Bird books and bird art. An outline of the literary history and iconography of descriptive ornithology [facsimile].
Amsterdam: Junk, 1973. Quarto, uncoloured illustrations. More
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Insect manufactures.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, Duodecimo, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's blindstamped cloth. More
Waterfowl in New South Wales.
[Melbourne]: CSIRO, [1963]. Octavo, text illustrations, stiff card. More
Tadpoles of south eastern Australia: a guide with keys.
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2002. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. An outstanding book. The first part of the book deals with frog classification, collecting and raising tadpoles, the prevailing laws in each State and the issues surrounding the decline and conservation of these..... More
Vertebrate zoogeography and evolution in Australasia: animals in space and time.
Carlisle: Hesperian Press, 1984. Quarto, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The kangaroo.
Sydney: Kevin Weldon, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs. More
Riversleigh.
Sydney: Reed, (1991. first edition). Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. A classic account of Australian palaeontology. More
Carnivorous marsupials.
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 1982. Quarto, illustrations, signature, fine set in dustwrappers. More
Mammals in Australia.
Sydney: Australian Museum, 1981. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
Bird observatories of Britain and Ireland.
London: A & C Black, 2010. Octavo, photographs, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. Bird observatories are research stations established mainly for the study of migration, particularly by means of ringing. There are now 20 scattered around the British Isles at key points on migration routes, on coastal promontories or..... More
The American grass book: a manual of pasture and range practices.
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, (1953. reprint). Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The royal research ship 'Discovery II'
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1936. Quarto, ten photographic plates, fine copy in publisher's wrappers. Discovery Reports, volume 13. More
Darwin's luck: chance and fortune in the life and work of Charles Darwin.
London: Continuum, 2009. Octavo, black and white illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Just how far did Charles Darwin's luck - both good and bad - affect his life and scientific discoveries? One might make a case for saying that Darwin's life was dogged by ill-luck (or perhaps ill-fortune is more..... More
Guide to the birds of Alaska.
Anchorage: Alaska Northwest Books, (2008. fifth edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This guide has been a must-have for Alaska birders for more than twenty-five years. Completely updated text and all new photographs from Robert Armstrong distinguish this fifth edition. Every bird is illustrated including the casuals and accidentals. This..... More
The painted stream: a river warden's life.
London: J M Dent & Sons, 1985. Quarto, text illustrations. Minor wear to dustwrapper, otherwise a fine copy. More
Nomads of the wind: the migration of the Monarch butterfly and other wonders of the butterfly world.
London: Papadakis Publisher, 2008. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. The migration of the Monarch butterfly and other wonders of the butterfly world. More
American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1985. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Field guide to the reptiles and amphibians of Britain and Europe.
London: Harper Collins, 2002. Octavo, colour illustrations, maps, laminated boards. This book contains descriptions of every species of salamander, newt, frog, tree frog, toad, tortoise, turtle, terrapin, gecko, agama, lizard, chameleon, slow worm, skink, amphisbaenian and snake found in mainland Europe. Every species and distinct subspecies is described in detail..... More
Selected writings of T.C. Schneirla.
San Francisco: W H Freeman and Company, 1972. Quarto, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Ticks and disease.
Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1961. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The fur animals of Louisiana.
New Orleans: Department of Conservation, (1931. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, upper printed wrapper retained. State of Louisiana, Department of Conservation, Bulletin 18. More
Turtles. Proceedings: International Turtle and Tortoise Symposium Vienna 2002.
Frankfurt: Edition Chimaira, 2006. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. Includes papers, from contributors from many different countries, presented at the symposium on turtle keeping, breeding, and observing. More
Wildlife contraception: issues, methods, and applications.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. Zoo and Aquarium Biology Conservation Series. This collection of essays is the first major work in more than a decade to discuss the critical issue of wildlife contraception and the first ever to take up contraception for wild..... More
The future of tropical savannas: an Australian perspective.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 1996. Octavo, paperback, maps, graphs. Examines the roles of science in resource management and policy making. More