From Taxonomy to Tadpoles - Browse books by subject here.
From Australia to Zanzibar - Browse books by region here.
To limit your browsing within NEW BOOKS click on browse by subject or region above. To browse secondhand, antiquarian, bargain books or artwork select from the navigation at the top.
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: 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, marbled endpapers; a crisp fine coloured copy, free of foxing and other significant... 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
1872-1878. Octavo, hand coloured plates. Contemporary green half calf with red labels, some rubbing, the set of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union with library stamps. "Although he [Hume] contributed most of the papers, some of them classical essays on Indian birds, yet other well known ornithologists also furnished papers of... More
Berlin: Salfeld, 1811. Octavo, Later half calf and marbled boards, with the bookplate of H. M. Whittell. A rare and important work on early ornithological nomenclature. The adoption of the taxa "Family" is attributable to Illiger's Prodromus. "... descriptive lists of orders, families and genera, the species of each genus... More
Sydney: Author, 1907. Quarto, photographs. Publisher's printed wrappers, a fine copy, in a modern box. S. W. Jackson (1873-1946) is best known for 'Egg collecting and bird life of Australia'. This handsome production, liberally illustrated with Jackson's pioneering photographs, has always been a scarce and desirable item of ephemeral Australian... More
Sydney: Author, 1907. Quarto, photographs. Modern full polished calf 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 a.... More
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, (1835. first edition). Duodecimo, 33 handcoloured plates. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. More
London: Royal Society of London, 1901, Quarto, 30 numbered leaves of plates with 50 mounted chromolithographs Contemporary full morocco and bevelled boards, lettered in gilt with gilt inner dentelles and watered silk linings, lengthy inscription from the author to John Howard Angus, a superb copy. An offprint from the Philosophical... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1929. Small oblong format, illustrations. Publisher's cloth with green tree-snake design, slight crack to inner front cover and hinges tender, contemporary owner's inscription, a near fine copy. One of the classics of Australian herpetological literature. A desirable book published in an attractive and unusual format. James... More
Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1871. Folio, 16 uncoloured lithographs. Publisher's quarter cloth and stiff card wrappers, some typical rubbing and light spotting to the titlepage, otherwise a very good copy, all contained in a solander box. Included is a copy of [Krefft, Gerard. Australian Natural History. Mammals of Australia... More
Sydney: Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1869. Quarto, twelve handcoloured lithographs. Modern half red morocco, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, publisher's stiff card wrappers retained, the title wrapper with a contemporary inscription dated 1889, small owner's stamp "R. Rendle" on title page, an excellent copy. Gerard Krefft (1830-1881) is rightly considered... More
Tokyo: Author, 1933. Small folio, 34 coloured plates, two folding maps. Publisher's burgundy half cloth over burgundy coloured paper boards, a fine copy. Nagamichi Kuroda (1889- 1978) was a Japanese ornithologist who is best remembered for Birds of the Island of Java. He also wrote Parrots of the World in... More
Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, 1867. Large octavo, two volumes, 36 handcoloured engraved plates. Early brown calf and marbled boards, all edges coloured, a few inoffensive spots, otherwise a handsome copy. This edition of Histoire naturelle de Lacepede was first published in 1856 and "the many subsequent volumes and editions... More
Paris: M Veuve Agasse, 1821. Quarto, 84 uncoloured engraved plates. Later half calf, some foxing throughout but a sound copy. Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (1779-1825) was a French biologist and naturalist and best known for making the important distinctions between green algae, brown algae and red algae. He also studied... More
London: Zoological Society of London, 1903. Quarto, three plates, including one chromolithograph of the Okapi. Binder's cloth, two small library stamps including one on the title page, corners of pages creased and crushed. The full volume of Transaction of the Zoological Society of London, volume 16, with the following papers... More
![Stray feathers: a journal of ornithology for India and its dependencies [lacking the last three volumes]. Allan C. Hume.](/pictures/thumb/30873.jpg?v=1550827828)
