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The Dog in Australasia
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWalter Beilby
Melbourne: George Robertson and Company, 1897.The first Australian dog breeder’s manual. FERGUSON 6885.
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A New Dictionary of Natural History; or, Compleat Universal Display of Animated Nature. With Accurate Representations of the Most Curious and Beautiful Animals, Elegantly Coloured.
AU$5,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Frederic Martyn
London: Harrison and Co., 1785.Popular 18th century reference work by William Fordyce Mavor under his Martyn pseudonym, with 100 hand-coloured plates each depicting 4 to 9 animals, insects, or shells.
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The Economy of the Animal Kingdom: Considered Anatomically, Physically, and Philosophically (3 Volumes)
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEmanuel Swedenborg; Augustus Clissold
: Swedenborg Scientific Association, 1960-1976.Translated from the Latin by James John Garth Wilkinson and Alfred Acton Clissold. Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) was a Swedish mystic, theologian, philosopher, and scientist. After a successful career as a scientist and inventor, at the age of 53 he had a revelation that Jesus had chosen him to write ‘The Heavenly Doctrine’ to reform Christianity. He published 18 theological works before his death which he predicted. His writings have been very influential around the world, with The New Church or Swedenborgism being founded in 1787. It is still present around Australia.
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The Australian Native Bear Book: Photographic Studies by Cazneaux
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Harold] Cazneaux
Sydney: Art in Australia, 1930.Photos of Koalas and with two woodcuts by Margaret Preston. MUIR 1348.
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The Insects of Australia and New Zealand
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartR. J. Tillyard
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1926.This comprehensive work on Australian and New Zealand insects was intended primarily as a text book for students of entomology, as well as being an informative text for those with a general interest in insects. It outlines generally the classification and morphology of insects before elaborating on more detailed accounts of the separate insect orders. This landmark book was the standard work on Australasian entomology for more than fifty years. Tillyard’s collections and descriptions of insect life had made him a world figure in Entomology. This copy finely rebound in full leather.
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Bird Books and Bird Art
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJean Anker
The Hague: Dr. W. Junk B. V., Publishers, 1973. -
The Edible Fishes of New South Wales: Their Present Important and Their Potentialities
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDavid G. Stead
Sydney: Government of the State of New South Wales, 1908.Listing of edible fish species of New South Wales with descriptions of each, together with photographic plates and a large folding colour map of New South Wales.
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The Mammals of Australia
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGerard Krefft
Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1979.Illustrated by Miss Harriet Scott, and Mrs. Helena Forde, for the Council of Education; with A Short Account of all the Species hitherto described. Originally published in 1871, this facsimile edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed by Basil J. Marlow, Curator of Mammals at the Australian Museum
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Studies & Sketches of a Bird Painter
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRaymond Ching
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981.Limited to 500 signed and numbered copies.
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Audubon’s Aviary: The Original Watercolors for The Birds of America
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoberta J. M. Olson
New York: Skira Rizzoli / New-York Historical Society, 2012.With an essay by Marjorie Shelley and Contibutions by Alexandra Mazzitelli. With a facsimile colour print in an envelope mounted to the front free endpaper.
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Audubon’s Birds of America (The National Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio)
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRoger Tory Peterson; Virginia Marie Peterson
New York: Abbeville Press, [2006]. -
The Birds of Australia: Bibliography of the Birds of Australia
AU$600.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGregory M. Mathews
London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1925.Books used in the preparation of this work with a few biographical details of authors and collectors. The separately bound bibliography to Mathews 12 volume ornitholgoical handbook, one of the key monumental illustrated works of Australian natural history.
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Studies on Pathological Conditions in the Genitals of the Bull, 1946-1958
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartErik Blom; N. O. Christensen
Uppsala and Copenhagen: Various Publishers, 1947-1968.Specially bound collection of papers by Erik Blom and N. O. Christensen, being: 1. Studies on Pathological Conditions in the Testis, Epididymis and Accessory Sexs Glands in the Bull (Uppsala: Almquist & Wiksells Boktryckeri AB, 1947); 2. Congenital Absence of the Epididymis, Ductus Deferens or Glandula Vesicularis (Aplasia Segmentalis Ductus Wolffii) (Copenhagen: Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, 1951); 3. Examination of the Genitals of Slaughtered Male Calves as a Means of Elucidating the Frequency of Genital Malformation in the Bovine Male (Copenhagen: Communications from The State Veterinary Serum Laboratory, 1956); 4. Cysts and Cyst-like Formations (Inter Alia Spermiostasis) in the Genitals of the Bull (Copenhagen: Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, 1958). With 2 more booklets laid in at rear: 1. Erik Blom and N. O. Christensen: Seminal Vesiculitis in the Bull Caused by Corynebacterium pyogenes (Copenhagen: State Veterinary Laboratory and the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College, 1965); 2. H. E. Ottosen: The Danish State Veterinary Serum Laboratory: A Review of Past Achievements and Current Activities (Copenhagen: Communications from The State Veterinary Serum Laboratory, 1968). 6 in total.
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The New Forest and its Ponies
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMichael Ramsay
Tunbridge Wells: Photochrom Co. Ltd., No date. -
Veterinary Research Report Number 1-7
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartH. R. Seddon; Wm. L. Hindmarsh
Sydney: Alfred James Kent, Government Printer, 1925-1938.The first 7 numbers of the Department of Agriculture, New South Wales, Veterinary Research Reports. Covers research into the management of sheep, goats, pigs, cattle, horses and poultry, including the treatment of diseases and the effects of poisonous plants. Also includes research into pests like rabbits and grasshoppers, and the Annual Reports of the Director of Veterinary Research.
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British Salmonidae
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. Jardine
London: Decimus, 1979.First published privately in Edinburgh between 1839 and 1841, this facsimile is limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is number 327. Paintings by Jardine, engraved by William Lazars, who engraved the early sets of Audubon’s Birds. Four page essay ‘Sir William Jardine and the British Salmonidae’ by Alwyne Wheeler, Curator of European fishes at the British Museum (Natural History), laid in.
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The Honey of Australian Native Stingless Bees
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDean Haley
Brisbane: True Blue Bees, 2021.Including guidance on Extraction and Processing.
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The Pig Industry: Incorporating the Australian Stud Pig Breeder’s Directory
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAssociated General Publications
Sydney: Associated General Publications, 1944. -
Exotic Diseases of Animals: A Field Guide for Australian Veterinarians
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartW. A. Geering; A. J. Forman; M. J. Nunn
Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995. -
The Bee Book: Beekeeping Basics, Harvesting Honey, Beeswax, Candles and other Bee Business
AU$25.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAnn Cliff
Melbourne: Manna Press, 2010.