NATURE / Marine Life from

New York: Universe Books, 1977. 165pp. Blue cloth in acket. Some silverfishing to bottom edge of cloth. In the 1920s the author, as a young man, sailed Antarctic waters at the height of the whaling and sealing season. Wherever he travelled- the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Shetlands and South Orkneys- he encountered penguins. Here he records his observations of… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1964. HEAVY. xvi, 566pp, index, glossary, bw & col plates. Maroon cloth with blue spine in pictorial jacket. Page edges evenly browned, tape stains to endpapers, brief gift note on front feww endpaper. Scuff at top of front jacket fold, jacket toned along inside edges of flaps. Covers 497 species.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very… Read more about this item

Brisbane: Queensland Department of Environment & Heritage, 1993. Paginated in parts (approx 200pp), over 1000 bw & col ills, indexes. Pictorial card. Sticker shadow to rear cover, light edge wear to covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 1998. xxiv, 408pp, index, glossary, further reading, num col ills. Or pictorial card. Minor crease at top of front cover, otherwise excellent. Natural areas of Brisbane, the Gold and Sunshine Coasts with information on coastal and marine plants, insects, birds, reptiles, mammals and marine fish.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: UNSW, 2005. x, 341pp, index, references, bw ills, maps, tables/graphs. Pictorial card. Moderate edge wear, covers creased, several page corners creased, prev owner name on half title page. 24 contributors introduce marine ecology for those studying and involved in biology, zoology, ecology, environmental science, natural resources management, marine science and fisheries programs. Illustrates the patterns and processes affecting coastal… Read more about this item

Canberra: Clouston and Hall, 1985. HEAVY. viii, 375pp, index, bibliography, num col plates. Blue/grey papered boards in pictorial jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket and board edges. Loosely inserted plastic card showing fishes of the Great Barrier Reef. This first publication of its kind for these regions covers 755 species with detailed descriptions and illustrations for over 500… Read more about this item

Sydney: The Author, 2013. 184pp, map, num bw ills, glossary. Pictorial card. Near new. Essentially a history of oyster farming the Port Stephens area of NSW.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Bathurst, NSW.: Robert Brown & Associates, 1986. 84pp, index, bibliography, 30 color plates. Dust jacket sunned at spine and edge, minor edge wear to jacket, approx 1cm tear to top rear spine fold. This beautifully produced publication presents an accurate up-to-date listing of scientific names including author and date of description, plus used synonyms for many species of these spiny… Read more about this item

Doha: University of Qatar, 1982. HEAVY. iii, approx 200ppnum col ills, line drawings. Maroon cloth in jacket. A little rippling to top of pages. SIGNED and inscribed by one of the authors (K Sivasubramanian) opposite title page. Text in English and Arabic.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Sydney: Collins, 1974. 208pp, index, references, num bw & col ills. Or brown cloth in pictorial jacket. Slight fading to spine, slight foxing to top edge. Excellent basic field guide to the sea fishes of Australia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: Woodside, Australian Institute of marine Science, 2013. xii, 179pp, references, num col ills, endpaper maps. White glossy boards in jacket. Near new. Two decades of research into the physical environment and biological communities of remote Scott Reef, an isolated coral reef system rising from the depths of Australia's north-west continental shelf.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.… Read more about this item

Port Moresby: Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries, 1967. HEAVY. xxxvii, 651pp + 78 bw plates at rear, index, corrigenda, 6 col plates, 23 text ills, glossary, . Tan cloth with metallic red title and blue metallic fishes to front. Page edges evenly toned, appears to be lacking the half-title page. Between the plates well over 1000 fish are shown.… Read more about this item

Bathurst, NSW.: Crawford House Press., 1990. VERY HEAVY. xx, 507pp, index, glossary, maps, hundreds colour photographs. Original glossy pictorial boards in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, foxing to page edges, endpapers and first/last few pages. Exhaustive coverage of 1111species ( 90% of the region's reef fishes). All species are illustrated, mostly in colour, and the descriptions are written so… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xix, 454pp, index, references, col ills, maps, loosely inserted arrata slip. Blue boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. A comprehensive cultural and ecological history of European impact, from early voyages of discovery to recent developments in reef science and management.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Stanley, Falkland Islands.: South Atlantic Publications, 2009. 197pp, index, bibliography, num col ills, maps. Pictorial card. Very slight edge wear to cover. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Square 8vo.

Boston: Charles T. Branford, 1936. HEAVY. xxi, 503pp, index/glossary, bw & col ills. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket somewhat worn, front flap trimmed. Small bookseller label inside front cover, light even toning to page edges, tape stains to flaps and endpapers. Quite nice copy of this older book on seashells.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small 4to.

London: Collins, 1970. xiv, 322pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Green cloth in jacket. Old price blacked out on front free endpaper. A few tiny tears to jacket at top of spine.. Third Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Studio Editions, 1991. 128pp, index, 60 full page color plates. Or green cloth in jacket. Jacket quite creased at top edge, 3cm tear at bottom rear spine fold, tiny scuff to bottom edge of rear board- internally excellent. A collection of 60 full page color plates by the great conchological artists over the ages. Plates are accompanied by descriptive… Read more about this item

Adelaide: Rigby, 1935. 174pp + 20pp Catalogue of Mollusca (1908) + 4pp index, bw & col ills, tipped in portrait. Orange cloth, no jacket. Spine faded with number in black at bottom, number on rear endpaper, small bookseller label on front pastedown, some minor foxing. Adventures of Sir Joseph Verco while dredging for marine life in Southern Australian waters, particularly… Read more about this item

Thaxted, Essex.: Miles Kelly, 2016. VERY HEAVY (will require significant extra postage outside Australia). 512pp, index, glossary, num col ills. Pictorial glossy boards. Tiny bump to bottom rear corner, slightly shaken (text block really too heavy for binding). Sharks from Great Whites and hammerheads to rays and skates in 15 themed sections including biology, hunting, breeding, migration and conservation.. First… Read more about this item