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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
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1996. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations, text illustrations. WAS $88. Deals with the plants, fungi and animals of Western Australia and their place in the environment. 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 $85. 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
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, WAS $65. 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..... 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
Firefly Books, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $40. A visual guide to oceans, their formation and extent, the life-forms they support, their value to humans, and the threats they face. More
Berkeley: University of California Press, (2006. third revised edition). Small quarto, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. WAS $55. 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..... 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
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, line drawings. WAS $28. 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..... More
London: T & A D Poyser, 1998. Small quarto, dustwrapper, photographs, maps, sketches by John Busby. WAS $115.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..... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2012. Octavo, paperback, photographs and illustrations. WAS $33. Reaktion Animal Series. Lots of insects suck blood, but one species above all others has a big reputation for its very small size, the mosquito. Due to the diseases they carry and inject, mosquitoes are responsible for more human..... More
New York: Atria, 2002. Octavo, colour illustrations, maps, paperback. Describes the desperate race against time to save a rare blue parrot, the Spix's macaw, from extinction, by calling for private collectors to allow their birds to mate with the last wild specimen. Also available in hardcover [stock id 25827]... More
London: Reaktion Books, 2015. Octavo, paperback, photographs, illustrations. WAS $25. 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..... More
Vermillion: Buteo Books, 1980. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, other illustrations. WAS $40. A timely and absorbing account of the Hawaiian goose, or Nene, its near extinction, eleventh hour rescue and restoration to the wild. 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
Oxford: Fishing News Books, 2007. second edition), Octavo, text illustrations, softcover, some wear. 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
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper. A charismatic naturalist, bird-watcher, teacher, artist, photographer, film-maker, and winner of the Nobel Prize, Niko Tinbergen was a prominent and influential scientist. Jointly with Konrad Lorenz, he laid the foundation for a new science, the biological..... More
Frankfurt: Ikan- Unterwasserarchiv, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. This book includes thousands of photographs of selected groups of marine invertebrates. The primary aim is to assist people who have a keen interest in the small animals they encounter in the sea other than fishes. Presented here are the species..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, distribution maps. WAS $50. This full-colour field guide complements a similar book on the economically important sharks and rays of Indonesia. It is the result of a collaborative project between the governments of the United States, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia..... More
London: The Natural History Press, 2006. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations, line drawings. WAS $40. This book explores the fates of whales and dolphins and how they became intertwined with human history. The story begins over 1000 years ago when hunters first took up harpoons and went to sea in search..... More