Natural History

  • The birds of Celebes and the neighbouring islands.

    # 42654

    MEYER, A. B. and WIGLESWORTH, L. W.

    The birds of Celebes and the neighbouring islands.

    Berlin : R. Friedlander, 1898. Two volumes, quarto, black library buckram spines lettered in gilt, bump to upper corner of the first volume, original printed wrappers bound in, pp. xxxii; 392; 393 – 962, 7 coloured maps and 45 lithographed plates, of which 42 are hand-coloured; internally clean, a fine set. A rare scholarly work …

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  • Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana. [Serie prima:] Anno VII. Volume X. Fascicolo 1, iuglio 1873 - Fascicolo 6, dicembre 1873].

    # 42916

    [Società Geografica Italiana]

    Bollettino della Società Geografica Italiana. [Serie prima:] Anno VII. Volume X. Fascicolo 1, iuglio 1873 – Fascicolo 6, dicembre 1873].

    Roma : Stabilimento Giuseppe Civelli, June-December 1873. Six parts in five volumes (as issued), octavo, original printed blue wrappers (some light staining and foxing, early ownership inscription to two of the upper wrappers); pp. 1-120 (with folding colour map showing telegraph communication linking Europe and Asia); 1-92; 1-94; 1-117; 1-74 (with folding lithographed plate of …

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  • [ENVIRONMENTALISM] Anti-woodchipping postcard petitioning the Federal Government to grant parts of East Gippsland National Park protection.

    # 42847

    WILDERNESS SOCIETY

    [ENVIRONMENTALISM] Anti-woodchipping postcard petitioning the Federal Government to grant parts of East Gippsland National Park protection.

    [Melbourne] : Wilderness Society, [ca. 1990?]. Colour photographic postcard with image of a dead ringtail possum accompanied by main text ‘East Gippsland : wood chip licences available NOW!’, 103 x 110 mm; verso with printed text of petition and space for subscriber’s details; not mailed, in fine condition.

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  • Salmon at the Antipodes : being an account of the successful introduction of salmon and trout into Australian waters

    # 42273

    WILSON, Sir Samuel

    Salmon at the Antipodes : being an account of the successful introduction of salmon and trout into Australian waters

    London : Edward Stanford, 1879. First edition. Octavo, finely bound in half crushed morocco over marbled papered boards, spine in compartments with gilt-lettering and angling related devices, edges rubbed, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers with collector’s leather heraldic label to front pastedown (unidentified), photographic frontispiece, pp. viii; folding map; 252, a fine copy. Ferguson 18663.

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  • Menniskans härledning och Könsurvalet. (First Swedish edition of The Descent of Man)

    # 41597

    DARWIN, Charles

    Menniskans härledning och Könsurvalet. (First Swedish edition of The Descent of Man)

    Stockholm : Albert Bonnier, 1872. Two volumes, octavo, contemporary gilt-lettered half-morocco over pebbled cloth (edges scuffed, particularly at head and foot of spine), marbled edges, pink endpapers, pp. [iv]; 314; (2); [iv]; xv; [blank]; 294; (6), portrait frontispiece of Darwin to volume two, text illustrations, internally fine, a fine set. The first Swedish edition of …

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  • The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1872)

    # 41948

    DARWIN, Charles (1809 - 1882)

    The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1872)

    New York; D. Appleton and Company; 1872. Two volumes, octavo, brown cloth with black decoration, lettered in gilt to spine (chipped at head and foot of spines), previous owner’s name to endpapers, Vol. I, pp. [iv]; (blank);  vi, 409; (blank); [2 – advertisements); [2 – blank]; 25 text illustrations; Vol. II, pp. [ii]; (blank), viii, …

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  • The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms; with observations on their habits (1882)

    # 41903

    DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

    The formation of vegetable mould through the action of worms; with observations on their habits (1882)

    London : John Murray, 1882. First edition. Seventh thousand (corrected). Octavo, publisher’s blind blocked dark green cloth (edges rubbed, small tears to head and foot of spine), spine lettered in gilt; endpapers rubbed, pp. [ii], viii, 328, [2] (adv.); 15 text illustrations, index; original cloth; uncut; light foxing to preliminaries (inscription on title-page & long …

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  • [ABORIGINES] Aventures d’un voyageur en Australie : neuf mois de séjour chez les Nagarnooks

    # 42031

    PERRON D'ARC, Henri

    [ABORIGINES] Aventures d’un voyageur en Australie : neuf mois de séjour chez les Nagarnooks

    Paris : L. Hachette et Cie., 1870. Second edition. Small octavo, gilt-lettered cloth (edges rubbed), spine with gilt lettering (slight wear at head and tail), [iv]; 351 pp, 24 engraved plates, scattered foxing. Description of life amongst Australian Aboriginal peoples, the illustrations including depictions of corroboree, burial platform, hunting scene, and men in possum skin …

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  • Beautiful Australian wildflowers of the Grampians

    # 42238

    G. V. & W. R. HISCOCK (publishers)

    Beautiful Australian wildflowers of the Grampians

    Sydney & Melbourne : Valentine Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd, [ca. 1960]. Illustrated mailing envelope, 105 x 160 mm, containing a concertina fold-out with 9 colour photographic plates of Grampians wildflowers (credited to H. T. Reeves, Melbourne); plus one panel with text by J. H. Willis, National Herbarium (Melbourne); verso of envelope with previous owner’s name …

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  • Terre Napoleon. Australia through French eyes 1800 - 1804

    # 42476

    HUNT, Susa and CARTER, Paul

    Terre Napoleon. Australia through French eyes 1800 – 1804

    Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales in association with Hordern House, 1999. Quarto, boards in dustjacket, pp. 150, extensively illustrated. Art from the Baudin voyage to Australia.

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  • The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1894)

    # 41946

    DARWIN, Charles (1809 - 1882)

    The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1894)

    London : John Murray, 1894. Second edition, revised and augmented. Thirty-first thousand. Octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth (corners and edges rubbed), light foxing to patterned endpapers, previous owner’s name to half-title, pp. xvi; 693; blank, 78 text illustrations, a very good copy. The second edition, reprinted, of Darwin’s important work on natural selection. As Freeman notes: …

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  • The origin of species (1891)

    # 41899

    DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882)

    The origin of species (1891)

    by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. With portrait. London : John Murray, 1891. Two volumes, octavo, original publisher’s gilt-lettered grey-green cloth (light corner wear, lightly bruised with small tears at head and foot of spine, spine lightly sunned), original navy blue chalk-surfaced endpapers; Vol. I, …

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  • Terre Napoleon. Australia through French eyes 1800 - 1804

    # 41798

    HUNT, Susan and CARTER, Paul

    Terre Napoleon. Australia through French eyes 1800 – 1804

    Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales in association with Hordern House, 1999. Quarto, illustrated wrappers, pp. 150, gift inscription to title page, extensively illustrated. Art from the Baudin voyage to Australia.

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  • Bibliography of the geology of Western Australia,

    # 30235

    MAITLAND, A. (Andrew) Gibb

    Bibliography of the geology of Western Australia,

    / by A. Gibb Maitland, Government Geologist (Formerly of the Geological Survey of Queensland). Issued under the Authority of the Hon. E. H. Wittenoom, M.L.C., Minister for Mines. At head of title: 1898. Western Australia. Geological Survey. Perth, WA : Richard Pether, Government Printer, 1898. Series: Geological Survey of Western Australia, Bulletin no. 1. Octavo, original printed wrappers, …

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  • The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex

    # 37411

    DARWIN, Charles (1809 - 1882)

    The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex

    London : John Murray, 1898. Second edition, third impression. Two volumes, octavo, gilt-lettered green cloth, pp. xvii; [blank]; 507; viii; 528; text illustrations, contemporary owner’s name, a few minor pencil underlines, a very good set. A very good copy of the second edition of Darwin’s important work on natural selection.    

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  • Australian birds in color. No. 1

    # 41394

    BARRETT, Charles

    Australian birds in color. No. 1

    Melbourne : Joseph Swanson Wilkinson for Cologravure Publications, [194-?]. Quarto, colour wrappers (lightly creased), pp. 33. illustrated in black and white with centre colour illustrations after Neville Cayley. A fine copy.

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