[37631] Ogilby, J. Douglas. Catalogue
of fishes and other exhibits at the
Royal Aquarium, Bondi. Sydney: W.
M. McLardy, 1887. Octavo, 32 pp.,
interleaved with advertisements printed
on contrasting blue paper. Publisher’s
wrappers, some wear and crude taped
spine, scarce. $100
[37390] Pascoe, Francis P. A list of the
described Longicornia of Australia and
Tasmania. London: Taylor and Francis,
1888. Duodecimo, 48 pp. Publisher’s
cloth, the ownership stamp of J. G. O.
Tepper and inscribed by the author for
Tepper, a fine copy, very scarce. $800
Johann Gottleib Otto Tepper (1841-1922)
came to Adelaide at the age of six and
ultimately became the entomologist at the South Australian
Museum. Francis Polkinghorne Pascoe (1813-1893) was a
British Coleopterist with many publications on Australian
beetles. This title is not recorded by Musgrave.
[37611] Peterson, Roger Tory and James Fisher. Wild
America: the record of a 30,000 mile journey around the
North American continent by an American naturalist and
his British colleague. London: Collins, (1956 first edition),
Octavo, 434 pp., text illustrations by Peterson, bookplate,
a fine copy in fine dustwrapper. $100
[37445] Rainbow, W. J. Mosquitoes: their habits and
distribution. Melbourne: Lothian, 1908. Duodecimo,
67 pp., text illustrations, advertisements. Publisher’s
printed wrappers, a fine copy, scarce. $100
[4219] Ripley, Dillon. Trail of the money bird: 30,000
miles of adventure with a naturalist. London: Longman
Green & Co., 1947. Octavo, 336 pp., photographs, fine
copy in fine dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. $100
[7999] Semon, Richard. In the Australian bush, and
on the coast of the Coral Sea: being the experiences
and observations of a naturalist in Australia, New
Guinea and the Moluccas. London: Macmillan, 1899.
Large octavo, 552 pp., four folding coloured maps
and text illustrations. Publisher’s green cloth, hinges
cracked, a few spots but a sound copy. $350
[18909] Serventy, D. L., editor. The Western
Australian Naturalist [volumes one to 23]. Perth:
Western Australian Naturalists’ Club, 1947-2001. Octavo,
23 volumes. Publisher’s wrappers (except the first
two volumes which are bound together in a binder’s
cloth), a very good set. $350
[22497] Smith, J. L. B. Old fourlegs: the story of the
coelacanth. London Readers Union, (1957 reprint). 260
pp., owner’s inscription [Professor W. Williams] on
blank endpaper, signed by Margaret Smith [wife of J.
L. B. Smith] and dated 1981, tipped in a letter from
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. $100
The Coelacanth was first discovered by Marjorie CourtenayLatimer whilst working at the East London Museum South
Africa. The research was done by J. L. B. Smith, South Africa’s
leading ichthyologist, who gave the generic name of Latimeria
in honour of Courtenay-Latimer.
[11224] Vickers-Rich, P. et al., editors. Vertebrate
palaeontology of Australasia. Melbourne: Pioneer Design
Studio, 1991. Octavo, 1438 pp., text illustrations,
signature, dustwrapper. $250
[37166] Waterhouse, E. G. A portfolio of Camellia
paintings by Paul Jones. Sydney: Ure Smith, 1973.
Folio, single text leaf and four mounted colour printed
plates, all in cardboard satchel, a fine set. $250
[522] Watts, C. H. S. and H. J.
Aslin. The rodents of Australia.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1981.
Octavo, 321 pp., text illustrations
and photographs, very good copy in
dustwrapper, scarce. $120
[11210] Saville-Kent, W. The Great Barrier Reef of
Australia: its products and potentialities. Melbourne:
John Currey, (1972 facsimile). Quarto, 388 pp., colour
plates, text illustrations, lengthy biro inscription,
grubby dustwrapper. $100
[12720] Schodde, R. and I. J. Mason. The directory
of Australian birds: passerines. Collingwood: CSIRO
Publishing, 1999. Quarto, 851 pp., maps, signed by
both authors, as new in dustwrapper. $450
[1801] Schodde, Richard and
Richard Weatherly. The fairy-wrens:
a monograph of the Maluridae.
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1982.
Folio, 203 pp., illustrated by Richard
Weatherly, bookplate, very good copy
in dustwrapper. $200
[37195] Searcy, Alfred. In Australian tropics. London:
Kegan Paul, Trench and Trubner, 1907. Octavo, 374 pp.,
photographs, folding map. Publisher’s cloth, a very
good copy. $100
[37175] Westwood, J. O. On the
Australian species of the Coleopterus
genus Bolboceras, Kirby. London:
Transactions of the Linnaean Society,
1848. Quarto, 11-18 pp., one
uncoloured plate. Contemporary
half calf, bound with six other
quarto papers on Coleoptera 18381862, with an index in a handsome
copperplate hand, inscribed on the front pastedown
“F. Erasmus Wilson from C. French”.
$600
[9519] Willis, Margaret. By their fruits: a life of
Ferdinand von Mueller, botanist and explorer.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1949. Octavo, 188 pp.,
illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper with a small
piece missing from the top of spine, scarce. $100
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[37186] Transaction of the Zoological
Society of London, volume
nine. London: Zoological Society of
London, 1877. Quarto, 697 pp. 99
handcoloured and uncoloured
lithographic plates, some double
page. Restored green half morocco,
new endpapers, some plates spotted
otherwise a very good copy. $4,000
Volume nine of the Transactions
is one of the most spectacular
of the the early volumes and
contains substantial papers, with
handcoloured plates, on the Birds
of the Philippines, Birds of the
Galapagos and an early monograph
on Rhinoceros.
[37621] [Anon]. Curiosities
of ornithology. London:
Groombridge and Sons, Octavo,
64 pp. ten chromolithographic
plates by T. W. Wood
Contemporary half green
morocco and marbled boards, attractive paisley
endpapers, a few spots but overall a handsome copy. $300
Thomas William Wood “was a competent and reliable
illustrative artist for 20 years” Jackson p. 497-498. He
supplied illustrations for a number of books such as Wallace’s
Canary Book and Tegetmeier’s pheasants.
[37414] Birds illustrated. Brentford: Birds Illustrated,
1955-1957 Quarto, 776 pp., photographs, colour
plates. Binder’s cloth, all wrappers retained. $120
[19681] Archer, Michael, editor. Carnivorous
marsupials. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New
South Wales, 1982. Quarto, two volumes, 804 pp.,
text illustrations, bookplates, very good set in
dustwrappers. $350
[37196] Beebe, William. Edge
of the jungle. New York: Garden
City Publishing, (1921 first edition),
Octavo, 303 pp., frontispiece,
bookplate, fine copy in fine
dustwrapper, rare in this condition. $250
The first two volumes of a monthly cage bird journal.
[37424] A collection of Australian Women’s Weekly
nature publications. Sydney: Australian Women’s Weekly,
1956-1957. Quarto, six magazines in binder’s cloth. $100
A collection of separately printed Magazines. They are The
Living Bush, Australian Nature, Beautiful Australia, The
Australian Year, Australia From the Air and Wonderful
Australia.
[1558] Flora of Australia,
volume four. Phytolaccaceae
to Chenopodiaceae. Canberra:
Australian Government Publishing
Service, 1984. Octavo, 354
pp., colour photographs, text
illustrations, very good copy in
dustwrapper. $120
[25237] Belcher, Charles F. The birds of the district
of Geelong, Australia. Geelong: W. J. Griffiths, [1914].
Octavo, 384 pp. photographs. Publisher’s cloth, a
bright crisp copy. $650
[5391] Black, J. M. Flora of South Australia. Adelaide:
Government Printer, (1922-1929 first edition). Octavo,
four volumes, 746 pp., text illustrations. Binder’s
cloth with separately printed title page, stiff wrappers
retained, a very good copy, newspaper cuttings. $150
[1589] Flora of Australia, volume 18. Podostemaceae
to Combretaceae. Canberra Australian Government
Publishing Service, 1990. Octavo, 349 pp., text
illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. $100
[21335] Cayley, Neville W. Australian
parrots: their habits in the field and
aviary. Sydney: Angus and Robertson,
1938. Octavo, 332 pp., eleven
coloured plates, photographs.
Publisher’s green cloth, some wear
and a few tape marks. $100
[10591] Flora of Australia, volume 17A. Proteaceae:
Grevillea [part two]. Collingwood: CSIRO, 2000.
Octavo, 524 pp., text illustrations, fine copy in
dustwrapper. $120
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better than What Bird is That?
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[37150] Cott, Hugh B. Adaptive coloration in animals.
London: Methuen, (1940 first edition). Octavo, 508 pp.,
coloured frontispiece, text illustrations, very good copy
in dustwrapper, scarce. $300
[961] Cunningham, G. M. et
al. Plants of western New South
Wales. Sydney: Inkata, (1999 second
edition). Quarto, 766 pp., colour
photographs, other illustrations,
very good copy in sunned
dustwrapper. $350
[37549] Denton, Sherman F. Incidents of a collector’s
rambles in Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea.
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1889. Octavo, 272 pp.,
uncoloured frontispiece, text illustrations. Publisher’s
gilt cloth, a very good copy. $250
[37144] Ehmann, Harald. Encyclopedia of Australian
animals: reptiles. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1992.
Quarto, 495 pp., colour photographs, distribution maps,
lengthy biro inscription, dustwrapper, scarce. $250
[6047] Ewart, Alfred J. Flora of Victoria. [Melbourne:]
University Press, 1930. Octavo, 1258 pp., colour
frontispiece. Publisher’s cloth, spine sunned, library
stamp and bookplate, a sound copy. $150
[14004] Ferguson, John
Alexander. Bibliography of
Australia. Sydney: Angus and
Robertson, (1941-1969 first
edition). Octavo, seven volumes,
5294 pp., very good set in
dustwrappers, some wear. $950
[1794] Forshaw, Joseph M. and William T. Cooper.
Australian parrots. Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1980 second
edition). Folio, two volumes, colour plates. Publisher’s full
green calf, limited to 1000 copies numbered and signed
by author and artist, fine set in a Solander box. $1,500
[4841] Gould, John. Handbook to the birds of Australia.
Melbourne: Lansdowne, (1972 facsimile). Octavo, 630 pp.
Publisher’s brown full calf, the superior binding (most
sets are bound in vinyl), a few slight blemishes. $150
The complete text of Gould’s folio eight volume birds of
Australia, first published in 1868 and still a useful reference
for Australian birds.
[4844] Gould, John. The birds
of Australia. Melbourne: Lansdowne,
(1972 facsimile). Folio, eight volumes,
coloured plates. Publisher’s vinyl, a
fine clean set. $3,000
The first complete full sized facsimile of
John Gould’s monumental work.
[6349] Gray, Annie P. Bird hybrids: a check-list with
bibliography. Farnham Royal: Farnham Royal Commonwealth
Agricultural Bureaux, 1958. Quarto, 390 pp., fine copy in
dustwrapper, bookplate of Roy Cooper. $250
[37381] Grimwade, Russell. An anthography of the
eucalypts. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1920 first
edition), Quarto, 20 pp., 79 unpaginated, tipped-in
photographs. Publisher’s boards and cloth spine, a
very good copy. $200
[1503] Hazzard, Margaret and Helen Hewson.
Flower paintings of Ellis Rowan, from the collection
of the National Library of Australia. Canberra: National
Library of Australia, (1982 first edition). Folio, 20 pp.,
20 colour plates by Ellis Rowan. Publisher’s quarter
cloth and canvas boards, slipcase, a fine copy. $150
[9433] Jones, D. L. and T. B. Muir, editors. Orchids of
Australia: the complete edition drawn in natural colour
by W. H. Nicholls. Melbourne: Nelson, 1969. Large quarto,
142 pp., 476 colour plates by W. H. Nicholls, very good
copy in dustwrapper with some tape marks. $150
[37423] Kelly, Stan. 40 Australian
eucalypts in colour. Sydney: Dymock’s
Book Arcade, 1949. Quarto, 94
pp., 40 colour plates, fine copy in
dustwrapper (with tear). $100
Limited to 2,000 copies, signed and
numbered by Stan Kelly.
[14266] Hickson, Sydney J. A naturalist in the north
Celebes. A narrative of travels in Minahass, The Sangir
and Talaut Islands, with notices of the fauna, flora
and ethnology of the districts visited. London: John
Murray, 1889. Octavo, 392 pp., coloured frontispiece.
Publisher’s cloth, a few spots, a very good copy. $400
[22136] Lack, D. Swifts in a tower.
London: Methuen, (1956 first edition), Octavo, 239 pp.,
text illustrations, the bookplate of Roy Cooper, page from
British Birds relating to swifts pasted on upper endpaper,
an excellent copy in slightly grubby dustwrapper. $300
[6584] Hingston, R. W. G. The meaning of animal
colour and adornment. London: Edward Arnold, 1933.
Octavo, 411 pp., text illustrations, bookplate of Roy
Cooper, dustwrapper. $150
[1533] Last, P.R. and J.D. Stevens. Sharks and rays
of Australia. Melbourne: CSIRO, (1994 first edition).
Quarto, 513 pp., colour plates, distribution maps,
laminated boards. $100
[24545] Holldobler, Bert
and Edward O. Wilson. The
ants. Cambridge MA: Belknap
Press, 1990. Quarto, 734 pp.,
illustrations, inscription, fine copy
in dustwrapper. $250
One of very few primarily scientific
books to win a Pulitzer Prize and
a monument to biological synthesis of a single group of
animals.
[6615] Hooker, Joseph D., editor. Journal of the Right
Hon. Sir Joseph Banks during Captain Cook’s first
voyage in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra Del
Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, The Dutch
East Indies, etc. London: Macmillan and Co., 1896.
Octavo, 466 pp., maps. Publisher’s cloth, some wear
and some spotting, scarce. $200
[6647] Howchin, Walter. The building of Australia
and the succession of life: with special reference to
South Australia. Adelaide: Government Printer, 19251930. Octavo, three volumes, 750 pp., text illustrations.
Publisher’s wrappers, a very good set. $100
[37156] Hutchinson, H. N. Creatures of other days:
popular studies in palaeontology. London: Chapman
and Hall, Ltd 1896. Octavo, 270 pp., text illustrations.
Publisher’s cloth, a fine copy. $150
[37582] Hutton, F. W. and James
Drummond. The animals of New
Zealand: an account of the Colony’s
air-breathing vertebrates. Christchurch:
Whitcombe and Tombs, (1905 second
edition). Octavo, 381 pp., text
illustrations. Publisher’s red cloth, crisp
and bright, very scarce in this condition. $100
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[37618] Mack, Amy E. A bush calendar. Sydney: Angus
and Robertson, (1909 first edition), Octavo, 110 pp.,
photographs, fine copy, scarce. $100
[37622] Mack, Amy E. Bushland stories. Sydney: Angus and
Robertson, (1910 first edition), Octavo, 349 pp., colour plates by
Lionel Lindsay, fine copy, scarce in this condition. $100
[37619] Mack, Amy E. Bush days.
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1911.
Octavo, 110 pp., photographs, fine
copy in dustwrapper, scarce in this
condition. $150
[18084] Mackaness, George Sir
Joseph Banks: his relations with
Australia. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1936. Octavo,
146 pp., illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper, very
scarce in this condition. $300
[37176] Macleay, W. S. Annulosa
Javanica, or an attempt to illustrated
the natural affinities of the insects
collected in Java by Thomas Horsfield
and deposited by him in the museum
of the Honourable East-India Company
[number one, all published]. London:
Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen, 1825.
Quarto, 50 pp., one handcoloured
engraved plate. Early binder’s cloth, title printed wrappers
retained, the signature of F. Erasmus Wilson, rare. $1500
William Sharp Macleay (1792-1865), son of Alexander Macleay
(1767-1848) and cousin of William John Macleay (1820-1891)
arrived in Sydney in 1839 and served as a trustee of the Australian
Museum, 1853-1862. The Macleays were an entomological
family; Alexander MacLeay wrote the descriptions for both
editions of Lewin’s Insects and William John wrote extensively on
Australian entomology. The family collections formed the basis of
the Macleay Museum of Sydney University.
[37164] M’Alpine, D. The botanical
atlas: a guide to the practical study
of plants containing representatives
of the leading forms of plant life.
Edinburgh: W and A. K. Johnston,
(1883. Folio, two volumes, 52
full page colour plates with
an accompanying page of text.
Publisher’s pictorial green cloth binding, some
wear and hinges cracked, overall a sound copy of an
attractive work. $350
[18810] McEvey, Allan. John Cotton’s birds of the Port
Phillip district of New South Wales 1843-1849. Sydney:
Collins, 1974. Oblong format, 128 pp., colour plates, fine
copy in slipcase, limited to 850 numbered copies. $200
[4121] Merrick, John R. and Gunther E. Schmida.
Australian freshwater fishes: biology and management.
Sydney: Author, 1984. Quarto, 409 pp., colour
photographs, fine copy in laminated boards. $350
[18577] Mountford, Charles P. Brown men and red
sand, journeyings in wild Australia. London: Angus
and Robertson, (1948 first edition), Octavo, 192 pp.,
photographs, near mint copy in dustwrapper, scarce in
this condition. $100
[8430] Mueller, Ferdinand von. Report
on the plants collected during Mr.
Babbage’s expedition into the northwestern interior of South Australia in
1858. Melbourne: Government Printer,
1859. Foolscap, 22 pp., printed
wrappers, a very good copy. $200
[18290] Mueller, Ferdinand von. Key to the system
of Victorian plants, [volume two]: enumeration of
the native species, arranged under genera and orders,
with annotations of their regional distribution, and
with zylographic illustrations. Melbourne: Government
Printer, 1885. Octavo, 59 pp. uncoloured plates.
Contemporary Government binder soft full calf, some
rubbing. $100
[7489] Nicholls, W. H. Orchids of Australia, drawn in
natural colour by W. H. Nicholls with descriptive text,
four parts [all published]. Melbourne: Georgian House,
1951-1958. Small folio, 96 colour plates by the author.
Limited to 1030 numbered sets in original wrappers, a
fine set. $250
[37384] Nissen, Claus. Die
botanische buchillustration ihre
geschichte und bibliographie.
Stuttgart: Anton Hiersemann, (1966
second edition). Quarto, 316 pp.,
97 pp. (supplement). Publisher’s
cloth, a fine copy, the bookplate of
Sophie Ducker, scarce.
$350
One of the great botanical bibliographic references. The
supplement is a reprint of the 1951 first edition.