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New York: Norton, 2002. Octavo, photographs. 'Ketterwell was a British doctor who caught butterflies and moths as an all-consuming hobby. His work became a fixture in textbooks for half a century. New research however reveals Ketterwell to be a deluded scientist who distorted facts and suppressed evidence he didn't like'..... More
London: Profile, 2007. Octavo, colour photographs, dustwrapper. WAS $60. The Antarctic Peninsula is for all of us an early warning system. This brilliant book tells the story of Antarctic warming and of how scientists are piecing together the jigsaw of causes and impacts, here in particular through a study of..... More
Cambridge MA: The MIT Press, 2005. Quarto, colour photographs,k dustwrapper. This exploration of the oceans describes the marine plants and animals that inhabit our planet, whether in the coldest water of the ice-bound poles, the warmest tropical seas, at the surface or in the deep ocean. The text is combined..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, (1991. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, black and white illustrations, colour photographs. WAS $39. The first edition was published in 1958 (authors Keith Hindwood and Arnold McGill). This updated version contains observations and records made by the Ern Hoskin since the death of Keith..... More
New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2009. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations and photographs. WAS $90. A chronological tour of the history of exploration in the style of The Map Book, by the world's leading expert. Â Before the turn of the 19th century, ventures into uncharted lands required material or spiritual reward to..... More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo, laminated boards, maps. This monograph on marine biodiversity is a result of 132 experts comprehensively and systematically researching and compiling the species recorded in China's seas in the last 70 years. From bacteria to mammals, over 20,000 species were verified. Each species entry includes..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, From the Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Biology series. One way to understand science is as a selection process. David Hull, one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science, sets out in this volume a general analysis of this selection process..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, black and white photographs, line drawings, maps. WAS $130. This volume reviews our past and present understanding of the ecology of Australian freshwater fishes. Comparing patterns and processes in Australia with those on other continents, this book discusses the local relevance of ecological..... More
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2003. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, illustrations, maps. WAS $60. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. A series of papers resulting from a one day forum held in October 2002 by the Royal Zoological Society. This book..... More
Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2004. Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs, maps. WAS $60. Transactions of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. A collection of papers from the 2003 Royal Zoological Society forum in which speakers addressed different aspects of threatened species legislation, from..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2006. third revised edition). Small quarto, colour photographs, softcover. Foreword by David Attenborough. The reissue of this pioneering work highlights a deepening concern about the destruction that threatens our plant heritage. It also demonstrates the wonder and worth of plants and their great importance and..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, maps. WAS $100. Gliding mammals are an extraordinary group of animals that have the ability to glide from tree to tree with seemingly effortless grace. There are over 60 species of gliding mammals including the flying squirrels from Europe and North America..... More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2003. Octavo, colour photographs. WAS $120. More
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. Paul Johnsgard is one of America's most prominent ornithologists and a world authority on waterfowl behavior. In these popularly written, often lyrical essays, he describes some of his most fascinating encounters with birds, from watching the annual mating displays of..... More
London: Poyser, 1998. Small quarto, dustwrapper, photographs, maps, sketches by John Busby. In addition to describing the wildlife in all its forms, this book critically observes the costs and benefits of a modern economy both to the people and the natural scene. This is only the second book to describe..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. Whether as living animals, abstract symbols or commercial resources, badgers have fascinated humans for thousands of years - though often to the animals' detriment. From the iconic European badger to the African honey badger, the hog badger of Southeast..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016. Quarto, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps, dustwrapper. This is the first major book to reveal the secret lives of animals through motion-sensitive game cameras, biologist Roland Kays has assembled over 600 remarkable photographs. Drawing from archives of millions of colour and night-vision photographs collected..... More
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1980. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, other illustrations. A timely and absorbing account of the Hawaiian goose, or Nene, its near extinction, eleventh hour rescue and restoration to the wild. More
Malabar: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. WAS $260. Most species are illustrated in colour and the text includes descriptions, natural history and distribution maps. More
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. WAS $25. Reaktion Animal Series. The flamingo is possibly the most easily recognized bird in the world. But it is not a single species - there are six different species of flamingos, each differing in size and colour. Caitlin R. Kight presents..... More
Malabar: Krieger, 1999. second edition), Octavo, paperback and CD, photographs and other illustrations, graphs. WAS $50. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs and illustrations, maps. WAS $82.50. Despite strong public interest in marine mammals and the incredible popularity of whale watching, particularly in the North Atlantic, many marine mammal populations remain little known. This fully illustrated book is a comprehensive and attractive guide..... More
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1995. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white illustrations, maps. WAS $19. In Australia only 0.5% of the original area of lowland grasslands remains in even semi-natural condition. More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2001. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. WAS $60. This popular handbook for the captive husbandry and breeding of tarantulas, originally published in the German language, is now available in English. The taxonomy has been updated by the author. The text is in two sections. The..... More
Melbourne FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2006. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations, laminated boards. WAS $60. Clear, basic information on how to care for amphibians and reptiles. Describes general diagnostic techniques - parasitological, bacteriological, mycological, and virological - as well as x-ray, ultrasounds and endoscopy. There is a section..... More