Natural History from Diversity Books, IOBA

New Jersey, U.S.A.: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1992. 208pp. Colour illustrations (576 in full colour) plus b/white line drawn illustrations. Photographs by Frantisek Tvrz. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated gloss boards have a small bump to head of front panel. Like-illustrated dustjacket has a vertical crease and small corner crease to front flap. 'A comprehensive… Read more about this item

Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Melbourne University Press, on Behalf of the Library Council of Victoria , 1979. xiii, 224pp. Recto page colour and b/white art illustrations, sketches, maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm, blind-stamped cream title there-on. Previous owner's neatly penned forename and year ('79) to upper foredge corner of ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Blind-stamped cream title to front… Read more about this item

Mildura, Victoria, Australia: Jaclin Enterprises, 1981. (vii), + 208pp. Continent map endpapers. Beautiful photographic colour plates (L. & J. Cupper) throughout, together with a b/white dispersal map for each specie. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain blue boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour, photographically-illustrated (Jack and Lindsay Cupper) dustjacket edgeworn, with several short closed… Read more about this item

London: Immel Publishing , 1992. 168pp. Colour-plates (photography: John Hayward) and b/white line-drawn maps throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain green boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Photographic, colour-illustrated (John Hayward) dustjacket lightly edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. Gordon D'Arcy (1947-) an environment scientist takes the reader on a wonderful flora, fauna and more… Read more about this item

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Curry O'Neill, 1985. ix, + 150pp. Tinted endpapers. Intext, colour-plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Brown boards very good. Textblock unmarked. Colour, photographically-illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. 'Close To Nature', by John Landy (1930-2022), Australian record-breaking runner, foundation member of the Land Conservation Council, Victorian Governor-General, and nature photographer, is a unique… Read more about this item

London: Dent and Sons, 1988. (xxiv), + 150pp. Unpaginated text and photographic colour-plate sections. Paginated colour-art plates (plus several b/white pencil sketches) throughout by superbly-talented Scottish wildlife artist Keith Brockie (1955-). Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over firm backstrip. Plain blue/grey boards have tape-ghosts across front, backstrip, and rear boards, else minimal shelfwear. Textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Native Forest Action Council , 1983. 32pp. Landscape (oblong), saddle-stitched, staple-bound format. Staples clean and tight. Booklet 'square'. Colour-plate illustrated limp wrapper slightly edgeworn only. Textblock illustrated throughout, with (mostly) photographic colour plates. The Rodger River and catchment area of East Gippsland has vegetation of high botanical significance as defined by the National Herbarium. As of… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday, 1989. ix, + 740pp. Two, unpaginated colour-plate sections, plus some 1,500 intext b/white halftone, and line-drawn, illustrations throughout. Book clean. Bright gilt title over black quarter-cloth spine. Black boards undamaged. Tinted endpapers. A remainder dot on foot of textblock, else leaves unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket slightly edgeworn and creased, with dampstain on verso (no strike-through). " 'The… Read more about this item

Port Mebourne, Victoria, Australia: Thomas C. Lothian Pty. Ltd., 1994. 64pp. Unpaginated, photographic colour plates, plus intext, b/white halftone plates and line drawings throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper trivially bumped only. Textblock unmarked. All you need to attract an amazing array of wildlife to your garden is to do exactly what you would do… Read more about this item

Australia: Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1983. xxxv, + 344pp. Tinted endpapers. Identification colour-plate section. Intext, line-drawn distribution maps throughout. Bright gilt title over mildly bumped spine. Plain green boards slightly shelfworn. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn, but nipped, chipped, and minimally colour-faded (no text loss) on spine. This book on Australian Parrots is the comprehensive, revised edition of… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Ivan R. Dee, 2001. xi, + 321pp. Book clean and sqaure. Bright gilt title over black quarter-cloth spine. Blind-stamped author initials on front board. Textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated ('Milkmaids in the Field', Juien Dupre) dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a short, closed tear and crease on lower front foredge fold. This interesting book tells the story of… Read more about this item

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1978. 144pp. Map endpapers. Identifying photographic colour-plate illustrations throughout, plus several b/white line drawings. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Blue faux-leather boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket mildy edgeworn, and colour-faded on spine (no text loss). This book describes the chaetodontids and pomacanthids (butterfy-fishes and… Read more about this item

New York: Little, Brown & Company, 2009. xii, + 292pp. Small, chapter-header sketch-illustrations (Glenn Wolff), plus several maps. Book clean. Vivid silver title over firm, minimally canted spine. Blind-stamped publisher's logo over nominally bumped boards. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket lightly bumped and edgeworn only. Bill Streever is a scientist/writer with a passion for the earth's cold regions and in… Read more about this item

East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Department of Natural Resources and Environment , 2002. 63pp. Intext illustrations throughout: colour-plates and maps, b/white halftone plates and line drawings. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. Textblock unmarked. "This booklet aims to assist local communities to understand some of the principles that can be applied to planning at… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Hill of Content, 1993. 221pp., unpaginated, colour-plate (mostly) section. Book clean and square. Nominal reading crease on firm spine. Colour-illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped, with a soft, oblique corner crease on lower front foredge corner. Textblock unmarked. 'The Strangest Animals in The World' describes some of the most amazing and peculiar animals and their curious habits.… Read more about this item

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: The Department of Tutorial Classes, University of Sydney, 1957. 73pp. Illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates, line-drawings, maps and tables. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format. Staples tight and slightly rusted. Illustrated paper wrapper minimally edgeworn and soiled. A date stamp on title page, else minor bump on texblock foredge. "In this volume, Part 2 of 'Australia's Resources and Their… Read more about this item

Australia: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Commonwealth of Australia , 1947. 15pp. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound format booklet. Staples tight, slightly rusted. Booklet clean and 'square'. Printed limp wrapper lightly bumped and soiled. Textblock unmarked. Inserted loose: a folded, multi-coloured 'Soil Map of Australia' (with legend), J.A. Prescott, 1943, in undamaged condition, plus a 'With compliments' slip in like condition.… Read more about this item

Hobart, Tasmania: West Wind Press, 2001. 96pp. Exquisite, photographic colour-plate illustrated section (all photography by iconic Tasmanian wilderness clicker, Peter Dombrovskis, b.1945 - d.1996), plus several colour and b/white botanical drawings, by Georgina Davis, throughout J.B. Kirkpatrick's essay. Book clean and square. Backstrip undamaged. Black boards lightly bumped on upper foredge corner. Black on black title on front board… Read more about this item

London: Robson Press, 2003. 218pp. Small, intext b/white sketch-illustrations throughout by Robin Morton-Smith. Book clean and square. Colour-illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. Published in Great Britain so the garden and house pests may not all be applicable to your region, never-the-less this easy to read, comprehensive guide presents an enlightened approach to the age-old problem of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2004. xi, + 418pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, minimally bumped head and heel. Plain boards have a small area of biopredation on foot of front board, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket trivially edgeworn, with a small, inconspicuous stain on plain verso. In this book, the author, Susan McCarthy, offers readers an… Read more about this item