Search Results: Australian Natural History from Lawrence Jones

Melbourne: Wren Publishing, 1974. HEAVY. 2 VOLUMES-COMPLETE. xl, 548; pp549-1101 + 27 col plates at rear; index, appendix, bw ills. Green cloth in jackets. Spines with some fading, minor edge wear to jackets with several very short edge tears (longest 1cm). Originally published in 1900 this facsimile set was limited to 500 copies. Includes 130 photographs of nest, eggs and nesting sites and 28 col plates depicting in lifesize the eggs of 200 species. An imporatant work on the subject.. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Surrey Beatty & Sons Limited, 1989. HEAVY. 2 volume set. xvi, 835pp, index, references, tables, bw & col ills. Or brown cloth in jackets. Light edge wear to jackets, a couple of tiny spots of foxing to edges. The first comprehensive modern review of the macropods of Australia and Papua New Guinea. Each of seven sections deals with a major field of research into macropod biology- Evolution, zoogeography and community ecology; diet, feeding and digestion; energy, water and temperature relations; reproductive biology; development, growth and sexual dimorphism; social organization and behavioural ecology; population ecology and management. There also a further 16 papers reporting results from individual projects.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

London: Richard Bentley, 1834. 2 volumes-complete. xv, 440; vii, 428pp, engraved frontis to each volume, errata slip. Contemporary half red morocco on marbled boards, marbled endpaper and edges. Ex Queensland Geological Survey library with their bookplate over an earlier personal bookplate both partially covered by card pocket, minimal handwritten cataloguing information inside, and paper label to spine of each volume. Heavy toning to frontispieces and margins of many pages. A very attractive set.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: H. J. Diddams & Co. (printer), 1899. HEAVY. 6 volumes- complete except for index volume. 1899-1902. Over 2000pp, index; bw plates (some folding). Or thick card covers with cloth spines. Light toning to page edges and covers, prev owner name to front of each volume. Internally clean and tight. Scarce set published from 1899-1902, lacking only the index volume issued later. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Collins, 1986. 192pp, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w, bibliography, index. Remainder star on the lower page edges. Shop stamp with ref no on the rear paste-down. Papered boards in dust-jacket. From the blurb, The book describes the work and characters of the 19th-century pioneer 'amateur and gentlemen scientists, colonial doctors, clergymen, public servants, European travellers and British and American naturalists on the brink of distinguished careers. Many of the early naturalists were also illustraters or they were accompanied by aritists who left beautifully executed pictures of Australia's early scientific endeavour. They brought rich information and depictions of the flora and fauna, the Aboriginal people and the landscape before the world'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: UNSW, 1995. ix, 160pp, index, bibliography, endnotes. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to cover, very light foxing to page edges. For 50000 years before white settlement the Aboriginal people were an integral part of the Australian environment. They harvested the land and changed the environment to suit themselves. Fire was their tool for doing this. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: CaseREC, 1991. iv, 125pp, illustrated throughout with b/w photos and line drawings, index, two fold-out maps at the rear: drives and short excursions and walks with scientific names given for plant and animal species. Long (9 lines) inscription to Donald written and SIGNED by the author, Margaret McJannett, and signed Dec 1991, on the inside front cover. Illustrated light card cover. The book contains nine drives, 11 short excursions, and 20 walks ranging from 15 minutes to half a day in the Brindabella range, the most northern extension of the Australian Alps.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Drawings By Helen Fitzgerald Photos By Roy McJannett. 8vo.

Brisbane: Department of Primary Industries, 1987. viii, 345pp, references, appendices, bibliography, line drawings. Or cream card covers with tape spine. Ex-CSIRO library with usual stamps/labels etc. Acacias of Queensland including Heterophyllum, Juliflorae, Plurinerves, Lycopodiifoliae, Phyllodineae, Botrycephalae, Aculeiferum.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. Large 8vo. Ex-Library.

Brisbane: Department of Primary Industries, 1987. viii, 345pp, references, appendices, bibliography, line drawings. Or cream card covers with tape spine. Prev owners name on title page, some foxing to page edges. Acacias of Queensland including Heterophyllum, Juliflorae, Plurinerves, Lycopodiifoliae, Phyllodineae, Botrycephalae, Aculeiferum.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large 8vo.

Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1981. 325 pp, 32 pp of colour photographs, illustrated throughout with full-page b&w drawings on page rectos with descriptions facing (including scientific and common names), bibliography, index. Green boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, slight fading to spine. Top edge dusted with small mark, bottom corner thumb soiled, prev owner stamp on front free endpaper, a little wear to top edge of boards. Acacias, also known as wattles, are the most widespread and numerous of all Australian plants. This book illustrates plants from each state showing flowers, foliage and the rarely drawn pods. . First edition.. Hardcover. Good Plus/Very Good. 4to.

Townsville: Society for Growing Australian Plants, Townsville Branch., 1994. viii, 403pp, index, glossary, further reading, num bw ills, few col plates. Or pictorial card. Very slight edge wear. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Jones, Robert.. 8vo.

Adelaide: BioCity: Centre for Urban Habitats., 2005. HEAVY. 609pp, index, 2 appendices (animals/plants), references, maps, num bw & col ills. Or glossy pictorial boards in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. Tracks changes to biological communities, plants and animals, and the structure and nature of the built environment of the city of Adelaide from its inception in 1836 to the present, and predicts the future through to 2036. Describes and analyses the local environment, species loss and gain, biodiversity change and community structures.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), 1950. 26pp, bibliography. Tan stapled wraps somewhat toned.. First Edition. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: CSIRO, 1949. 86pp + 8 bw plates, references, graphs, tables. Or textured card. Minor edge wear. Division of Fisheries Report No. 12.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Reed New Holland, 2005. 175 pp, num photographs by author(most col), together with historic illustrations from publications such as Gould's The Birds of Australia and those created specially for this book, maps, tables, bibliography, index, illustrated end-papers. Near new. Blue decorative cloth in wrapper. The book tells the life histories of each of the five species of Albatross that breed in Australian waters as well as describing the islands on which they live and outlining the efforts being made to conserve them. It also looks at the history of human involvement in Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean -- whaling, sealing, long-line fishing for Tuna and Patagonian Toothfish, trawling, and the impact of feral animals– and reveals what life is like for researchers on the islands today. . First edition.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Canberra: Murray-Darling Basin Commission, 2006. 82pp, appendices,glossary, bibliography, col photographs. Or card covers. Near new. Looks at introduced fish species in the Murray-Darling basin with emphasis on the destructibe dozen- carp, goldfish, roach, tench, rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout, Atlantic salmon, redfin perch, eastern Gambusia, Tilapia and Oriental weather loach.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1955. xiv, 210 pages, frontis and b/w plates, text-figures, references, index. Cloth boards in edge-worn dust-jacket. The story of the changing geography and life of Australia from the beginning of geological time to the 1950s.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Onehunga: The Author, 1929. First published 1928. 8vo, 97 pp, illustrated with photographs, figures and tables. Some insect damage at inside covers. Internally good and clean. Wrappers, with two onlaid photographs at front panel, torn at spine foot with some loss. 'A practical preparatory text book for establishing industrial Angora rabbit wool farming and pelt production in Australia and New Zealand, and encouraging scientific breeding generally.' . Second Edition. First Black Jacket Ed. Wraps. Good.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1930. xxii, 102pp + indexes, 103 plates, line drawings. Green faux-leather with embossed vignette of eucalyptus leaves/flower; in jacket. The jacket has a few very short edge tears. At some point the jacket has stuck to the front cover causing abrasion to the reverse of the jacket and some adhesion to the front cover. Prev owner name to top and bottom edges, front pastedown and top of preface and chapter 1. An important contribution to the Flora of Australia. This second edition has 25 additional plates, together with further facts and observations concerning many species.. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Como, WA: Department of conservation and Land Management, 1992. iv, 19pp, appendices, references, tables. Or stapled card. Near new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.