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
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
With modern commentaries by Joan M. Dixon. Pp. [viii]+152, numerous coloured plates within pagination, list of references cited, indices; impl. 4to; pictorial black cloth, lettered in gilt & white, edges of boards lightly rubbed, top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; within matching slipcase, edges slightly rubbed, light bruise at..... More
With a catalogue of manuscripts, correspondence and drawings relating to the birds and mammals of Australia held in The Natural History Museum, London. Pp. xiv+504(last colophon, verso blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full page), appendices, notes, references, indices; tall demy 4to; maize boards, spine lettered..... More
Pp. [237]-308(last blank), text figures; small cr. 4to; printed paper wrappers; Hassell Press, Adelaide, 1943. *Includes articles by H. Womersley on Spiders, and H. V. V. Noone on Aboriginal stone implements. More
Translated and edited by Dymphna Clark. Botanical index by Roger Hnatiuk. Pp. xxii+540(last blank), 20 coloured plates, black & white frontispiece portrait, text illustrations and maps, bibliography, indices; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, faint damp stain at head of backstrip; Melbourne University Press/Miegunyah Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *Inscribed and signed..... More
![Item #182070 THE KANGAROO IN THE DECORATIVE ARTS. [Exhibition catalogue]. Terence Lane](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/182070.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1764559580)
Pp. [36], illustrated; narrow demy 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, browned; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1979. More
Pp. [viii]+viii+56(last colophon, coloured frontispiece plus 18 plates, 4 black & white text illustrations, appendix, publisher's slip tipped-in at acknowledgements section; post 4to; half leather, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, plain papered boards with printed paper title label on upper board; ribbon marker; Edition Renard, Melbourne, 2007. Limited edition..... More
Pp. [viii]+viii+56(last colophon, coloured frontispiece plus 18 plates with blank interleaves, 4 black & white text illustrations, appendix, publisher's slip tipped-in at acknowledgements section; tall demy 4to; half leather, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, marbled papered boards with printed paper title label on upper board; all edges yellow; ribbon..... More
Pp. [viii]+viii+56(last colophon), coloured frontispiece plus 36 plates with pink interleaves, 4 black & white text illustrations, marbled endpapers, appendix, publisher's slip tipped-in at acknowledgements section; impl. 4to; full brown leather, the spine ruled in gilt around raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title label, boards with decorative gilt..... More
Pp. [xvi]+310(last blank), processed, frontispiece portrait; post 4to; tape backed printed stiff paper wrappers, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, the tape slightly split at head of backstrip; National Library of Australia, Canberra, 1966. First edition. More
Preface by F. H. Talbot. Pp. 354, mostly printed double column, illustrated throughout in colour and (mostly) black & white; small cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Ure Smith, Sydney, 1972. New edition, reprinted. *First published in 1968. Selection from the magazine of The Australian Museum. More
Pp.[x]+182, 31 plates (6 coloured, including the frontispiece); med. 8vo; green cloth, spine blocked in lack and lettered in silver, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the lower board slightly mottled; dust wrapper, back panel lightly scuffed, edges rubbed and split, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Angus & Robertson..... More
Pp. 68, 18 coloured plates within pagination, references; super roy. folio; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1976. First trade edition. *Within the original publisher's printed cardboard box. More
Pp. 32, illustrated; obl. cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, lightly soiled and worn; some inked notes on title page; Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Melbourne, n.d.[1959]. More
![Item #182525 SHEARWATERS OF PORT FAIRY. [Cover title]. Avis Quarrell](https://kaycraddock.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/182525.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1767186182)
Pp. [12], illustrated in colour and black & white; wide demy 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Covell Publications, Warrnambool, Vic., 1989. *With loosely inserted leaflet 'Griffiths Island Shearwater ("mutton-bird") Colony, Port Fairy. More
With an Introduction by Julian Huxley. Pp. [xvi]+342(last colophon), frontispiece, plus 35 plates (including 4 maps); demy 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle canted and slightly scuffed, fore-corners lightly bruised; later (not recent) endpapers, commercial bookplate and bookseller's stamp on upper pastedown, the half-title page..... More
Edited under the authority of the Council. Issued 20th April, 1932. (Containing papers read before the Society during the months of October to December, 1931). Pp. [ii]+[103]-326+[6](last colophon), 12 plates (within pagination, including 3 folding maps), text figures, index; tape backed printed paper wrappers, the tape slightly flecked, the wrapper..... More
