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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983. second edition). Octavo, text illustrations, signature, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1986. first edition). Octavo, colour plates, softcover. Although superceded by the later edition (Pratt and Beehler), plus the new guide by Phil Gregory, this is still a very useful book which covers over 700 species of birds and illustrates most of them in colour. The text..... More
Wau: Wau Ecology Institute, 1978. Octavo, colour plates, other illustrations, signature, softcover. More
Brisbane: Dove, 1985-1990. Quarto, colour photographs, maps, a very good set in dustwrappers. One of the better modern New Guinea bird books, the photographs of the Birds of Paradise are spectacular. With introductory chapters and a bibliography. More
Honolulu: Bishop Museum Occasional Papers No. 51, 1997. Octavo, softcover. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1908. Octavo, photographs, map. Publisher's cloth, a fine copy. More
Roermond-Maaseik: J J Romen and Zonen, [1934]. Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Modern half morocco, coloured labels. In Dutch. Primarily about Dutch New Guinea, now West Papua. More
London: Macmillan, 1903-1906. Octavo, illustrations. Publisher's red cloth, some slight discolouration, a very good set. Volume one: Vanua Levu, Fiji: a description of its leading physical and geological characters. Volume two: plant-dispersal. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981. Octavo, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This is the second volume of a series which began in 1978 with the aim of presenting information on the Papuasian flora in a concise and correlated form. A large part of this volume is dedicated to an..... More
Melbourne: Georgian House, 1956. Quarto, colour plates by Lillian Medland. Publisher's quarter leather with gilt spine, some light wear, very good set in slipcase. More
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. An easy to use introduction to the trees and shrubs of Hawaii. Organised by colour with information on identification and distribution. More
Melbourne: Nelson, (1970. first edition). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Canberra: CSIRO, 1976. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, a very good copy in dustwrapper. More
London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1967. Octavo, illustrations, very good copy in chipped dustwrapper. Once very sought after, although now superceded by later field guides, Rand and Gilliard is still an important book and essential for any New Guinea natural history collection. More
London: Methuen, 1970. Large octavo, colour plates, inscription, tape marks and dusted top edge, dustwrapper. More
London: Methuen, 1970. Octavo, colour plates, owner's stamp otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1972. Large octavo, photographs, folding map, text illustrations. Publisher's green cloth, a fine set. An outstanding reference with excellent and lengthy summaries of the flora and fauna. Richard Schodde wrote bird entry, Harold Cogger the reptiles, and Robert Johns the vegetation. More
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1968. Octavo, wrappers. More
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1977. Octavo, wrappers, maps, photographs, signature, fine copy. More
New York: Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, 1965. Small quarto, black and white photographs, very good in wrappers. More
London: The Ibis, 1917. Octavo, eleven plates. Binder's cloth, a very good copy. This volume has papers of Australian interest including The birds of Dirk Hartog Island by Thomas Carter with two handsome chromolithographic plates of wrens. More
Melbourne: Australian Journal of Botany/ CSIRO, 1974. Octavo, a few slight creases, softcover. Australian Journal of Botany, Supplementary Series, number seven. More
New York: The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin volume 173, article 3,1982. Octavo, wrappers, photographs, text figures, bookplate. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History volume 173. More
Bergamo: Museo di Science Naturali, 1997. Quarto, colour photographs, softcover. Italian and English text. More