto, photographs, fine copy in fine dustwrapper. Second edition. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, (1963. reprint). Octavo, photographs, signature, very good copy in slightly chipped dustwrapper. More
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, (1998. facsimile). Quarto, twelve colour plates. Publisher's half morocco and blind-stamped cloth, one of ninety numbered and signed copies (in a total edition of 600 copies). With a satchel of loose plates in publisher's cloth. Zoology of New Holland by George..... More
London: Oxford:, 1909. Octavo, photographs, illustrations, folding map. Publisher's cloth, a few minor blemishes otherwise a very good copy. More
London: Macmillan, 1928. Octavo, 16 coloured plates, four folding maps. Publisher's cloth, inscribed by the author for L. Keith Ward (South Australian Government geologist) a near fine crisp set. A condensed account of the four volume 'Horn Expedition'. More
London: Macmillan, 1928. Octavo, 16 coloured plates, four folding maps, fine set in fine dustwrappers, very scarce in this condition. A condensed account of the four volume 'Horn Expedition'. More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2009. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, maps. With the knowledge from our deserts, Australians can reshape the human story. The desert is teaching us new ways to live, manage slender resources, and cope with lack of water and energy, harsh climate and isolation. These issues will confront most..... More
Sydney: Pergamon Press, 1980. Octavo, colour illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. A useful book with early accounts of the discovery of most of Australia's better know vertebrates. More
Sydney: The Australian Museum, 1979. Oblong format, photographs, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. An excellent book with much detail on the better known names of Australian natural history who worked at the Museum. The account of Gerard Krefft's removal from his office is particularly entertaining. More
Chatswood: Reed Books, (1993. reprint). Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. Eureka winner, University of NSW press science book prize. More
Sydney: Collins, 1988. Large octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Brisbane: Department of Lands, 1993. Folio, colour photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: The Australasian Medical Publishing company, 1925. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Sydney: Hordern House, (1987. first edition). Octavo, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. An essential reference for the serious collector of Australian books. More
London: Frederick Warne, 1866. Duodecimo, Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, some wear, bookplate, a pasted in photograph of the author, piece removed from title page but not affecting text. Horace William Wheelwright (1815-1865), writing under the nom de plume "An Old Bushman", was a qualified attorney who migrated from..... More
Sydney: Author, 1980. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, softcover. More
Melbourne: Edition Renard, 2002. Small folio, 65 coloured plates. Publisher's full green morocco. all edges gilt, limited to 200 copies. More