Nieuwe nalezingen op de ichthyologie van Japan.
Leiden: Royal Netherlands Institute, 1854. Quarto, eight uncoloured lithographed plates; handsome half morocco and marbled boards with title label. More
Asia
Flora of the Shanghai area set: Volumes one, two and three.
Sydney: Authors, 2002. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. Volumes one and two bound in one: Flora of the Shanghai area: Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Volume 2: Gymnospermae. [stock id 11566]. Volume three: Flora of the Shanghai area: Book 2, Volume 3. Dicotyledoneae: Casuarinaceae to Apiaceae[stock id 25189]. The only books..... More
Flora of the Shanghai area: Book two, Volume three. Dicotyledoneae: Casuarinaceae to Apiaceae.
Sydney: Authors, 2002. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. Companion volume to Flora of the Shanghai area: Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Volume 2: Gymnospermae [stock id 11566]. The only books in English on the local flora of the Shanghai region. Also available as a set [stock id 25190]. More
Flora of the Shanghai area: Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Volume two: Gymnospermae
Sydney: Author, 1996. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. Two volumes bound in one: Volume 1: Pteridophyta, Volume 2: Gymnospermae. Companion volume to Flora of the Shanghai area: Book 2, Volume 3. Dicotyledoneae: Casuarinaceae to Apiaceae [stock id 25189]. The only books in English on the local flora of the..... More
Wild China: the hidden wonders of the world's most enigmatic land.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. China has more varied habitats for wildlife than anywhere else in the world: rivers carve immense gorges through the world's loftiest mountain peaks; vast deserts range from searing heat to mind-numbing cold; wild horses gallop across grass steppe land; shallow..... More
Wild India: the wildlife and scenery of India and Nepal.
Sydney: William Collins and Son, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
The birds of northern Thailand.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, Bulletin 186, 1945. Octavo, photographs, chipped and worn wrappers. More
Checklist of the birds of Thailand.
Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution, 1963. Octavo, wrappers, Bulletin 226. More
Birds of the Philippines.
London: Macmillan, (1946. first edition). Octavo, illustrations, very good copy lacking dustwrapper. More
Birds of Malaysia.
London: Macmillan, 1947. Octavo, text illustrations, chipped and faded dustwrapper, scarce. More
The birds of the Philippines: an annotated checklist.
London: British Ornithologists' Union, 1991. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. BOU Checklist 12. This checklist covers the 556 species so far recorded, of which 169 are endemic. Includes species notes, gazetteer and complete systematic list. More
India: the tiger's roar.
Sydney: Hawthorn Press, (2004. first edition). Octavo, black and white photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. The author examines many of India's most famous wildlife parks and tiger sanctuaries in an attempt to explore the continuing threat to that country's tigers and the on-going efforts to protect them. More
Philippine birds.
Sydney: Delaware Museum of Natural History, 1971. Quarto, 85 colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Across the Tibetan plateau: ecosystems, wildlife and conservation.
New York: WW Norton & Co, 2007. Oblong format, colour photographs, dustwrapper. The beauty and diversity of Tibet is staggering: from Mount Everest to the world's deepest gorge, from tropical jungles to arctic-like tundra, from trees twenty feet in diameter to vast herds and solitary specimens of some of the..... More
Notes on a collection of birds from Bataan, Luzon, Philippine Islands.
New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1950. Octavo, wrappers. More
The birds of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore and Penang: an account of all the Malayan species, with a note of their occurrence in Sumatra, Borneo, and Java and a list of the birds of those islands.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1978. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, lengthy inscription, bookplate, softcover. More
India: land of Tigers and temples.
Melbourne: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2014. Quarto, oblong format, colour photographs, map, dustwrapper. In this new pictorial work by Axel Gomille, you can experience the magic of a world of contrasts, of ever-changing colours, exotic scents and unfamiliar sounds, that seduces all of your senses all at once. Axel Gomille is..... More
Variations among birds (chiefly game birds).
Tokyo: The Ornithological Society of Japan, 1928. Octavo, photographs, softcover, some wear. More
Birds of Singapore.
Sydney: Times Editions, (1987. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
A photographic guide to birds of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong: Wan Li Book Co. Ltd, 2005. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, softcover. This photographic field guide is a joint effort by members of the Hong Kong Birdwatching Society and includes 768 photographs of 343 bird species of Hong Kong. There are notes on the identification and status of each..... More
Birds of Thailand.
London: Helm, 2024. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Boasting a fantastic diversity of habitats, ranging from high mountain peaks to extensive mudflats, Thailand is one of the top birding destinations in South-east Asia. The perfect companion for any wildlife-friendly visitor, Birds of Thailand provides photographic coverage of 400 species that regularly..... More
A field guide to the birds of South-East Asia.
London: Collins, (1991. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, sofcover. an excellent book, still useful. More
Birds of Japan in natural colours.
Tokyo: Hoikusha, (1966. revised edition). Octavo, colour plates, illustrations. Publisher’s slipcase and dustwrapper, inscribed by the author. Text in Japanese. More
Birds of Japan in natural colours.
Tokyo: Hoikusha, (1967. revised edition). Octavo, colour plates, illustrations. Publisher’s slipcase and dustwrapper. Text in Japanese. More
De vogels van Java.
Amsterdam: G. Kolff & Co., 1901-1909. Octavo, 112 uncoloured plates. Later full morocco, library stamp in the titlepage of volume two, a fine copy. Text in Dutch. More