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Sydney: UNSW Press, 2011. Octavo, colour and black and white illustrations, dustwrapper. In this illustrated book, Anita Albus recounts the sad histories of several extinct bird species, including the Passenger pigeon, the Carolina parakeet, and the Great auk. She gives a detailed account of six rare birds: the Hermit ibis... More about On rare birds
London: Salamander Books, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More about A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatiels. Practical advice on the care and accommodation of these...
London: Salamander Books, 1990. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More about A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatoos: A comprehensive survey of these distinctive birds with...
London: Salamander, 1987. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More about A birdkeeper's guide to softbills
London: Salamander Books, 1992. Quarto, colour photogprahps, dustwrapper. More about Parrots
Washington DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More about Ecogeographical variation in size and proportions of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia
Berkhamsted: Poyser, 1974. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Seventy years of birdwatching
Delhi: Oxford University Press, (1983. first edition). Folio, 104 colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published in ten volumes (1968 to 1975) by Oxford University Press. More about Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan, together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and...
Delhi: Oxford University Press, (1978-1987. second edition). Octavo, first five volumes of this set, dustwrappers, colour plates, fine set. More about Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan: together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Sikkim,...
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More about The fall of a sparrow
Melbourne: Georgian House, (1962. reprint). Octavo, twelve colour plates, two signatures on title page. More about Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. A review of the current status of the country's estuarine research and management. Information is provided on a wide range of topics, including geological, physical and chemical processes, diversity and productivity of plant and animal communities, interactions between... More about Estuaries of South Africa
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2010. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. New Naturalist 112. Natural history, perhaps more than any other pursuit or study, has always relied very heavily on books to help it develop and gain momentum. Without a way of defining and categorizing the many thousands of species... More about Books and naturalists: a survey of British natural history
London: Allen Lane. 1976. Octavo, photographs, illustrations, dustwrapper. More about The naturalist in Britain: a social history
Hong Kong: Periplus Editions, 1996. Quarto, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Marine life of Southeast Asia and the Pacific
Perth: WA Museum, (2002. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour plates, text illustrations. Owner's signature, minor wear to front cover. Otherwise a fine copy. A field guide for anglers and divers - the excellent illustrations make identification easy and the author has included a guide to edibility as well as sections on... More about Marine fishes of tropical Australia and south-east Asia
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Birds of the Caribbean
London: Thames and Hudson, 1962. Quarto, colour photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More about Birds of the Caribbean
London: John Murray, 1960. Octavo, photographs,very good copy in like dustwrapper. More about A book of dolphins
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1980. Octavo, illustrations, signature, paperback. When originally released in 1980 this book transformed the study of maternal primate relationships by focusing on motherhood and infancy within a complex ecological and sociological context. This paperback edition has a new foreword by the author. More about Baboon mothers and infants
Lawrence, Kansas: American Ornithologists Union, (1983. sixth edition). Octavo, maps, a fine copy. More about Check-list of North American birds. The species of birds of North America from the Arctic through...
Place of publication unknown: American Ornithologists Union, (1910. third revised edition). Quarto, publisher's cloth, library stamps of the Raou, bumped corners, cracked hinge. Working copy. More about Check-list of North American birds
Washington DC: The united States Army Research and Development Team, (1961. first edition). Quarto, illustrations, publisher's cloth, signature. More about A monograph of the Chaetomiaceae
London: Tryon Gallery, 1979. Folio, 14 colour plates. Publisher's blue quarter calf and marbled boards, slipcase. Limited to 505 copies. More about Some birds and mammals of Africa: with a descriptive text by Hilary Hook
Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1926. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, numbered subscriber's copy signed by the author, library stamp and library pocket, a very good copy, scarce. More about Bird-song and New Zealand song birds