The kangaroo.
Sydney: Kevin Weldon, 1985. Quarto, colour photographs. More
MAMMALS - Marsupials and Monotremes
Mammals in Australia.
Sydney: Australian Museum, 1981. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
The Koala: proceedings of the Taronga Symposium on Koala biology, management and medicine, Sydney 11th and 12th March 1976.
Sydney: Zoological Parks Board of NSW, 1978. Octavo, text illustrations, softcover. More
Kangaroos: biology of the largest marsupials.
Sydney: UNSW Press, (1995. first edition). Octavo, photographs, text illustrations. Some sunning, otherwise a fine copy. Covers many features of kangaroo biology, such as reproductive patterns, social structure and locomotor characteristics as well as other facets of biology, ecology and behaviour. Australian Natural History Series. More
Kangaroos.
Melbourne: Cheshire, 1969. Octavo, text illustrations, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. A classic account of the biology of Australian macropods. More
Kangaroos: with modern commentaries by Joan Dixon.
Melbourne: Macmillan, 1973. Folio, colour plates, fine copy in slipcase. More
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A monograph of the Macropodidae, or family of kangaroos [facsimile].
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Folio, 30 colour plates. Publisher's cloth with locket portrait, limited edition of 750 copies numbered and signed by Joan M. Dixon, a very good copy. This is a facsimile edition of the two-part work, A Monograph of the Macropodidae of Family of Kangaroos, published by John..... More
The platypus: a unique mammal.
Sydney: NSW University Press, (1989. first edition). Octavo, colour photographs, text illustrations, signature, paperback. More
Mammals from pouches and eggs: genetics, breeding and evolution of marsupials and monotremes.
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1990. Large octavo, illustrations, laminated boards. Marsupials and monotremes are of special value for examining the deepest questions of mammalian genetics and evolution. Thus, there is intense and increasing interest in all aspects of the breeding, genetics and evolution of these mammals. In this book, contributors from major..... More
Kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1989. Quarto, colour illustrations, fine set in dustwrappers. The volumes are divided into seven sections, each devoted to a major field of research on macropod biology. The sections are evolution, zoogeography and community ecology; diet, feeding and digestion; energy, water and temperature relations; reproductive biology; development..... More
The development of the Monotremata.
London: Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1933]. Large quarto, ten photographic plates. Modern half calf and marbled boards, wrappers retained, a fine copy. Part one: The histology of the oviduct during gestation Part two: The structure of the egg-shell. Extracted from the Transactions of the Zoological Society of..... More
Koala: origins of an icon.
Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, 2007. Small octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. The koala is universally recognised and revered as an Australian icon. It is also one of the most well-adapted and resilient of Australia's marsupials, described by some as a triumph of evolution. How does it survive, and..... More
Australasian marsupials and monotremes: an Action Plan for their conservation.
Gland: IUCN, 1992. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
The kangaroo keepers.
St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1985. Octavo, colour plates, photographs, very good in dustwrapper. More
Kangaroo management in Western Australia.
Como: Department of Conservation and Land Management, 1986. Quarto, maps, softcover. Wildlife Management Program No. 3. More
Australian mammals in colour.
Sydney: Reed, (1983. reprint). Quarto, colour photographs, laminated boards. More
Red kangaroo in Central Australia: an early account by A.E. Newsome.
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Octavo, paperback, photographs, maps. The heart of Australia's ecological identity and restricted to the arid interior, the red kangaroo is Australia's largest terrestrial land mammal, and the largest extant marsupial. Almost nothing was known about the ecology of the red kangaroo when a young Alan..... More
The brain of the Opossum (Didelphus marsupialis).
Rio de Janeiro: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1968. Folio, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Thylacine: the tragic tale of the Tasmanian tiger.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, (2003. first edition). Small octavo, illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. An historical account of the demise of the Thylacine which examines the reasons for it's extinction and what is known about the biology of this marsupial predator. More
Australia's amazing Kangaroos: their conservation, unique biology and coexistence with humans.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2012. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs,maps, graphs. This book is an authoritative source of information on kangaroos and their relatives. Chapters discuss topics such as species characteristics and biology, adaptations and function, and conservation. The book also discusses culling and the commercial kangaroo harvest, as well as national..... More
Spotlight on possums.
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1980. Large octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Bandicoots and bilbies.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1990. Quarto, photographs, maps, fine copy in dustwrapper. The 41 papers in this book are arranged in six sections, covering taxonomy and relationships, distribution and status, anatomy and physiology, reproductive biology, behaviour and ecology, management and conservation of bandicoots and bilbies. More
A key and field guide to the possums, gliders and Koala.
Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty, 1997. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The photographs originally appeared in "Possums and gliders" by Smith and Hume. This field key uses characteristics that will enable the user to identify the larger (greater than 100 gm) species of Australian phalangeroids at a distance, but smaller species may..... More
Marsupials of Australia: the kangaroos, wallabies and rat-kangaroos.
Melbourne: Mallon Publishing, 2005. Folio, 49 full colour plates by Rosemary Woodford Ganf. The complete book but UNBOUND. The book is in its publisher's block and the sections are stitched together. Signed by Rosemary Ganf and Tim Flannery and inscribed 'out of series'. The book will be sold in its..... More
Kangaroos and men: a symposium of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales and held at the Australian Museum, Sydney, on 4th July, 1970.
Sydney: Australian Zoologist, 1971. Octavo, text illustrations, publisher's wrappers. Australian Zoologist, volume 16, part one. More