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Seeds of Change: Six Plants that Transformed Mankind
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHenry Hobhouse
London: The Folio Society, 2007.On Quinine, Sugar, Tea, Cotton, Potato, and Coca. FORD-SMITH 1357.
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Illustrated Genera of Ascomycetes
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRichard T. Hanlin
St. Paul: The American Phytopathological Society, 1990.A reference tool which allows easy identification of one of the largest groups of fungi to cause diseases of plants. Illustrated by Carol Gubbins Hahn. The first edition, in one volume.
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The Birth of Land Care: Collected Papers on Land Use
AU$40.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBrian Roberts
Toowoomba: University College of Southern Queensland Press, 1990. -
Pasture Degradation and Recovery in Australia’s Rangelands: Learning from History
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartGreg McKeon; Wayne Hall; Beverley Henry; Grant Stone; Ian Watson
Brisbane: Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, 2004. -
The Honey Flora of Queensland
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartS. T. Blake; C. Roff
Brisbane: Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government, 1972. -
The Honey Flora of South-Eastern Queensland
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartS. T. Blake; C. Roff
Brisbane: Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland, 1958. -
Field Manual for Tidal Swamps: Subtropical Eastern Australia
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartQueensland Littoral Society
Brisbane: Queensland Littoral Society, 1971.Field manual of members of the Queensland Littoral Society for conducting wetland surveys. The QLS now known as the Australian Marine Conservation Society is one of the oldest conservation groups in Australia.
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Victorian Butterflies And How To Collect Them
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartErnest Anderson; Frank Palmer Spry
Melbourne: H. Hearne & Co., 1893.Early work on Australian butterflies. FERGUSON 5965. Issued without the 4 pages of advertisements cited in Ferguson. This copy with the ownership signature of Australian cartoonist Vane Lindesay.
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Minute Marvels of Nature: Being Some Revelations of the Microscope
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn J. Ward
London: Ibister and Company, 1903.A close up look at the natural world with 185 photo-micrographs taken by the author.
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Prodromus Entomology. A Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales
AU$925.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn William Lewin
Melbourne: Edition Renard, 2007.One of 70 numbered copies (from a total edition of 212 copies) bound in an exact facsimile binding in the style of the later superior issue of the second edition, complete with plain interleaves and hand-marbled sides. A new edition of one of the earliest books about Australian natural history, reproducing the text and illustrations of the two earlier editions, together with historical, bibliographical, and publication notes by Julien Renard. The first two editions being bibliographical rarities and extremely difficult to obtain, Renard also provides a census table of known copies.
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Prodromus Entomology. A Natural History of the Lepidopterous Insects of New South Wales
AU$660.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn William Lewin
Melbourne: Edition Renard, 2007.One of 70 numbered copies (from a total edition of 212 copies) bound in the style of the first issue of the second edition of 1822. A new edition of one of the earliest books about Australian natural history, reproducing the text and illustrations of the two earlier editions, together with historical, bibliographical, and publication notes by Julien Renard. The first two editions being bibliographical rarities and extremely difficult to obtain, Renard also provides a census table of known copies.
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A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland
AU$1,150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Edward Smith
Melbourne: Edition Renard, 2005.One of 60 numbered Large Paper copies (from a total edition of 212, of which 200 were for sale). A fine enhanced edition from the original edition Printed by J. Davis, Published by J. Sowerby, London, 1793-95 and never before reprinted. In this Deluxe issue the text is entirely reset with judicious use of colour and the fine coloured plates are enlarged by 25%. The text is accompanied by extensive bibliographical notes.
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Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales
AU$3,250.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn White
Melbourne: Edition Renard, 2002.Edition of 212 numbered copies, 200 only for sale, this being one of 40 deluxe copies with the plates in both coloured and uncoloured states. This sumptuous new edition is reprinted with the text entirely reset in Garamond, attractively printed in black, red, and green, and the plates enlarged by 50%. The plates, by Sarah Stone, F. P. Nodder, and other fine artists comprise 29 of birds (including splendid parrots), 10 of reptiles and amphibians, 7 mammals (marsupials and the Dingo), 6 of fishes, 9 of plants (including magnificent Banksias), 2 of invertebrates, and 2 of Aboriginal weapons and artefacts. In the original edition the leaf Hh4 is cancelled in some copies with a variant text describing in the cancelled state a description of the Wattled Bee-Eater, or Merops, Female and in the uncancelled state a description of the male bird. Both texts have been reproduced here and there are some bibliographical and publishing notes appended. This was the first natural history book on Australia of any significance to be published after the arrival of the First Fleet and has never before been republished with the plates in colour. Edition Renard was awarded two Gold Medals at the 20th National Print Awards, and a Certificate of Manufacturing Excellence of the Victorian Manufacturers Hall of Fame for this book, the first publication under the imprint.
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Getting Ready: A Guide for International NGO, Permaculture and Community Development Workers
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPermaculture and Development Project
Sydney: Permaculture and Development Project, 1998. -
The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
AU$450.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCharles Darwin
London: John Murray, 1890.Darwin’s first published work after the Origin of Species, providing evidence supporting his theory of evolution through natural selection. Darwin believed this volume tackled the question of design in nature. He maintained that the complex internal arrangements and ornate ridges of orchids were not created for the sake of beauty, but for the functional purpose of facilitating reproduction. This copy with the advertisements dated June, 1897, and from the collection of the former Premier of Queensland, Sir Thomas McIlwraith, with his embossed stamp.
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Herbier de la France: Histoire des Champignons
AU$3,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cartPierre Bulliard; M. Walhein
Paris: Pierre Bulliard, No date.219 manuscript watercolour plates by M. Walhein, a Member of French Mycological Society, from the originals by French physician and botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard (1752-1793). Bound in quarter leather with a typescript index to the plates.
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The Air Seasoning and Kiln Drying of Wood
AU$120.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHiram L. Henderson
New York: J. B. Lyon Company, 1936. -
Women of Flowers: Botanical Art in Australia from the 1830s to the 1960s
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartLeonie Norton
Canberra: National Library of Australia, 2010. -
Darwin Made Easy
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartEdward Bibbins Aveling
London: Progressive Publishing Company, 1885.An introductory work on Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by Karl Marx’s son-in-law Edward Aveling. This volume is comprised of three separately paginated lectures: ‘The Darwinian Theory’, ‘The Origin of Man’, and ‘Monkeys, Apes, and Men’.
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Joe’s Book: Facts and Theories on the Bunya Mountains
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJoe Walker
[Dalby]: Joe Walker, 1978.