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Seals: proceedings of a working meeting of seal specialists on threatended and depleted seals of the world, held under the auspices of the Survival Service Commission of IUCN...
Morges: IUCN, 1973. Quarto, text illustrations, softcover. More
The South Australian Ornithological Association Newsletter [numbers 25-122].
[Adelaide]: The South Australian Ornithological Association, 1963-1987. Octavo, Originally roneoed foolscap sheets then changing to a multi-page A4 format. This Newsletter was originally published "so that country members can keep in closer touch with the activities of the Association and become informed of all matters affecting them" More
Victorian whale rescue plan: a contingency plan for strandings of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) on the Victorian coastline.
Victoria: Fisheries and Wildlife Service, 1986. Quarto, maps, spirally bound. More
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..... More
Wild fowl.
Clayton: The Clayton Dyestuffs Company. Octavo, twenty six colour plates, bookplate, publisher's cloth. "The following illustrations were included in a series of trade journal advwertisements, and are produced here in response to many requests" More
Wildlife conservation.
Sydney: The Fauna Protection Panel, 1959. Octavo, photographs, wrappers. More
Wildlife in the A.C.T.
Canberra: Department of the Interior, [. no date]. Oblong format, photographs, softcover. More
Your budgerigar: a simple guide to the selection and care of your budgerigar.
St Ives: Colourmaster International, [no date]. Small octavo, colour photographs,softcover. More
Wild heart: the possibility of wilderness in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2011. Octavo, photographs, softcover. Images of pristine forests, mountain ranges, untameable rivers and empty expanses of untouched coastline are the key attraction in how Aotearoa New Zealand is promoted internationally. Such wildness is at this nation's psychological and physical core. This book searches for an understanding..... More
Compendium of landshells: a color guide to more than 2,000 of the world's terrestrial shells.
Burlington: American Malacologists, 1989. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Gatherings of angels: migrating birds and their ecology.
Ithaca: Comstock Publishing, 1999. Octavo, colour photographs, maps, other illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The book features 24 pages of stunning colour photographs with additional black and white photographs throughout. Two chapters of background information on migration precede chapters that focus on different species or groups of birds and the..... More
The first year in the life of Estuarine Fishes in the Middle Atlantic Bight.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1998. Octavo, text illustrations, tables, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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..... More
The genius of birds.
Brunswick: Scribe Publications, 2016. Octavo, text illustrations, paperback. Birds are astonishingly intelligent creatures. In fact, according to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. Like humans, many birds have enormous brains relative to their size. Although small, bird brains are packed..... More
Hostplants and classification: a review of nymphalid butterflies.
London: Linnean Society of London, 1988. Octavo, softcover. Biological journal of the Linnean Society: volume 33, number 2. More
Milkweed butterflies: their cladistics and biology. Being an account of the natural history of the Danainae, a subfamily of the Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae.
London: British Museum (Natural History), 1984. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Carcasson's African butterflies: an annotated catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical region.
East Melbourne: CSIRO, 1995. Quarto, illustrations, laminated boards. This book deals with about 20% of the world butterfly fauna and is divided into three main sections - biology, biogeography and catalogue. It also includes a gazetteer and list of regional works as well as a bibliography. More
A manual of natural history, for the use of travellers; being a description of the families of the animal and vegetable kingdoms: with remarks on the practical study of geology and metereology.
London: John Van Voorst, 1844. Octavo, Publisher's cloth, worn and hinges cracked, contents grubby. More
Birdscaping your garden.
Chatswood: Rigby, (1980. first edition). Quarto, colour photographs, small tear in front endpaper, otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Budgerigars and other cage birds.
Great Britain: Four Square Books, 1963. Octavo, photographs and text illustrations, softcover. 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
Revision des rhaphidides.
1891. Octavo, elven partly coloured plates, binders hald cloth. More
A natural history of spiders, and other curious insects.
London: John Tilly, 1736. Quarto, 53 uncoloured copper engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf, expertly rebacked, all edges coloured, a very good copy. More
The anatomy of the migratory locust.
London: The Athlone Press, 1953. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More