Leiden: E J Brill, 1867-1868. Tall octavo, 14 handcoloured lithographed bird plates; uncut in later boards mounting the front printed wrapper. More

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

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

Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1974. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Honeyeaters. More

Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1974. facsimile). Folio, coloured plates. Publisher's vinyl, a very good copy. Robins and other small passerines. 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, 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, 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: 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. 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: 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

Berlin: Verlag von R. Friedlander und Sohn, 1910-22. Quarto, text illustrations. Contemporary green half morocco, with the bookplates of David Armitage Bannerman. More

London: Author, [1771-1779]. Folio, 40 proof plates handcoloured by Hayes and his family, without a title page. All but seven signed, captioned and dated. The Green Woodpecker has the signature of William Hayes and Gabriel Smith. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, a few spots but otherwise the plates in..... More