Australian nature wonders.
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1944. Octavo, photographs, softcover. There are two variants covers, a Dingo pup and a Frill-necked Lizard. More
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1944. Octavo, photographs, softcover. There are two variants covers, a Dingo pup and a Frill-necked Lizard. More
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, (1942. first edition), Octavo, photographs, signature, chipped and torn dustwrapper (NOT AS PICTURED). More
Melbourne: Melbourne Publishing Company, 1919. Octavo, photographs, owner's signature,very good copy in the publisher's cloth. More
Melbourne: N. H. Seward, 1949. Small quarto, colour plates, photographs, fine copy, lacks dustwrapper. More
London: Cassell & Company, 1950. Octavo, illustrations, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce (especially with a good dustwrapper). More
Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1930]. Octavo, photographs, printed wrappers with oval photograph and yapp edges, a fine copy, scarce. More
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1944. Small octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, (1941. first edition). Octavo, photographs, bookplate, owner's stamp, softcover. More
Hawthorn East: Birds Australia, 2003. Quarto, maps, illustrations, fine copy in laminated boards. Revised and updated with the latest distribution data collected by over 7000 active volunteers showing five million records from 270,000 surveys, with every 1 degree grid in Australia visited. The new atlas marks the culmination of these..... More
Sevenoaks: Harrison Zoological Museum, 1997. Quarto, colour photographs, text illustrations, softcover. More
Delhi: Oxford University Press, 1991. Octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Oxford University Press, 1952. Octavo, text illustrations. Very good copy. More
[Kingscote]: The National Parks & Wildlife Service, (1995. second edition). Octavo, map, text illustrations, softcover. More
Sydney: Reed, (1972. second edition). Octavo, colour photographs, inscription, dustwrapper. More
Stonyhurst: Harrier Publications, 1994. Octavo, paperback, The aim of this new work is two-fold: to provide an up-to-date working checklist for the Palearctic region; and to make a sensible contribution to the on-going debate about which English names for birds should be adopted as standard. More
College Station: Texas A & M UP, 1992. Small octavo, publisher's boards, illustrations. Vast numbers of people travel to this region to see the abundant and diverse birdlife that exists there. This detailed account of the bird species provides information on when, where and in what numbers each species should..... More
Chicago: Conservation International, 2002. Quarto, illustrations, paperback. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment # 23. Text in French and English. More
Geelong: W. J. Griffiths, [1914]. Octavo, photographs. Publisher's handsome gilt blue cloth, corner crushed, inscribed by the author, a very good copy. The most handsome and definitive of all regional Australian bird books. Charles Belcher (1876-1970) was a foundation member of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union and the Bird Observer's..... More
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1930. Octavo, folding map. Publisher's light blue cloth, a very good copy. Sir Charles Frederic Belcher 1876-1970) , lawyer, British colonial jurist, and amateur ornithologist was born in Geelong. He was a founding member of the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club, the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union..... More
Canberra: Australasian Seabird Group, 1976-2003. Quarto, roneoned typescript. More
Canberra: Australasian Seabirds Group RAOU, 1972-1975. Octavo, typescript, binder's cloth. More
Adelaide: Nature Lovers' League, [1931]. Octavo, photographs, signature, printed wrappers. More
London: Robert Jennings, 1829. Octavo, vignettes by William Harvey. Publisher's quarter morocco over plain boards, a very good copy. A history of the strange and exotic collection of wild animals kept in the Tower of London, which were used at various times for both entertainment and scientific study by royalty..... More
London: Robert Jennings, 1831. Octavo, wood-engraved illustrations; finely bound by Ramage in plum morocco, spines elaborately gilt, sides with ornamental corner-pieces within rules, top edges gilt (spines faded), a superb set bound by John Ramage. A history of the strange and exotic collection of wild animals kept in the Tower..... More
Milson's Point: Currawong Press, (1982. facsimile). Octavo, colour plates, bookplate, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published 1860. An important early work on the Platypus. Bennett sent specimens, plus his own observations, to Richard Owen and the mystery was finally solved. More