London: Taylor and Francis, 1881. Large quarto, eleven handcoloured plates by Smit, one coloured map, with an EXTRA 55 handcoloured plates. Contemporary binder's cloth, some wear, spines titled 'extra illustrated copy', the bookplate of Alan Francis Brooke, a unique copy. Colonel Arthur Hay, ninth Marquess of Tweedale (1824-1878), known before..... More

London: E. W. Janson, 1839-1843. Quarto, text double column, 60 lithographed plates. Modern quarter morocco and boards, retaining original publisher's printed title wrapper, a fine copy. More

London: Trubner and Co, 1876-1876. Quarto, three volumes, 104 handcoloured lithographs and chromolithographs by Keulemans and others. Contemporary green binder's cloth (a near match to the publisher's binding) with burgundy label, a few minor flecks and marks; the contents clean, a very good set. George Dawson Rowley (1822-1878) was an..... More

London: R. H. Porter, (1902-1903. first edition). Octavo, 20 coloured (including 19 handcoloured) plates by Gronvold, Green and Goodchild. Modern half red morocco with two spine labels, publisher's wrappers retained, a very good copy. A handsome publication and one of the last colour plate bird books, with many Australian species..... More

London: Henry G Bohn, 1859. Octavo, 80 handcoloured plates. Publisher's handsome blindstamped and decorated cloth, all edges gilt, a few occasional spots and signature on front endpaper, a fine copy. BM(NH) p. 1984; Plesch; p. 414; Pritzel 8793. More

London: E. Grant Richards, 1906-1911. Large quarto, 318 uncoloured plates by Lillian Medland. Publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, a few flecks, internally some light spotting. Lilian Medland married Tom Iredale and illustrated his Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds 1953 and Birds of New Guinea, 1956. More

Amsterdam: Erven Houtuin, 1781. Quarto, uncoloured engraved half title, three handcoloured engraved plates. Contemporary (publisher's?) boards and red calf spine with all edges uncut and coloured, a superb copy contained in a modern Solander box. Dutch and French text in parallel column. Johannes van Lier (1726-1799) was a wealthy Dutch..... More

London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1872. Quarto, coloured map and ten handcoloured plates. Contemporary brown half morocco and marbled boards, upper corner of drop title restored without affecting text, a very good copy. Transactions of the Zoological Society, volume eight part two. More

London: Hippolyte Balliere, 1846-1848. Octavo, volume one 22 (eleven handcoloured) lithographs; volume two 22 (10 handcoloured) lithographs. Modern plain red binder's cloth, some uncoloured plates typically oxidised. Volume one: containing the order Marsupiata or pouched animals. Volume two: containing the order Rodentia, or gnawing mammalia. The marsupial volume represents the..... More

Adelaide: Reprinted from The Register, [1917]. Sextodecimo, photographs. Publisher's printed wrappers, very good copy, scarce. More

London: George Bell and Sons, 1874. Tall octavo, 108 chromolithographed plates. Publisher's blue blindstamped and gilt decorated cloth, some flecking otherwise a bright crisp set. More