What parrot is that?
Victoria: Gould League of Victoria, 1996. Octavo, photographs, wrappers. More
BIRDS - Australia and Antarctica
Birds of Tasmania: an annotated checklist with illustrations.
Launceston: Author, (1977. second edition). Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Birds of Tasmania: an annotated checklist with photographs.
Launceston: Potoroo Publishing, (1989. third edition). Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
A catalogue of Tasmanian birds.
Launceston: Author, [1959]. Octavo, interleaved, softcover. More
The Australian bird bander, volumes 1-14.
Canberra: The Bird Bander's Association of Australia, 1962-1976. Quarto, 14 volumes in wrappers, scarce. A complete set with the first two volumes roneoed. Subsequently renamed Corella. More
The Australian bird bander.
Canberra: The Bird Bander's Association of Australia, 1962-1976. Quarto, in three volumes of binder's cloth. A complete set with the first two volumes roneoed. Subsequently renamed Corella. Provenance: the set of Helen Aston. More
A key to the birds of Australia: with their geographical distribution.
Melbourne: Walker, May and Co., (1906. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy, scarce in this condition. The second edition differs substantially to the first edition with illustrations and extra text. More
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds: Boatbill to Starlings [HANZAB, volume seven].
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006. Quarto, 54 colour plates, text illustrations, maps, mint set in publisher's mailing carton. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. Volume seven completes coverage of..... More
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds: Boatbill to Starlings [HANZAB, volume seven].
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2006. Quarto, two volumes, 54 colour plates, text illustrations, maps. an excellent secondhand copy with very good dustwrappers. Each species account includes sections on field identification, habitat, distribution and population, movements and migration, food, social organisation, social behaviour, voice, breeding, plumage and morphology, and references. Volume..... More
The birds of Lord Howe Island.
Sydney: [Author], 1940. Octavo, uncoloured photographs. Publisher's green cloth, limited to 250 copies, Ian Rowley's signature, a fine copy. First published in The Emu (volume 40, Part one). More
Eagles hawks and falcons of Australia.
Melbourne: Nelson, (1984. first edition). Quarto, colour photographs by the author, dustwrapper. More
A list of the birds of Brisbane.
Brisbane: Author, 1963. Octavo, softcover. More
Australian magpie: biology and behaviour of an unusual songbird.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2004. first edition). Octavo, photographs, softcover. Brings together everything known about the biology and behaviour of this unusual species. It includes the latest research on magpie vocalisation and aspects of anatomy, physiology, development and health not previously published. This research spans six years with more than 6000..... More
Bird minds: cognition and behaviour of Australian native birds.
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback and CD, black and white photographs. Inscription from the author, sunned spine, dog eared cover. The first attempt to shine a critical and scientific light on the cognitive behaviour of Australian land birds. Demonstrating how intelligent and emotional birds can be, Kaplan describes..... More
An aviary on the plains.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1949. Octavo, publisher's papered wrappers on card, spine damaged. The Junior Library of Australian Books. First published 1934. More
List of birds in Queensland.
Canberra: Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 1967. Octavo, wrappers. More
The Lyrebird: Australia's wonder bird.
Melbourne: The Emu, 1929. Octavo, photograph, printed wrappers. More
Memorandum and Articles of Association of Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union.
Melbourne: Walker, May and Co., 1917. Octavo, binder's cloth, wrappers retained. J. A. Leach was the editor of the Emu at the time of pubication of the Memorandum and it is reasonable to assume he assembled the articles of assocation and wrote the introduction explaining the formation of the organisation..... More
Birds of Portland (Victoria) district.
Portland: Portland Field Naturalist Club, 1966. Octavo, map, softcover. Noel Learmonth (1880-1970) was a contributor to the Portland Observer as a local historian and keen amatuer naturalist. He organised regular beach walks along Discovery Bay which resulted in many important early records of vagrant seabirds. More
Encyclopedia of Australian animals: birds.
Pymble: Angus and Robertson, 1992. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. More
Birds of our bush, or photography for nature-lovers.
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1919]. Octavo, illustrated from photographs by the authors. Publisher's decorated cloth, bookplate, chipped dustwrapper (scarce), a fine copy. The National Library's website has two separate entries and gives the publication dates respectively 1927 and 1920. However I have seen a copy with a contemporary inscription dated..... More
Honeyeaters and their allies of Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1991. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in very good dustwrapper, scarce and in demand. National Photographic Index, volume six. The jewel in the crown of the ten volume National Photographic Index series and highly sought after. Honeyeaters is the most handsome of them all and by..... More
British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Zoology: Birds.
London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1930. Quarto, 16 plates (nine coloured) by Edward Wilson. Publisher's printed wrappers, some slight chipping. From the British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology, Volume four, number five: Birds. The plates by Edward Wilson are some of the finest Anatarctic natural..... More
The birds of Australia.
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1911. Octavo, colour frontispiece and other plates by Ellis Rowan, photographs. Publisher's cloth, a little grubby, bookplate. More