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FAUNA

Includes:  Animals, Birds & Marine Life

 

Legend:

H/C - Hard Cover

S/C - Soft Cover

D/W - Dust Wrapper

n.a. - No author

n.d. - No date 

(New) - New book (not Second-hand) 

 

TITLE 

AUD  $

A GUIDE TO THE NATIVE MAMMALS OF AUSTRALIA. H/C + D/W (W.D.L. Ride) 1st Edition, 1970. 249pp.

19.50

A TIME TO LOOK. H/C + D/W (G. Pizzey) 1st Edition, 1958. 94pp. (Birds)

12.00

AN AUSTRALIAN ANIMAL BOOK. H/C (C. Barrett) 2nd Edition, 1955. 325pp. A few pages slightly chipped.

12.00

ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND. S/C (R. Sadleir) 1970 / Hamlyn Paperback. 159pp.

3.00

ANIMALS OF THE WORLD: AUSTRALIA. H/C + Damaged D/W (G.P. Whitley, et al.) 1968 / Hamlyn. 125pp.

3.00

AUSTRALIA'S ANIMALS DISCOVERED. H/C + D/W (P. Stanbury & G. Phipps) 1st Edition, 1980. 120pp.

20.00

AUSTRALIA'S VENOMOUS WILDLIFE. H/C + D/W (J. Stackhouse) Reprint, 1972. 144pp. Special.

SOLD

AUSTRALIA'S WONDER ANIMALS. S/C (C. Barrett) Sun # 6. no date. 44pp.

20.00

AUSTRALIAN ANIMALS. S/C (C. Barrett) Sun # 2 44pp. Loose cover.

18.00

AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. S/C (C. Barrett) Sun # 10. n.d. 44pp.

20.00

AUSTRALIAN BIRDS & BUTTERFLIES. S/C (C. Barrett) Sun # 3. 44pp. Loose cover and centre page.

15.00

AUSTRALIAN BUSH SOUNDS.  H/C  (C & L Weismann, Text: A. Keast) No date.  20pp.  Includes EP Record.

15.00

AUSTRALIAN MARINE FISHES IN COLOUR. H/C + D/W (N. Coleman) 1st Edition, 1974. 108pp.

7.00

AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY: With Some Notes on Sport. H/C (F.G. Aflalo) 1896. 307pp. An extremely scarce book. Collectable.

75.00

AUSTRALIAN NATURE STORIES. H/C + Damaged D/W (R.K. Monro) 2nd Edition, 1947.

16.50

AUSTRALIAN NATURE STUDIES. H/C (J.A. Leach. Revised by: E. Byrne) 3rd Edition, Revised 1963. 516pp.

10.50

AUSTRALIAN SHELLS. H/C (J. Allan) Reprint, 1962. 487pp. Describes related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the the land. (Normally sells for over $120)

SOLD

AUSTRALIAN WATERFOWL. S/C (Text by: M.C. Downes. Fisheries & Wild Life Department, Victoria / I.C.I.) 1960. 48pp.

SOLD

BEAUTIFUL BIRDS. S/C (Australian Women's Weekly) No date. 128pp.

2.50

BIRD & ANIMAL CALLS OF AUSTRALIA.  H/C   (H.J. Pollock)  No date. 24pp.  Includes EP Record.

15.00

BIRD WONDERS OF AUSTRALIA. H/C + D/W (A.H. Chisholm) 6th Edition, 1965. 244pp. Ex lib.

11.95

BIRDS & ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA: In Natural Colour. S/C (I. Watson) (No date) 25pp. Special.

1.00

BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. S/C (J.D. Macdonald). Illustrated by: P. Slater) Reprint, 1992. 552pp. Includes Australian & World Distribution maps, Origins & Evolution, Family features, Key to species, Identification line drawings.

27.50

BIRDS OF BRISBANE AND ENVIRONS. S/C (D.P. Vernon. Queensland Museum Booklet No. 5) 1968. 130pp.

2.50

COLLINS POCKET GUIDE TO NESTS & EGGS: Every British Nesting Bird.  H/C + D/W  (R.S.R. Fitter & R.A. Richardson) Revised 1968/Reprint 1969. 175pp. Ex lib.

15.00

CORAL WONDERLAND. S/C (K. Gillett) 1st Edition, 1980. 32pp. The Living Marvels

of the Great Barrier Reef. New copy.

3.95

EDWARD LEAR'S BIRDS. H/C + D/W (S. Hyman) 1st Edition, 1980. 96pp.

22.50

EVERY AUSTRALIAN BIRD ILLUSTRATED. H/C + D/W Reprint, 1977. 320pp.

SOLD

EXPLORATION NORTH: A Natural History of Queensland. H/C (Edited by:H.J. Lavery) Revised Edition, 1983. 250pp.

SOLD

FISH and FISHERIES OF AUSTRALIA. H/C + D/W (T.C. Roughley) Revised, Reprint1957. 343pp. Slightly damaged D/W. Special.

19.50

FISHING QUEENSLAND. S/C (Published by: Paul Hamlyn) 1st Edition, 1974. 94pp.

3.00

FLEAY'S FAUNA CENTRE. S/C (Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service) July 1987. 32pp. A field guide to this Wildlife Centre at Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Queensland.

1.50

FOLIAGE BIRDS: Australian Birds and Their Favoured Plants. H/C (G.M. Adams) 1984. 112pp.

SOLD

FORTY QUEENSLAND LIZARDS. S/C  (Floyd Dale)  A Queensland Museum Publication. 1973. 64pp. A very complete account of lizards found in Queensland. Many Black & White illustrations.

7.50

FRIENDS AND FOES OF AUSTRALIAN GARDENS. H/C + Damaged D/W. (F.D. Hockings) 1st Edition, 1980. 151pp. Includes pests, diseases, parasites and predators.

12.95

FURRED ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA. H/C  (E. Troughton) Revised Edition, 1973. 314pp.

19.50

GUIDE TO FISHES: QUEENSLAND. H/C (E.M. Grant) 1965. 280pp. A cheap reading / reference copy.

SOLD

GUIDE TO SHELLS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. H/C + D/W (A. Hinton) No date (circa 1980 ?) 74pp.

15.00

KANGAROO AND HIS KIN. S/C (C. Barrett) 2nd Edition, 1943. Ex lib.

30.00

KOALA. S/C (C. Barrett) 5th Edition, 1943. 31pp.

15.00

KOALA. S/C (C. Barrett) 5th Edition, 1943. 31pp. Damaged spine. Special

10.00

MAMMALS AND FISHES OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. H/C + D/W (D. Thomson. Edited by: J.M. Dixon & L. Huxley) 1st Edition, 1985. 210pp.    (New) 

34.95

MORE WILDLIFE IN THE SUBURBS. S/C (D. Clyne) Reprint, 1984. 224pp. Spine slightly twisted. Special.

4.00

NATURECRAFT IN AUSTRALIA. H/C + D/W (T.Y. Harris) 2nd Edition, Revised, 1967. 323pp. Ex lib.

8.95

NATURE WATCH. H/C + D/W (J. Pettifer & R. Brown) 1981. 208pp.

5.00

OUTDOOR STUDIES ON LIVING ANIMALS IN QUEENSLAND. S/C(W. Stephenson. Illustrated by: T.S. Hailstone) 2nd Revised Edition 1967. 122pp. Ex lib.

2.50

READERS DIGEST COMPLETE BOOK OF BIRDS. H/C + D/W 1st Edition, 2nd revised. 615pp.

40.00

SHELL COLLECTING IN AUSTRALIA. H/C + D/W (N. Coleman) 1st Edition, 1976. 176pp.

17.95

SHELLS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE CENTRAL INDO-PACIFIC. H/C + D/W (A. Hinton) Reprint, 1984. 94pp. New copy.

38.50

SOME COMMON AUSTRALIAN BIRDS. H/C (A. Bell. Drawings by: S. Bell) 1st Edition, 1956. 210pp.

25.00

SONG and GARDEN BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. H/C + Damaged D/W (A. Wetmore / National Geographic Society) 1964. 400pp. (Includes vinyl record/booklet)

10.00

THE ART OF JOHN GOULD, F.R.S. S/C (No date) This is a catalogue and price list of John Gould's paintings relating mainly to Australian birds.

SOLD

THE AUSTRALIAN GREAT BARRIER REEF IN COLOUR. H/C + D/W (K. Gillett) Reprint, 1976. 112pp.

4.00

THE BIRD SANCTUARY AND WILD LIFE RESERVE. H/C (Currumbin, Queensland) Revised Edition, 1976. 95pp. A book describing the activities of this famous Gold Coast Sanctuary. Slightly damaged spine. Special.

2.50

THE CALL OF THE KOALA. H/C (A. Pratt) 1st Edition, 1937. 120pp. Collectable.

35.00

THE COMMERCIAL FISHES AND FISHERIES OF QUEENSLAND. S/C (J.D. Ogilby) 1954. 121pp. Slight spine damage. Special.

15.00

THE LORE OF THE LYREBIRD. H/C + Damaged D/W (A. Pratt) 8th Edition, 1951. 79pp. Special.

7.95

THE NIGHTINGALE: Its Story & Song. H/C + Damaged D/W (O.G. Pike) 1st Edition, October 1932. 208pp. Scarce.

20.00

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS.  H/C  (S.V. Benson)  New Edition, 1952. 224pp. Spine a little loose.

8.00

THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF BRITISH WILD ANIMALS. H/C + D/W (W.J. Stokoe)  No date.  224pp.

12.00

THE PLATYPUS. S/C (C. Barrett) 1st Edition, 1944. 63pp.

20.00

THE PLATYPUS. S/C (C. Barrett) 1st Edition, 1944. 63pp. Damaged spine. Special.

10.00

TROPICAL FISHES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. H/C (T. Marshall) 1st Edition, 1966. 239pp. Cover slightly soiled.

27.50

TROPICAL FISHES OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. S/C (T. Marshall)Revised Edition1982.126pp + 136pp of Plates. (New) 

21.95

UNDERSTANDING FISHING TACKLE. H/C + D/W (D. Lewers) Reprint 1974. 240pp. Special.

5.00

WHAT BIRD IS THAT. H/C + D/W (N.W. Cayley. Revised by: T.R. Lindsey) 1984. 802pp. This massive publication is eagerly sought after.

50.00

WHAT BIRD IS THAT. H/C (N.W. Cayley) Reprint, 1956. 315pp. This is an Ex lib. copy in extremely good condition.

19.95

WHAT MAMMAL IS THAT. H/C + D/W (R. Strahan. Illustrations by: N. Cayley &P. Schouten) 1991 / Cornstalk. 270pp.       New copy - but slightly shop-soiled.

29.95

WILD LIFE IN AUSTRALIA ILLUSTRATED. H/C (C. Barrett) No date (c. 1950 ?) 240pp. Slight insect damage to cover. Special.

8.95

WATER LIFE. S/C (C. Barrett) Sun # 4. n.d. 44pp. Loose cover.

20.00

WILD NATURE IN QUEENSLAND. S/C (C. Barrett / The Courier Mail) n.d. 50pp.

25.00

WILDLIFE OF THE BRISBANE AREA. S/C (Ed: Wally Davis) 1983. 216pp. Special.

7.50

WONDER ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA. S/C (C. Barrett) n.d. 78pp.

20.00

 

                                                 

Kangaroo / Wallaby with her Joey                     Australian Tawny Frogmouth           The Australian 'Little Grey Butcherbird'   

 

 

                                                                       

                                             An English squirrel enjoying my muesli bar in Hyde Park, London.

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