On the Barrier Reef: notes from a no-ologist's pocket-book.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1928. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1928. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate. More
Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1994. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1994. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover, creased. More
Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2012. Small quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. In 1813, author, illustrator, printmaker and natural historian, John William Lewin created the first illustrated book ever published in Australia - Birds of New South Wales. Featuring more than 150 exquisite artworks, Neville takes a fascinating look at Lewin's life and..... More
The Channon: Terania Rainforest Publishing, (1996. fifth edition), Octavo, colour photographs, map, softcover. Part one of six. Each plant is beautifully illustrated with a superb full-colour photograph. A concise and informative text describes each plant and provides pointers for easy identification. Additional information details natural occurrences and characteristics in the..... More
The Channon: Terania Rainforest Publishing, (1990. fourth edition). Octavo, colour photographs, map, softcover. Part one of six. Each plant is beautifully illustrated with a superb full-colour photograph. A concise and informative text describes each plant and provides pointers for easy identification. Additional information details natural occurrences and characteristics in the..... More
The Channon: Terania Rainforest Publishing, (1995. third edition). Octavo, colour photographs. Part two of six. Each plant is beautifully illustrated with a superb full-colour photograph. A concise and informative text describes each plant and provides pointers for easy identification. Additional information details natural occurrences and characteristics in the wild and..... More
Melbourne: Lothian, 1989. Quarto, colour illustrations, softcover. More
Sydney: Australian Museum, 1889. Octavo, 21 uncoloured egg plates. Contemporary half morocco, marbled endpapers and edges, pencil inscription, a fine copy. The 1889 edition of North is the precursor to his great four volume work on Nests and Eggs. More
Sydney: Government Printer, 1896-1897. Octavo, 12 chromolithographs. Publisher's printed wrappers, some chipping and detachment, otherwise a sound set, scarce. Originally published in the New South Wales Agricultural Gazette in five parts. Only parts one and two were published as separates. More
Sydney: Government Printer, 1896-1897. Octavo, 14 [12 coloured] plates. Modern binder's cloth, wrappers retained, a few inssignificant spots otherwise a bright copy, scarce in theis condition. A scarce work complete in five parts originally published in the New South Wales Agricultural Gazette. The first two parts (as with this copy)..... More
Sydney: Australian Museum, 1901-1914. Quarto, 25 egg plates. Rebound with the original titled spine, a few spots but otherwise an excellent well presented set. A. J. North was one of the greatest of all Australian ornithologists. He was appointed Assistant Curator of Birds at the Australian Museum, under E. P...... More
Sydney: Australian Museum, 1901-1914. Quarto, 25 egg plates. Contemporary green binder's cloth, a very good clean set. A. J. North was one of the greatest of all Australian ornithologists. He was appointed Assistant Curator of Birds at the Australian Museum, under E. P. Ramsay, in 1891, a position he held..... More
London: New Holland, 2004. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Covers the unique arid lands of Africa and Madagascar, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas. Reveals the astounding adaptations of dryland species and the abundance of life in desert regions. Details changes in desert ecology and the..... More
Adelaide: South Australian Ornithological Association, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Adelaide: South Australian Ornithological Association, 1985. Octavo, softcover. More
Perth: journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 1991. text illustrations, bookplate, softcover. More
London: Royal Commonwealth Society, 1962. Folio, folding map, uncoloured plates. Publisher's blue cloth, a very good copy. More
Melbourne: Science Museum of Victoria, 1972. Quarto, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Pymble: Harper Collins Publishers, (2007. eighth edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. Over 30 years in print - one of the best guides to identifying Australian birds. Revised to include 46 new species. Fully updated and revised by editor Peter Menkhorst, this Pizzey guide contains essential information on 778 species..... More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1967. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Museum of Victoria, 1984-1992. Foolscap, text illustrations. Binder's cloth, five volumes. More
Perth: Artlook Books, 1981. Quarto, paperback, illustrations. More
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1977. Octavo, 60 colour plates by Robert Ingpen, softcover. More
Farnham, Fishing News Books, 1979. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More