NATURE & ANIMALS from Bookhome Sydney

Adelaise, Northfield: Royal Society of South Australia Inc., 1976. Paperback small quarto, good condition, maps, figures, black & white text-photos, few small ridges spine, covers slightly marked, light foxing covers, top corner creased one page (bookmark), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 189 pp. This fascinating edited book contains papers describing various aspects of the natural history of the Adelaide… Ler mais sobre este item

New Haven: Yale University Press (YUP), 2016. 1st US ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), colour photos, black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 405 pp. Tim Low, who has spent many years as a biologist, has written a rich and revealing story… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2019. Pb, export ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour text-photos, light toning pages, covers corner tips & and spine margin little creased, otherwise minor edgewear. 292 pp. This fascinating book is the personal story of award-winning cameraman Lindsay McCrae's adventure to Antarctica, spending a year living alongside the most resilient creatures in nature, the… Ler mais sobre este item

Rosedale, NZ: Penguin Group NZ, 2010. 1st this ed.. Paperback small square quarto, good condition, full-page colour illustrations, spine little creased, few small dents rear cover, bottom corner front cover creased, minor edgewear. 32 pp. A delightful picture book for children and young adults by John Lockyer about a young kiwi who lives in the bush behind a farm.… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney, Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty & Sons / World Koala Research Corporation, 1991. c1990 for 91 ed.. Hardback large tall quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), three colour plates, black & white photos & plates, black & white drawings, figures, tables, frontispiece, drawing front & rear endpaper, minimal foxed spots edges, few tiny pinhead marks pastedowns.… Ler mais sobre este item

London: G. T. Foulis & Co., Ltd, 1945. Hardback small wide octavo, dustjacket, fair condition only (in fair only dustjacket), few black & white photos plates, black & white drawings, some insect damage cover, large piece missing bottom jacket (two pieces & letters missing on spine, foxing reverse side & rear cover, flaps foxed, edges chipped, orange backing paper… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney: Golden Press, 1973. Reprint ed.. Hardback small quarto, no jacket, good condition, colour photos, illustrated endpapers, slight loss top spine (base scuffed), tiny dent rear cover, corner tips boards slightly rubbed, edges lightly foxed, minor toning endpapers, little edgewear & scuffing. 92 pp. This children's book by Milton Lesser relates some Australian history, and also the story of… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Pleiades Books Limited, 1948. 1st ed.. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white illustrations, minor foxing edges, reverse side jacket lightly foxed (small tear spine, minor edgewear, few creases, foxed spots white background rear cover), light foxing endpapers & title page, pages lightly toned, dustjacket protected by removable semi archival plastic sleeve lined… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney: Lansdowne, 1995. New ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour photos or drawings, creasing along spine, few creases covers (corner tips little scuffed), small dark green ink stain top edge front cover & first two pages, minor edgewear. 30 pp. This beautiful children's picture book by Margaret Murrant has some of Australia's very special animals with their… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney: Random House, 2007. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket, very good condition, pictorial cover, black & white text-illustrations, top of spine slightly bumped 162 pp. This non-fiction collection of Australian animal stories, for primary school children, places each amazing creature in the spotlight. There are fascinating facts, figures and breakout boxes to help bring the animals to life.… Ler mais sobre este item

[Sydney, Gordon]: Peter Bernard Wilkins / Mini-Publishing (Printer), 2007. Paperback small octavo, very good plus condition, black & white drawings, colour photo inside front cover, map, minor edgewear. 214 pp. Peter Bernard Wilkins writes the story of three generations of a family of African savannah elephants in Zimbabwe: a female breeding herd made up of mothers and daughters, aunts… Ler mais sobre este item

Broken Hill, NSW: Broken Hill City Council, 1995. Paperback trade, very good condition, thick card covers, fold-out rear cover (map), many colour drawings, black & white drawings & photos, map, minor edgewear. 64 pp. Sid Cowling describes the Barrier Ranges around Broken Hill and in particular The Living Desert, a newly created reserve to the north of Broken Hill.… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney, Frenchs Forest: Reed New Holland, 2003. New ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour text-photos, small maps, minor edgewear. 87 pp. How to attract butterflies to your garden. The life cycles of 32 common Australian butterflies are featured here, together with the plants on which they like to feed. The magnificent photography will help you identify not… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Thames & Hudson, 2004. Revised format, reprint ed.. Paperback large octavo, thick card covers (with flaps), very good condition, colour text-photos, few pinhead spots top edge, top corner rear cover slightly bumped & scuffed, minor edgewear. 255 pp. A delightful collection of letters by an English country clergyman about local natural history, originally published in 1789. This book… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney: ABC Books / HarperCollins, 2018. Reprint ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour text-photos (many full-page), top corner front cover creased, bottom edge front cover minimally bumped, minor edgewear. 303 pp. This lively guide features inspirational stories and photos from many enthusiasts across Australia who decided to keep bees, city and rural. There are practical chapters by… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney: NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, 1985. Paperback wide, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, leatherette spine, single-colour (dark blue-tinted) photos, map, few light marks rear cover, small mark front cover, top corner tip front cover creased, minimal edgewear, non-author written dedication title page. 40 pp. A pamphlet about the alpine area in the Kosciusko National Park in southern… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Scholastic Inc., 1985. Reprint, Australian printing ed.. Paperback small quarto, very good condition, colour text-photos (some full-page), some edgewear & spinewear. 26 pp. A true story for young readers about Koko (a gorilla in California who uses sign language) and a young kitten whom she loved and grieved over when the kitten died.

Sydney, Kensington: University of New South Wales Press (UNSW Press), 1988. 1st ed.. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, black & white text-photos & drawings, bottom corner first few pages faintly creased, light foxing edges, spine little faded, minor edgewear. 102 pp. Anthony Lee and Roger Martin present what is known about the koala in a clear and objective… Ler mais sobre este item

Tasmania: Peregrine Press, 1993. Revised, reprint ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, colour photos (mostly full-page), top corner front cover little creased, spine little faded, light foxing few pages, minor foxing edges, minimal edgewear. 119 pp. This book brings together for the first time an outstanding series of colour photos of all native Tasmanian land mammals. Plus a clear… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1997. Reprint ed.. Paperback small quarto, stapled, very good plus condition, full-page colour drawings, minor edgewear. 32 pp. This beautiful and very colourful book by Wendy L. Jennings describes and pictures 31 of Australia's most colourful inhabitants. The author has brought them to life in her wonderful paintings, and there is a short simple description… Ler mais sobre este item