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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 about Conserving marine environments: out of sight, out of mind
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 about Threatened Species Legislation: is it just an Act?
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 about Oceans: a visual guide
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 about Green inheritance: saving the plants of the world
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. WAS $45. Looks at the bird's lifestyle, habitat, and cultural significance, examining its iconic status from the late 1800s to the present. More about In search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
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 about Gliding mammals of the world
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 about Earth, water and sky: a naturalist's stories and sketches
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 about A naturalist's Shetland
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 about Spix's macaw: the race to save the world's rarest bird
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 about The Hawaiian goose: an experiment in conservation
Oxford: Fishing News Books, 2007. second edition), Octavo, text illustrations. Cover slightly worn, some separation from spine. More about Fisheries biology. assessment and management
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 about Marine mammals of the North Atlantic
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 about Australia's most threatened ecosystems: the southeastern lowland native grasslands
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 about Niko's nature: the life of Niko Tinbergen and his science of animal behaviour
Seaford: Aquatic Photographics:, (2009. third edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $130. More than 1,200 pictures illustrate 370 species of Syngnathid fishes, including all 80 seahorse species. More about Seahorses and their relatives
Frankfurt: Ikan- Unterwasserarchiv, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. WAS $160. 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... More about World atlas of marine fauna
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 about Sharks and Rays of Borneo
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 about Troubled waters: the changing fortunes of whales and dolphins
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. WAS $80. Guana, in the British Virgin Islands, is home to a remarkably diverse assortment of animal and plant life: mangroves, flamingos, iguanas, frogs, birds, snakes, spiders, tortoises, grasshoppers, and bats, to name but a few. What is... More about Island: fact and theory in nature
New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2011. Octavo, paperback and DVD, colour illustrations. WAS $35. Part of a series presenting historic volumes. Drawing from Georges-Louis Leclerc's 36 volume masterpiece, "Histoire Naturelle, Generale Et Particuliere", this title features 350 of Leclerc's magnificent original paintings, faithfully reproduced in full colour. A visual index... More about Birds
Sydney: Surrey Beatty, 1991. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, other illustrations. WAS $85. A collection of papers on Koala biology and management. More about Biology of the Koala
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003. Octavo, paperback, photographs (one colour), maps, diagrams. University of California Publications in Zoology, Volume 132. More about Evolution and systematics of the Atlantic tree rats, Genus Phyllomys (Rodentia, Echimyidae), with...
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. Small quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, text illustrations. WAS $120. The book is divided into four parts: Evolutionary history of the Giant Panda; Studies of Giant Panda biology; Pandas and their habitats; and Giant Panda conservation. It combines the latest findings from the... More about Giant Pandas: biology and conservation
2005. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs and illustrations. WAS $25. The story of the discovery, naming and campaign to use the Gogo fish as WA's fossil emblem. Although scientific in content, this book is focused towards a young audience. More about Gogo fish: the story of the Western Australian state fossil emblem
New York: Counterpoint, 2004. Octavo, dustwrapper, remainder mark. WAS $45. Original in approach and incisive in its questions, "Beluga Days" explores how conservation laws, management policies and human behaviours have affected the shrinking beluga population. Lord encounters an ongoing debate wrestling with the immediate need to protect the whales. More about Beluga days: tracking a white whale's truths