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London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1965. 8vo., pp. (x) 185, b/w plates, b/w ills., orig cloth bds., sunned spine, v.g., no d.j The childhood of the author.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1965. 8vo., pp. (x) 185, b/w plates, b/w ills., orig cloth bds., sunned spine, v.g., no d.j The childhood of the author.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1962. Roy. 8vo., pp. xxii, 43, col fronts., col and b/w plates, prev owner's inscr., orig gilt dec cloth, v.g., in slightly worn d.j, protected. The authors experiences with otters, ideal for children. (An abridged edition of Ring of Bright Water, with many new photographs.).....
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1968. 8vo., pp. xii, 211, b/w plates, b/w ills., dec eps., orig bds., v.g., no d.j More otter tales, sequel to Ring of Bright Water and The Rocks Remain.
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1963. 8vo., pp. (x) 186, b/w plates, b/w ills., dec eps., prev owner's inscr., orig cloth bds., v.g., in like d.j Sequel to Ring of Bright Water, involves the author's continued experiences with otters.
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1895. 1st ed., octavo, pp.lii, 136, colour fronts., and 15 other col. plates, light foxing t/out not affecting colour plates, original gilt titled cloth bds marked at lower front. Very good condition Rare first edition.
Brisbane: Boolarong Publications, 1988. Original pictorial boards, pp. (iv), 68, col. plates. Previous owner's signature, very good condition. Artwork of the flowers of the region.
Perth: Department of Agriculture - WA, 1965. 1st ed., royal 8vo, pp. 173, col and b/w plates and photos. Wraps very worn, inscription to front cover, text and illustrations clean, fair reference copy. Guide to major weeds of the state for farmers and pastoralists, also covers control methods...
Fremantle: Campgn to Save Native Forests, 1985. Wraps, pp. 208, col. & b/w plates, maps. Erratum slip loosely inserted. Small mark edge of front wrap and title page, previous owner's inscription, very good condition.
NY: Hearthside, 1964. pp. (xii), 303, Index, b/w plates, prev. owner's inscr., tape marks to eps. & flaps of d.j., mark on fore-edge, or. bds., v.g. in rubbed d.j.
Tasmania: Government Printer, 1966. 4to, pp. 164, b/w maps and diagrams, bookplate, orig cl. backed bds., good. Covers rainfall, growing season, temperature, and prevailing winds.
WA: Department of Supply, 1965. 4to., pp. (x) 93, b/w maps and figures, cl backed wraps, lightly yellowed edges otherwise good.
Melbourne: Bureau of Meteorology, 1962. 4to, pp. 54, col. maps, typescript, wraps.
Melbourne: Bureau of Meteorology, 1959. 4to, pp. (x) 38, b/w maps, typescript, wraps, prev owner's signature front.
WA: Department of Supply, 1962. 4to, pp. (x) 36, b/w maps and figures, cl backed wraps, lightly yellowed edges, edges creased.
Melbourne: Department of Interior, 1955. 4to, pp. (ii) 8, b/w figures, typescript, wraps, stapled spine, lightly yellowed edges.
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860. Edmund Evans [after Myles Birkey Foster]. 1st ed., octavo, pp.(iv), 185, engraved hand-coloured title page, illus with colour plates by Edmund Evans after Birket Foster, interleaved with foxed tissue guards with very little off-setting to plates, all edges gilt, light foxing, some creasing, full.....
Tasmania: Peregrine, 2005. Rev Ed., octavo, pp.234, profusely illustrated with colour plates, prev. owner's inscr to front pastedown, orig stiff pict wraps. Near fine condn. An illustrated guide to the wildflowers of Tasmania with 312 photographs. Useful for tourists and bushwalkers.
Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1978. 1st ed., royal octavo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 64. Wraps lightly rubbed, o/w very good condn.
Fremantle: Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1978. 1st ed., royal octavo, wraps, b&w illus, pp 64. Previous owner's inscription. Related newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Very good condn. Photographic study of the xanthorrhoea species.
Alice Springs: Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory, 1980. 1st ed., quarto, wraps, b&w illus, pp 32. Near fine condition. Rare Conservation Commission Technical Bulletin ; no. 3.
Melbourne: Robertson & Mullens, 1944. Roy. 8vo, pp. 116, b/w fronts., b/w photos, dec eps., orig cloth backed bds., edges rubbed, v.g, in d.j chipped and worn Charming book filled with the photographs of Monro, who was an official war photographer during WWII.
Sydney: Allen and Unwin, 2001. 1st ed., octavo, cloth boards, dutjacket, colour plates, b&w illus, illus endpapers, pp 226, sl. canted otherwise near-fine condition. 'The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled the World'. A biological riddle that confounded scientists for nearly ninety years, challenging theories of creationism, evolution.....
Melb. Govt Printer, 1883. 1st ed., quarto, pp. 23, plates, nr fine in or. wraps. Ferdinand von Mueller was a German-Australian Botanist who named fossil seeds and plants which were excavated in old gold mining sites in Victoria, Australia.
New York: Macmillan and Co., 1936. after Francis L Jacques (illus). 1st ed., two volumes, quarto, original cloth boards with gilt titles and blind-stmaped decoration, b&w illus, colour plates, pp 1245. Two previous owner's bookplates. Near-fine condition. Extremely heavy, please inquire regarding postage. Plates from the paintings of Francis L......
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1928. 1st ed., original cloth boards, pp. 173, b&w plates, maps. Very good condition. Travels through the Great Barrier Reef in the 1920s.