Sixteen volumes in the 'Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia' series
Adelaide, Government Printer [of the day], 1922 to 1948 (all but one are first editions).
Large octavo, 16 volumes bound as 12, with (cumulatively) hundreds of illustrations, diagrams and plates plus 11 colour plates.
Matching binder's cloth a little rubbed and marked; mild signs of age and use (including one ownership stamp); a very good group.
Details of the contents of the twelve bound volumes are: BLACK, J.M.: Flora of South Australia. Part I: Cyatheaceae - Orchidaceae (1922). BLACK, J.M.: Flora of South Australia. Part II: Casuarinaceae - Euphorbiaceae (1948, second edition). WAITE, Edgar: The Fishes of South Australia (1923). HOWCHIN, Walter: The Building of Australia and the Succession of Life, with Special Reference to South Australia [three parts bound as one] (1925, 1928 and 1930). HALE, Herbert M.: The Crustaceans of South Australia [two parts bound as one] (1927 and 1929). WAITE, Edgar: The Reptiles and Amphibians of South Australia (1929). CLELAND, John Burton: Toadstools and Mushrooms and Other Larger Fungi of South Australia. Part I: General Introduction and the Toadstools and Mushrooms (1934). [Bound in one volume with] Part II: Polypores, Coral Fungi and remaining Hymenomycetes, and the Puff-balls, Jelly-like Fungi, the Larger Ascomycetes and the Myxomycetes (1935). LUCAS, A.H.S. (and others): The Seaweeds of South Australia. Part I: Introduction and Green and Brown Seaweeds (1936). LUCAS, A.H.S. (and others): The Seaweeds of South Australia. Part II: The Red Seaweeds (1947). COTTON, Bernard C. and Frank K. GODFREY: South Australian Mollusca. Part I: The Pelecypoda (1938). COTTON, Bernard C. and Frank K. GODFREY: South Australian Mollusca. Part II: Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Aplacophora and Crepipoda (1940). WOMERSLEY, H.: Primitive Insects of South Australia. Silverfish, Springtails and their Allies (1939). [12 items].
Item #140267
Price (AUD):
$300.00