Wild flowers of Australia.
Melbourne: Shell Company of Australia, 1950. Octavo, photographs, colour plates, publisher's coloured wrappers. First published 1932. More
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Wild flowers of Australia.
Melbourne: Shell Company of Australia, [1932. first edition]. Octavo, photographs, colour plates. Publisher's coloured wrappers, with interesting cuttings and ephemera tipped in. This is almost certainly the first edition although there is nothing to indicate this except a newspaper cutting dated 1930. Presumably there are differences in the text to later printings. More
The first year in the life of Estuarine Fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Octavo, dustwrapper, text illustrations, tables. This text summarizes research into the first year in the lives of the fishes of the estuaries of the Middle Atlantic Bight, describing the natural history of the eggs, larvae and juveniles of 70 fish species. It also analyses... More
The Cuckoo and other bird mysteries.
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (1944. first edition), Octavo, map, bookplate of Dominic L. Serventy, publisher's bright green cloth, a very good copy. More
A contribution to the theory of the living organism.
Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 1951. Octavo, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Species Sargassorum Australiae: descriptae et dispositae.
Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner, 1889. Quarto, 31 lithographed plates (twelve coloured). Modern red binder's cloth, partly unopened, a fine copy. A scarce and attractive work on Australian seaweeds. More
The lions and elephants of The Chobe: Botswana's untamed wilderness.
Sandton: Sable Publishers, [1984]. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
The marine ecology of birds in the Ross Sea, Antarctica.
Washington, DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, text illustrations, bookplate, softcover. Ornithological Monographs No. 32. More
Alaska mammals.
Anchorage: Alaska Geographic, Volume 8, No. 2, 1981. Octavo, oblong format, paperback. colour photographs. More
Islands of the Seals: The Pribilofs.
Anchorage: Alaska Geographic, Volume 9, No. 3, 1982. Octavo, oblong format, colour photographs. More
On rare birds.
Sydney: UNSW Press, 2011. Octavo, colour and black and white illustrations, dustwrapper. In this illustrated book, Anita Albus recounts the sad histories of several extinct bird species, including the Passenger pigeon, the Carolina parakeet, and the Great auk. She gives a detailed account of six rare birds: the Hermit ibis... More
A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatiels. Practical advice on the care and accommodation of these popular birds, plus a survey of colour forms.
London: Salamander Books, 1989. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
A Birdkeeper's guide to cockatoos: A comprehensive survey of these distinctive birds with practical advice on their care and breeding.
London: Salamander Books, 1990. Octavo, colour illustrations, laminated boards. More
A birdkeeper's guide to softbills.
London: Salamander, 1987. Octavo, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Ecogeographical variation in size and proportions of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia).
Washington DC: American Ornithologists Union, 1984. Octavo, softcover. More
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Diptera of Patagonia and south Chile, part one [only]: Crane-Flies.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1929. Octavo, eleven uncoloured plates. Publisher's blue cloth, a few flecks, an institutional library stamp on title page, otherwise a fine copy. Complete in seven parts. More
Seventy years of birdwatching.
Berkhamsted: Poyser, 1974. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan, together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka: compact edition.
Delhi: Oxford University Press, (1983. first edition). Folio, 104 colour plates, very good copy in dustwrapper. First published in ten volumes (1968 to 1975) by Oxford University Press. More
Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan: together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Sri Lanka. First six volumes.
Delhi: Oxford University Press, (1978-1987. second edition). Octavo, first five volumes of this set, dustwrappers, colour plates, fine set. More
Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan: together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
New Dehli: Oxford University Press, 2001. Quarto, colour plates, text illustrations, very good paperback set. More
The fall of a sparrow.
Oxford: Oxford University Press, (1988. reprint). Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
Estuaries of South Africa.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. A review of the current status of the country's estuarine research and management. Information is provided on a wide range of topics, including geological, physical and chemical processes, diversity and productivity of plant and animal communities, interactions between... More
The naturalist in Britain: a social history.
London: Allen Lane. 1976. Octavo, photographs, illustrations, dustwrapper. More
The Victorian fern craze: a history of pteridomania.
London: Hutchinson, 1969. text illustrations, owner's stamp and bookplate, dustwrapper. More