Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1981 [facsimile edition]/ 1888. Number 102 of 500 copies signed by the author's great-grandson. The second appendix, 'Gracius Joseph Broinowski: His Books and His Prospectuses' by Keith Hindwood (7 pages) contains much important bibliographical information. The short summary states, in part, that 'Broinowski's main work, the "Birds..... More
Peake 3276. The design, an Indigenous child standing behind a pink flamingo (both on one leg), features a motif that is synonymous with the artist Sydney Long (1871-1955). Provenance: H.B. (Harry) Muir (1909-1992), bookseller, publisher and bookplate collector; by descent. More
Adelaide, State Publishing, 1989 to 1992 (facsimile editions, first thus)/ 1866-1870, 1869, and 1910-1927, respectively. Each volume is number 411 of 500 copies of a facsimile edition of works originally owned and used by Samuel Albert White (1870-1954), 'ornithologist and conservationist ... His most arduous and important work as a...... More
Adelaide, South Australian Ornithological Association Inc., 2000. Foreword by Grahame Pizzey. More
London, The Author, and printed by Taylor and Francis, 1865. [2 items]. More
Carlton South, Melbourne University Press, 2001. '"The Emu" is the journal of the former Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, now known as "Birds Australia" ... Libby Robin describes the achievements and the increasing importance of ornithology in Australia [and] explores ... issues of conservation and environmental management, scientific collecting, smuggling and..... More
Pymble, Angus and Robertson, 1992. Individual authors and titles are: (1) Terence R. LINDSEY: Birds. (2) Michael J. TYLER: Frogs. (3) Ronald STRAHAN: Mammals. (4) Harald EHMANN: Reptiles. [4 items]. More
London, Collins, 1977 (fifth impression)/ 1956 (second edition)/ 1952. Number 28 in the New Naturalist Library. More
South Yarra, Lloyd O'Neil, 1984. More
Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1998 [facsimile edition]/ 1914. With the ink ownership details of Dr Barbara Hardy, AO. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 216; one of 501 copies thus (of a total edition of only 600). As the original edition was published in a small format..... More
Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1979 (facsimile edition)/ 1837-38. Number 446 of 500 copies signed by Allan McEvey, Curator of Birds at the National Museum of Victoria. McEvey has supplied the detailed appendices, published here for the first time, in which he 'traces the complicated bibliographical history of the work, and provides..... More
Sydney, A.H. & A.W. Reed Pty Ltd, 1980. Number 14 of 250 copies of the deluxe issue signed by the author and June Reed (the publisher). Loosely inserted are two prints after drawings by Neville Cayley. More
Adelaide, Rigby, 1982. More
London, Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1977 (reprint)/ 1967 (revised edition)/ 1965. In the Australian Natural Science Library series. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1992. 'Covers 54 species of parrots (including cockatoos and lorikeets), and 27 species of pigeons and doves ... magnificent colour photographs portray the biology of each species.' (dustwrapper) The seventh volume (of ten) in The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife series. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1996. The tenth (and final) volume in The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife series. More
London, Collins, 1986 (reprint)/ 1980. Number 64 in the New Naturalist Library. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1979 (revised)/ 1973. 'The comprehensive revised edition of Cayley's standard work' (dustwrapper). One of the Australian Natural Science Library series. More
Pymble, Angus and Robertson, 1992. More
Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1981 (revised)/ 1969. More
London, Collins, 1965. Number 20 in the New Naturalist Monographs series. More
Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1982. More
Sydney, Australian Museum, 1901 to 1914 ('Second edition ... entirely rewritten, with additions')/ 1889. Australian Museum, Sydney, Special Catalogue Number 1. Orginally issued in 19 parts (Volume I, Parts 1-4; Volume II, Parts 1-3; Volume III, Parts 1-5; and Volume IV, Parts 1-5): it is here bound without the wrappers..... More
North Ryde, Angus and Robertson, 1987. Describing 106 species. The fourth volume (of ten) in The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife series. More
Perth, Western Australian Museum, 1984. 'An annotated list of the 284 species of birds recorded from the Pilbara' (Abstract). More