The Weekly Times wild nature book.
Melbourne: Herald and Weekly Times, 1931. Small quarto, colour plates, softcover. More
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The world's wonder animal: the Platypus.
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, (1941. first edition). Octavo, photographs, illustrated wrappers. More
In search of reptiles and amphibians.
Leiden: E J Brill, 1987. Octavo, photographs, paperback, bookplate of David Mcphee. More
The butterflies of Hong Kong.
San Diego: Academic Press, 1999. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. A comprehensive work covering the 219 species in five families that have been described from Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has a marvellously rich and diverse butterfly fauna, all contained in a relatively... More
The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala.
New York: Johnson Reprint, (1973. facsimile). Folio, 40 colour plates. Publisher's green cloth, limited to 1000 numbered copies, a fine copy. First published 1837-1842. More
Parrots and related birds.
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More
Breeding birds of Kashmir.
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Breeding birds of Kashmir.
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Octavo, text illustrations. Very good copy. More
The vegetation of Australia.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Large octavo, photographs, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper, very scarce. More
The exploration of the Pacific.
London: Adam and Charles Black, (1975. reprint). Octavo, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Reptile and amphibian variants: colors, patterns, and scales.
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 1995. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. This is the first published work on the reptile and amphibian variations that occur naturally or through selective breeding. These animals with conspicuously altered colours and patterns are often quite beautiful. Profusely illustrated. More
Open air guides: Beetles. Translated and edited by C.M.F. Von Hayek.
United Kingdom: Thames and Hudson, 1956. Octavo, publisher's cloth, colour plates, line drawings. Lacks dustwrapper, sunned spine. More
Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator.
Sydney: The Library of New South Wales, (1970. second edition). Octavo, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Our search for a wilderness: an account of two ornithological expeditions to Venezuela and to British Guiana.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1910. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, upper hinge lightly cracked, a very good copy. More
Tropical wild life in British Guiana: Zoological contributions from The Tropical Research Station of the New York Zoological Society, volume one [all published].
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1917. Octavo, four colour plates, photographs. Publisher's cloth, bookplate of H. L. White, a fine copy. More
Adventuring with Beebe.
London: Bodley Head, 1956. Octavo, photographs. worn dustwrapper. More
The Arcturus adventure: an account of the New York Zoological Society's first oceanographic expedition.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1926. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, photographs, signature of H. L. White of Belltress, near fine copy. Aesentation copy from Henry Luke White of Belltress, the great patron of Australian ornithology. More
The Arcturus adventure: an account of the New York Zoological Society's first oceanographic expedition.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1926. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, photographs,fine copy in chipped dustwrapper, very scarce in this condition. More
Beneath tropic seas: a record of diving among the coral reefs of Haiti.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1928. first edition). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in publisher's cloth. More
Book of bays.
New York: Harcourt Brace, (1942. first edition). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Edge of the jungle.
New York: Henry Holt and Company, (1921. first edition), Octavo, Publisher's cloth, slight wear, inscribed by the author and dated 1921. Berra p. 115. Later editions were published, including an English edition of 1923. More
Galapagos: world's end.
New York: G P Putnam's Sons, (1927. reprint). Octavo, photographs, a presentation copy signed bt the author dated 1928, a very good copy. More
High jungle.
New York: Duell, Sloane and Pearce, (1949. first edition). Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. An English edition was published in 1950. More
The log of the sun: a chronicle of nature's year.
New York: Garden City Publishing, (1906. first edition). Octavo, frontispiece, spine sunned. The American and English editions were published in the same year. More