Natural History
NOTES ON THE AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GENUS ACANTHOPLEURA, GUILDING,
together with a description of Polyplacophora in the Western Australian Museum. [Offprint from the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 1921-22]. Pp. [8](numbered [ii]+29-34); printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle foxed; edges faintly browned; Government Printer, Perth, n.d. [1922]. *Signed in pencil by the author on..... More
THE OCCURRENCE OF THREE SPECIES OF STENOCHITON IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
[Author's complimentary offprint from the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia, Vol. VI (Part II) 1919-1920]. Pp. [6](numbered [107]-111, last blank); printed paper wrappers, stapled, with ownership stamp in blind near top fore-corner of upper wrapper, a little light foxing and browning, edges a trifle rubbed..... More
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF AUDUBON THE NATURALIST.
Introduction by John Burroughs. Pp. xviii+336(last blank), patterned endpapers, index; f'cap. 8vo; pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, the spine and top edges of boards slightly faded; top edges brown; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges slightly creased and chipped;..... More
ANIMALS & AUTHORS IN THE EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAS. A hemispheric look at the writing of natural history.
With cataloguing records for selected titles prepared by Burton Van Name Edwards. Pp. xxvi+184+[4](last colophon, verso blank), coloured frontispiece, plus coloured and black & white text illustrations, the title page printed in red & black, patterned endpapers, notes, bibliographies; narrow demy 4to; grey cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; The..... More
THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF CANARIES AND CAGE-BIRDS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
Pp. viii+448, chromolithographic frontispiece and 55 plates with tissue guards, black & white text illustrations and decorations, index; thick post 4to; later qr. green morocco, spine lettered in gilt between gilt decorated raised bands, dark green cloth boards, faintly scuffed; all edges sprinkled red; later endpapers and binder's blanks, bookseller's..... More
THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF CANARIES AND CAGE-BIRDS, BRITISH AND FOREIGN.
Pp. viii+448, chromolithographic frontispiece and 55 plates (several with tissue guards), black & white text illustrations and decorations, index; thick post 4to; rebound in later (but not recent) half brown leather, spine lettered and decorated in gilt between raised bands, dark brown cloth boards, the upper board lettered and ruled..... More
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MARINE ANIMALS.
Pp. [viii]+324, illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, indices; roy. 4to; navy boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; inked gift inscription on verso of upper free endpaper; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1991. First edition. More
PETER THE WHALER IN SOUTHERN SEAS.
Illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Pp. [x]+118, frontispiece, title page vignette and most of the text illustrations printed in green & black (several full page), endpaper map; pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled and a trifle sprung, the crest and motto of the Presbyterian Ladies' College (Melbourne) stamped in gilt on..... More
THE LIVING ISLES: a natural history of Britain and Ireland.
Pp. 320, illustrated throughout in colour (many full, a couple double page), black & white text decorations, coloured pictorial endpapers, text maps, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, ISBN sticker on lower board; dust wrapper, lightly foxed on flaps and reverse, closed tear at foot of..... More
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM: botanist and explorer.
Pp. x+148(last blank), 4 plates, 5 full page maps, appendix, references, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, backstrip faded and a trifle foxed; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1970. First edition. *Biography of the..... More
A FIELD COMPANION TO THE BUTTERFLIES OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND.
Pp. 176, illustrated in colour throughout, full page black & white text map, endpaper map; cr. 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; top edges of leaves slightly foxed; The Five Mile Press, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. More
A NEW SALTICID SPIDER FROM VICTORIA.
Reprinted from Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, No. 15, October 1947. Pp. [81]-86(first and last pages blank), 1 text figure; small cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers, stapled, the staples lightly rusted; pages a trifle creased; National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, 1947. *Inscribed and signed by the author on..... More
AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF.
Pp. xx+348, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, frontispiece map and text maps, index; post 4to; brown art. leather, lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1982. First edition. *'This..... More
RESIDENT DOG: incredible dogs and the international homes they live in.
Pp. 272, profusely illustrated in colour throughout (mostly full or double page); demy 4to; pictorial papered boards; Hardie Grant Books, London, 2020. First edition. More
CHIGGERS OF THE GENUS EUSCHONGASTIA (ACARINA: TROMBICULIDAE) IN NORTH AMERICA.
[Offprint from the Proceedings of the United States National MuseumVol. 106]. Pp. 85-235, 21 plates, text figures, bibliography; med. 8vo; printed paper wrappers; uncut, partly unopened; Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1956. More
WATCH OUT!
These Animals Bite and Sting. Contributing editors: Densey Clyne, Harold Cogger, Martyn Robinson. Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout, bibliography, glossary, index; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Lansdowne Press, Sydney, 1983. First edition. More
RAINFORESTS OF AUSTRALIA.
Photography by Leo Meier. Pp. 264, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page), endnotes, index; med. 4to; green cloth, patterned in white, the spine lettered in black, coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper board, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, tiny bruise to..... More
BUTTERFLIES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA: (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea).
Foreword by D. W. Simmons. Pp. [iv]+272, 16 coloured plates, numerous black & white illustrations, references, glossary, index; demy 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Government Printer, Adelaide, 1978. First edition. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia..... More
THE LIZARDS OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Pp. xvi+528, 24 plates, text figures, large folding map tipped-in at end, alphabetical list of South African place names and their location, bibliography, index; roy. 8vo; gilt lettered dark blue cloth, slightly scuffed, edges and spine lightly worn; endpapers tape marked (heaviest on pastedowns), hinges starting, a little light foxing..... More
BUTTERFLIES OF WEST MALAYSIA AND SINGAPORE.
In two volumes. Pp. x+64+x+94(last blank), 90 coloured plates (all with numerous images), black & white text figures and 6 full page maps, glossary, indices; med. 8vo; black art. leather boards, spines lettered in gilt; dust wrappers, faintly soiled; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown Volume I; Classy Publications..... More
MORE SOUTH SEA WHALING.
A Supplement to The South Sea Whaler . . . Pp. 62; impl. 8vo; pictorial paper wrappers; Division of Pacific and Asian History, Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra, 1991. First edition. More
THE SPIDERS OF NEW ZEALAND. Parts I-V.
Pp. 124+180+184+310(last blank)+174(last blank), numerous text figures, glossary, bibliography, index; demy 4to; Parts I-IV glazed pictorial card (Part I with black cloth tape spine), occasionally slightly soiled, Part V pictorial paper wrappers;Otago Museum Trust Board, Dunedin, 1968-1979. Part I second printing; others first editions. Otago Museum Bulletin Numbers 1-5. More
HARRY FRAUCA'S BOOK OF INSECTS.
Photographs by Harry and Claudy Frauca. pp. [x]+148(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and (mainly) black & white, appendix, references, index; demy 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung and lightly rubbed at edges; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the back panel..... More
MATERIALS FOR A FLORA OF WAKEFIELD and its neighbourhood.
Pp. [iv]+60(last blank); small demy 8vo; limp dark green cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, faintly soiled, the edges a trifle rubbed and fore-corners lightly worn; upper hinge starting, fore-corners of several leaves faintly creased, the bottom fore-corner tip torn from pp. 15/16, a little light foxing and..... More