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There are 33 books in this catalogue.
Bird Life (Australian Naturalist Library)
Rowley, Ian
Book Number: 67621
ISBN: 0800807448
Publisher: Taplinger Publishing Co., Inc., New York 1975.
8vo. hardcover. 248pp. index, colour & b/w plates, b/w drawings, maps & diagrams. Very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $12.00


Australian Bush Sounds
Keast, Allen
Book Number: 67541
ISBN: 
Publisher: The Jacaranda Press, 1968.
Square 8vo. illustrated boards, hardcover. 20pp. b/w illus. Very good, some foxing. EP record inside front cover.

Price: $12.00


The Atlas of Australian Birds
Blakers, M.; Davies, S.J.J.F. and Reilly, P.N.
Book Number: 67434
ISBN: 0522842852
Publisher: Melbourne University Press 1985.
4to. illustrated boards, hardcover. 738pp. index, b/w illus, maps. Includes folder of six transparent overlays for use with the maps. Very good. Article on Noisy Miner tipped-in by previous owner on page 515.

Price: $35.00


Foliage Birds Australian Birds and Their Favoured Plants
Adams, George Martin
Book Number: 51088
ISBN: 073010012x
Publisher: Frenchs Forest N.S.W.: Popular Books, 1984,
Folio. laminated boards, hardcover. index, colour & b/w illus. very good, spine faded, light foxing to endpapers.

Price: $12.00


The Wisdom of Birds: An Illustrated History of Ornithology
Birkhead, Tim
Book Number: 67013
ISBN: 9780747592563
Publisher: Bloomsbury, 2008.
8vo. hardcover. 433pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $40.00


Latin for Birdwatchers : Over 3,000 Scientific Bird Names Explored and Explained
Lederer, Roger & Burr, Carol
Book Number: 67011
ISBN: 9781760110642
Publisher: Crows Nest / Allen & Unwin, Australia 2014.
8vo. illustrated cloth hardcover. 224pp. colour illus. Very good, some small light stains on cover.

Price: $55.00


Birds of Lord Howe Island : Past and Present
Hutton, Ian
Book Number: 66932
ISBN: 0646026380
Publisher: Ian Hutton, Coffs Harbour 1991.
8vo. hardcover. 154pp. index, colour illus. Very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $20.00


A Field Guide to Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds
Beruldsen, Gordon
Book Number: 66825
ISBN: 0727012029
Publisher: Rigby, Adelaide, 1980
8vo. hardcover. 448pp. index, colour plates. Very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $95.00


Australian Honeyeaters
Officer, Brigadier Hugh R
Book Number: 66670
ISBN: 
Publisher: The Bird Observers Club, Melbourne, 1975.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 86pp. + index & maps. Colour illus. Very good, owner's signature on fep. / Fair, soiled & torn d/w. 2nd edition with amendments and distribution maps.

Price: $15.00


Birds & Green Places
Chisholm, Alec H.
Book Number: 66634
ISBN: 
Publisher: J. M. Dent, London, 1929.
8vo. green cloth hardcover. 224pp. index, b/w iillus. Good, foxed, owner's details on fep. & prelim.

Price: $30.00


The Mystery of the Flamingos
Brown, Leslie
Book Number: 65427
ISBN: 
Publisher: Country Life, London, 1959.
8vo. hardcover. 116pp. index, b/w illus. map. Near Fine. / Very good d/w.

Price: $15.00


The Handbook of Cage and Aviary Birds
Vriends, Matthew M.
Book Number: 65268
ISBN: 9781906239060
Publisher: Kings Books, UK. 2011.
8vo. softcover. 256pp. colour illus. Near Fine.

Price: $20.00


John Gould the Bird Man, A Chronology and Bibliography
Sauer, Gordon C.
Book Number: 64107
ISBN: 0701810483
Publisher: Melbourne, Lansdowne Editions, 1982.
Tall 8vo. hardcover. 416pp. index, colour & b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w with small crease & small tear on front panel. The first comprehensive reference which includes the Genealogy of John Gould and Elizabeth Coxen Gould; John Gould''s major published works; chronology of the life and works of John Gould; and a bibliography of Gould, his family and associates.

Price: $35.00


Lories and Lorikeets: The Brush-Tongued Parrots
Low, Rosemary
Book Number: 64082
ISBN: 0909605084
Publisher: Inkata Press, Melbourne, 1978.
Large 8vo. hardcover. 180pp. index, colour ilus. Very good. / Very good d/w.

Price: $15.00


Fascinating Australian Birds
Goodsir, Don. Illustrated by Oliver, Tony; Oram, Nicola
Book Number: 63048
ISBN: 9781921221811
Publisher: Brolga, Melbourne, 2008.
8vo. softcover. 139pp. index, colour illus. Near Fine.

Price: $18.00


The care and breeding of budgerigars
Rutgers, A.
Book Number: 62379
ISBN: 
Publisher: Blandford Press.,London 1958.
8vo. hardcover. 220pp. b/w illus, colour plates. Good, cover edges faded. / Poor, torn d/w.

Price: $15.00


Parrots of the World
Forshaw, Joseph M. and William T. Cooper (Illustrations)
Book Number: 56369
ISBN: 
Publisher: Melbourne: Lansdowne, 198. Revised 2nd edition
Folio. hardcover. 616pp. index, colour & b/w illus, b/w maps. very good+ / very good+ d/w.

Price: $325.00


John Gould's Birds of Great Britain
Gould, John
Book Number: 38125
ISBN: 0906223741
Publisher: Bloomsbury, London, 1988
Large 4to. hardcover. 239pp. index, colour illus. very good. /very good d/w chipped at bottom of spine.

Price: $55.00


Birds Of Paradox.
Pollard, Jack (ed.)
Book Number: 42595
ISBN: 
Publisher: Melbourne: Landsdowne, 1967.
Small 4to hardcover 246pp b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $15.00


Birds in Bass Strait
Simpson, Ken
Book Number: 26872
ISBN: 0589071084
Publisher: Sydney Reed for B.H.P. 1972
4to hardcover 112pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $8.00


Birds of Australia
Breeden & Slater
Book Number: 23712
ISBN: 0730100170
Publisher: Sydney, Angus and Robertson 1984 Revised edition
4to. hardcover. 144pp. index, colour & b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $25.00


Australian Bird-watcher's Diary
Schurmann, Tedd
Book Number: 31294
ISBN: 0727019198
Publisher: Rigby 1984
4to hardcover 97pp index, colour illus. very good, foxing to endpapers / very good d/w.

Price: $12.00


Gulls: a Social History
Graham, Frank & Ayres, Christopher
Book Number: 5026
ISBN: 
Publisher: New York: Random House 1975 First Edition.
Square 8vo. Hard Cover. 179pp. B/w illus. Index. Very good / good= d/w with two small tears.

Price: $12.00


Diseases of Canaries.
Stroud, Robert, The Birdman of Alcatraz
Book Number: 5016
ISBN: 
Publisher: Neptune City. T.F.H. 1933. Ist edn.
8vo. Hardcover. Pictorial paper covered boards. 239pp. Index. B/w diag. Very good condition. No d/w.

Price: $18.00


Budgerigars. a Complete Guide for Breeders and Fanciers.
Christian, Michael Stuart
Book Number: 59850
ISBN: 0670901199
Publisher: Viking O'Neil, Australia 1989
4to. hardcover. 138pp. index, colour & b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.

Price: $18.00


The Complete Book of Canaries
Dodwell, G. T.
Book Number: 55942
ISBN: 0948075023
Publisher: Merehurst, London, 1986.
4to. hardcover. 144pp. colour illus. Very good. / Good+ d/w chipped at top of spine.

Price: $8.00


Aviculture in Australia: Keeping and Breeding Aviary Birds
Shephard, Mark
Book Number: 42703
ISBN: 073010463X
Publisher: Reed 1994
Small 4to. hardcover. 380pp. index, colour & b/w illus. very good. / very good d/w.

Price: $25.00


Keeping aviary birds in Australia
De Ross, Les
Book Number: 39403
ISBN: 
Publisher: Lansdowne 1979
8vo hardcover 96pp index, b/w illus. very good, good d/w. Includes Aviary Plans and designs.

Price: $8.00


A Field Guide to Australian Birds. Non Passerines
Slater, Peter
Book Number: 57805
ISBN: 0851791026
Publisher: Adelaide Rigby 1983
8vo hardcover 428pp index, colour & b/w illus. very good / very good d/w.

Price: $18.00


The 1826 Journal of John James Audubon
Audubon, John James with Foreword & Notes by Alice Ford
Book Number: 46852
ISBN: 
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1965
8vo. softcover. 409pp. index, b/w illus. Very good, book has slight bend.

Price: $14.00



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