The birds of southern Mozambique.
Westville: African Bird Book Publishing, (1996. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour plates, photographs, maps. More
Westville: African Bird Book Publishing, (1996. revised edition). Octavo, paperback, colour plates, photographs, maps. More
Perry: Prion, 1996. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. Provides detailed information on birding sites on this island archipelago, each site entry giving location and access, accommodation, birding strategy and species expected to be seen. Also includes a selective bird list giving brief details on the distribution and status of the uncommon birds..... More
London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2006. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. This is the first comprehensive field guide dealing exclusively with the birds of this spectacular region. It covers all resident, migrant and vagrant species found in Macronesia (Canary Islands, Madeira, Azores and Cape Verde). Over 450 species are..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2018. updated seventh edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps. A complete guide to Australia's rich and varied herpetofauna, including frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards and snakes. For each of the 1218 species there is a description of its appearance, distribution and habits. These descriptions..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, (2018. updated seventh edition). Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations, maps, owner's sticker, inscription by the author, a fine copy in dustwrapper. A complete guide to Australia's rich and varied herpetofauna, including frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizards and snakes. For each of the 1218 species there..... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, line drawings, maps. This beautifully illustrated field guide covers 504 of the most common fruiting plants found in Australia's eastern rainforests, as well as a few species that are rare in the wild but generally well-known. These spectacular plants can be seen..... More
Carlton, Miegunyah Press, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Celebrates the book using the rare books collection of the State Library of Victoria. This book helps readers discover the world of the book - the history of book production, design and illustration, the materials used, the changing technology and its evolution..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002. Octavo, paperback, black and white photographs, text illustrations. With only 5,000 surviving, the African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is one of the world's most endangered large carnivores - and one of the most remarkable. This comprehensive portrait of wild dogs incorporates previously scattered information with..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2007. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, maps. An introduction to identifying Australian plants and animals from the coral reefs to the rainforests, eucalypt woodlands and deserts. More
South Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 2013. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. Lavishly illustrated with over 1,300 beautiful full colour images. This comprehensive publication covers the history of the reef and looks at its biological, ecological, cultural and historical significance. Showcases the wide variety of animals to be found on Australia's Great..... More
Sydney: ABC Books, 2011. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, softcover. Professor Christopher B. Daniels introduces 250 animals from Australian urban areas. More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2019. reprint). Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This handy, pocket-sized guide includes slugs, worms, crabs, starfish, anemones and shell inhabitants. Each of the 232 species or groups in the book is illustrated with a colour photograph, distribution map and description of the animal. More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2002. Octavo, publisher's cloth, illustrations. Covers the commercially important crustacean species - shrimps, prawns, lobsters and yabbies, listing over 1200 species known from Australian waters. The volume opens with a general introduction to the Malacostraca, giving an historical overview of the work on this group. The Catalogue..... More
Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2012. Octavo, photographs,text illustrations, publisher's cloth. Nuttall Ornithological Club Memoir No. 18. The second of a projected three volumes on the history of Australasian ornithology, is an important contribution to the field. It contains chapters on the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (including: Birds Australia, and..... More
Wageningen: Wetlands International, 2009. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. Offers information on the numbers, distribution and movements of one of the most remarkable groups of birds in the region covered by the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA). This work is suitable for those involved in the conservation or study..... More
Cambridge: BirdLife International, 2010. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, maps. This directory provides a concise summary of the 2345 Important Bird Areas described to date in the Americas. The inventory represents a participative consensus on the most important sites for bird and biodiversity conservation in the hemisphere, in what is..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2007. Octavo, softcover. Following the success of The big twitch, Sean Dooley presents a guide to the secret world of birdwatching from how to look cool in binoculars to how not to get stuck with a bird bore. He covers varied topics such as how..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2005. Octavo, paperback. This is the story of a quest to see 700 Australian birds in a year. Sean Dooley has had quite a few successes under his belt and seems reasonably well adjusted, but for some reason he's carried his childhood hobby of birdwatching..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2005. Octavo, paperback, photographs. Explores images of the tropical world - maps, paintings, botanical drawings, photographs, diagrams, and texts - produced by European and American travelers over the past three centuries. Bringing together a group of distinguished contributors from disciplines across the arts and humanities..... More
Brisbane: University of Queensland Centre for Marine Studies, 2006. Oblong format, colour photographs, maps, laminated boards, spirally bound. This book can be used as a simple key to identify mangroves in the field. At another level, it provides a detailed scholarly description of every species of mangrove found in Australia..... More
Adelaide: Board of the Botanic Gardens & State Herbarium, 2010. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. This beautiful book captures the life, history and restoration of what is possibly the last museum of its kind in the world. With 33 outstanding contributors the insightful essays and lavish illustrations will intrigue and fascinate..... More
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, (2010. third edition, revised). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A completely revised and updated edition of this classic handbook of the native plants found from Newcastle to Nowra. With 1400 colour photographs and its authoritative text, this is a magnificent reference for anyone who loves the..... More
Hobart. Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club, 2004. Octavo, photographs, softcover. An account of the history of the club to mark its centenary. More
Wageningen: Wetlands International, 2006. Quarto, paperback, tables, diagrams. Proceedings of an International Symposium of the WI Woodcock and Snipe Specialist Group. Contains 16 papers covering topics such as breeding, biology, ecology, behaviour, population dynamics, monitoring, and hunting bags. This work presents papers focusing on Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), Common Snipe (Gallinago..... More
Cornell: Cornell University Press, (2012. third edition), Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations, map. This new edition incorporates five decades of his notes and records of the island's birds to present in a handy and readable form detailed and comprehensive information about the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Showcasing 40 all-new colour..... More