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Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (1984. facsimile). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, sunned spine, dustwrapper. A. J. North's classic work on Australian ornithology was published from 1904-1914. This high quality facsimile was unfortunately never completed but it is still a useful addition to any Australian bird book collection. Walter Boles, former curator..... 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
Adelaide: South Australian Ornithological Association, 1979. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Adelaide: South Australian Ornithological Association, 1985. Octavo, softcover. More
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1980. Quarto, photographs, fine 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
Ringwood: Viking O'Neil, (1988. first edition). Quarto, photographs, text illustrations by Richard Weatherly, dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1967. Octavo, photographs, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Author, (1888. second edition). Small quarto, folding map. Contemporary quarter cloth, the copy of J. H. Gurney with some annotations. More
Sydney: Linnean Society of New South Wales, [1878]. Octavo, folding map, binder's cloth. Extracted from the Procceedings of the Linnaen Society of New South Wales. Better known in the author published larger quarto form. More
Sydney: Author, (1888. second edition). Small quarto, folding map. Contemporary binder's cloth with red label, a fine copy, scarce in this condition. More
Sydney: Reader's Digest, (1982. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, maps, loose dustwrapper, More
Adelaide: Adelaide Ornithologists Club, 1972-1975. Octavo, wrappers. More
Melbourne: Supplement to "The Bird Observer" 1961. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Sydney: Collins, (1975. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: Collins, (1975. first edition). Octavo, photographs, tedious inscription, very good copy in dustwrapper. An excellent summary of Australian ornithology and still useful. More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Quarto, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. WAS $44. The current status of each species is examined and compared with its known distribution early this century. More
Melbourne: Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union, 1975. Octavo, softcover. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1977. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, ex-library, dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Brown, Prior, Anderson, 1948. Octavo, photograph. Publisher's cloth, frayed. Reprinted from The Emu, Volume 47, Part 4, pp. 241-286. More
Perth: Paterson Brokensha, (1951. second edition). Octavo, colour frontispiece. One of the better twentieth century books on Australian birds. More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1958. third edition). Octavo, photographs, lacks dustwrapper. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1964. Octavo, photographs, dustwrapper. Michael Sharland (1899-1987) was an excellent populariser of Australian natural history and wrote for over fifty years with the Hobart Mercury under the nom de plume "Peregrine" More
South Yarra: Lloyd O'Neil, (1984. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The very first (large paper) iteration of one of the standard Australian field guides. A handsome book and still useful. More
South Yarra: Lloyd O'Neil, (1984. first edition). Quarto, colour plates, maps, signed by author and artist, fine copy in dustwrapper. A landmark book and a solid reference for any Australian bird book library. Now widely used in its field guide form. More