The Weekly Times wild nature book.
Melbourne: Herald and Weekly Times, 1931. Small quarto, colour plates, softcover. More about The Weekly Times wild nature book
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The world's wonder animal: the Platypus.
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, (1941. first edition). Octavo, photographs, illustrated wrappers. More about The world's wonder animal: the Platypus
In search of reptiles and amphibians.
Leiden: E J Brill, 1987. Octavo, photographs, paperback, bookplate of David Mcphee. More about In search of reptiles and amphibians
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 about The butterflies of Hong Kong
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 about The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
Parrots and related birds.
Neptune City: TFH, 1969. Octavo, ccolour photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. More about Parrots and related birds
Breeding birds of Kashmir.
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More about Breeding birds of Kashmir
Breeding birds of Kashmir.
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Octavo, text illustrations. Very good copy. More about Breeding birds of Kashmir
Reptilia.
London: Zoological Society of London, 1955-1961. Octavo, wrappers, signature. Contains volumes 90, 91, 92 and 95. More about Reptilia
The vegetation of Australia.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1981. Large octavo, photographs, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper, very scarce. More about The vegetation of Australia
The exploration of the Pacific.
London: Adam and Charles Black, (1975. reprint). Octavo, maps, very good copy in dustwrapper. More about The exploration of the Pacific
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 about Reptile and amphibian variants: colors, patterns, and scales
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 about Open air guides: Beetles. Translated and edited by C.M.F. Von Hayek
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 about Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., Circumnavigator
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
Garden City: New York Zoological Society, (1931. first edition). Quarto, colour plates by Lodge and others, a fine set in publisher's cloth. The reduced format version of Beebe's monumental 'A monograph of the pheasants', 1914-1918. More about Pheasants: their lives and homes
Pheasants: their lives and homes.
New York: New York Zoological Society, 1926. Quarto, colour plates. Publisher's vellum cloth, top edge gilt, all other edges uncut, limited to to 250 numbered copies, signed by the author. First published as A Monograph of the Pheasants 1918-1922, in four folio volumes. The abridged edition was subsequently published as... More about Pheasants: their lives and homes
Species-checklist of the birds of New Guinea.
Melbourne: RAOU, 1985. Octavo, softcover. More about Species-checklist of the birds of New Guinea
A biological assessment of the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Ankarafantisika, Madagascar.
Chicago: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, illustrations, paperback. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment # 23. Text in French and English. More about A biological assessment of the Reserve Naturelle Integrale d'Ankarafantisika, Madagascar
Photography for bird-lovers: a practical guide.
London: Witherby & Co, 1911. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's cloth, very good copy. More about Photography for bird-lovers: a practical guide
New World parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology.
Washington: Smithsonian, 1992. Octavo, black and white photographs, paperback. More about New World parrots in crisis: solutions from conservation biology
Principles of comparative anatomy of invertebrates.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good set. Volume one: promorphology. Volume two: organology. More about Principles of comparative anatomy of invertebrates
Traveller's Wildlife Guides: Southern Mexico. The Cancun Region, Yucatan Pininsula, Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco.
Northampton: Interlink Publishing, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, colour plates, black and white illustrations, maps. Covers Southern Mexico's insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and plant and sea life. More about Traveller's Wildlife Guides: Southern Mexico. The Cancun Region, Yucatan Pininsula, Oaxaca,...
Travellers' wildlife guides: Belize and Northern Guatemala.
Northampton: Interlink Publishing, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, text illustrations. There are colour illustrations for about 500 of Belize's most common reef fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals and information on their ecology, behaviour and conservation. Also includes information on habitats of Belize and Northern Guatemala and on the most... More about Travellers' wildlife guides: Belize and Northern Guatemala
Some common Australian birds.
London: Oxford University Press, 1956. Octavo, colour plates by Shirley Bell, lacks dustwrapper. More about Some common Australian birds
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Acta [Twentieth] Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-9 December 1990.
Wellington: Ornithological Congress Trust Board, 1990-1991. Octavo, softcover. More about Acta [Twentieth] Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici: Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-9...