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London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1885. Octavo, chromolithograph frontispiece (Forbes' Honeyeater), text illustrations. Publisher's decorated cloth, cracked hinges, otherwise a bright crisp copy. An important early natural history of the area now known as Wallacea. Henry Ogg Forbes (1851-1932) was a Scottish born explorer, ornithologist, and botanist. He... More
London: R H Porter, 1881. Tall octavo, frontispiece, 31 lithographed plates including eleven coloured and seven either folding or double page. Contemporary black half morocco, the bookplate John Calaby. Alfred Henry Garrod (1846-1879) was an anatomist and physiologist with a strong interest in zoology. He was the first person to... More
Cambridge MA: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 1917. Octavo, 42 uncoloured lithographs. Modern half red morocco marbled endpapers, all edges uncut, wrappers retained, a fine copy. The entire issue of Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Volume 30, number four. Samuel Garman (1843-1927) was a pupil of... More
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Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's full calf a very good copy. The Supplement. A variety of later discovered birds are figured, including the Night Parrot. More
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Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1974. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Honeyeaters. More
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Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Waders and other waterbirds. More
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Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1974. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Robins and other small passerines. More
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Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1975. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Kingfishers and others. More
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1972. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a fine clean set. The first complete full sized facsimile of John Gould's monumental work. More
London: Author, 1865. Octavo, Publisher's handsome decorated cloth, bookplate, a few minor splits in the cloth, otherwise a near fine copy. The Handbook is a significant elaboration of the text of Birds of Australia and Gould's final contribution to Australian ornithology. It is still a useful book in any working... More
London: Author, 1865. Octavo, Publisher's handsome decorated cloth, front endpaper of volume one marked, otherwise a near fine copy. The Handbook is a significant elaboration of the text of Birds of Australia and Gould's final contribution to Australian ornithology. It is still a useful book in any working collection of... More
London: Author, 1848. Octavo, two wood-engraved illustrations. Publisher's cloth, rebacked retaining original endpapers, scarce. "The Preface and Introduction to my Birds of Australia having been set up in small type for facility of correction, I have had a limited number of copies printed in octavo form, for distribution ..." (Notice... More
London: Author, [1858]- 1875. Folio, 47 handcoloured lithograph plates by W. Hart, and H.C. Richter. Full contemporary green morocco, gilt inner rules, elaborate gilt spine five raised bands and gilt title, some minor rubbing. The King of Belgium's gilt stamp with crown and initials, a superb copy crisp and free... More
London: Author, 1837-1838. Large octavo, 73 finely coloured lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould and the eight page appendix 'Description of New Species of Australian Birds'. Contemporary half green morocco and morocco-grained cloth, elaborate gilt-decorated spine, all edges gilt, bookplate; a small neat library stamp on the title page and the... More
[London]: Jansen, 1871. Quarto, 12 handcoloured plates by William Swainson. Half red morocco, fine copy, scarce. "These twelve plates were originally intended by my brother, Dr J. E. Gray, to form part of a series of figures of Chinese birds ... it will be readily seen that these plates were... More
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1867. Quarto, 18 uncoloured lithographed plate by George Henry Ford. Original publisher's wrappers with papered title on cover, the bookplates of David McPhee, the plates with typical oxidation and some spotting, mostly confined to the margins, rare. The rarest of all Australian reptile books and the first... More
London: British Museum, 1855. Quarto, 42 uncoloured lithographs. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, some blemishes, top edge gilt, a presentation copy dated 1885 from P. L. Sclater to the Rev. G. R. Fisk, small neat library stamps on title page and plates, a fine copy. John Edward Gray (1800-1875)... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Octavo, three volumes, 81 colour-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Publisher's primary issue dark green blindstamped cloth, a fine set in the best of three variant publisher's bindings, scarce in this condition. The first book devoted exclusively to... More
London: George Bell and Sons, 1884-1887. Tall octavo, 81 colour-printed wood-engraved plates (chromoxylographs) by Benjamin Fawcett drawn by A. F. Lydon. Publisher's turquoise green blindstamped cloth, a very good crisp set. The first book devoted exclusively to parrots in captivity and with much of Australian interest. Occasional contributions were made... More
London: British Museum, 1877. Small folio, 55 uncoloured lithographed plates. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, all edges speckled, inscribed for the Earl Enniskillen by the author, with the Earl's handsome circular bookplate. A superb copy. William Willoughby Cole, third Earl of Enniskillen, FRS (1807-1886), known by his courtesy title... More
London: Ray Society, 1864. Folio, 26 uncoloured lithographic plates. Publisher's quarter cloth and boards with label, some cracking and minor fraying of corners, a few minor spots. German born British herpetologist and ichthyologist Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1830-1914) was, along with his near contemporary Alfred George Boulenger, the most... More
London: Ray Society, 1864. Folio, 26 uncoloured lithographic plates. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, top edge gilt, upper corner very slightly bumped and a few spots, otherwise a handsome copy. German-born British herpetologist Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther (1830- 1914) was, along with his near contemporary Alfred George Boulenger... More
Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1910-22. Quarto, text illustrations. Contemporary green half morocco, with the bookplates of David Armitage Bannerman. More
Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1910-38. Quarto, text illustrations.The first three volumes in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, the supplement in a binders cloth, all volumes with some wear, the bookplate of Dom Serventy. More
Sydney: Author, 1907. Quarto, photographs. Modern full polished calf, spine with raised bands and two coloured labels, title page grubby. S. W. Jackson (1873-1946) is best known for Egg collecting and bird life of Australia. This is a handsome production liberally illustrated with his pioneering photographs and has always been... More