Natural History & Environment from Lawrence Jones

Maleny, Qld: The Author, 2021. 223pp, glossary, tables, bw ills. Pictorial card. Near new. Hand-numbered 79/200 on title page. The author attempts to distil the effects of cyclones, floods and storms on the Maleny District and the rest of Queensland between 1880 and 2016. Spanning the careers of several emminent meteorologists the author's research produces a stark picture of nature's… Read more about this item

Melbourne: CSIRO, 1989. HEAVY. xvi, 687pp, colour plates, num b/w photos, line drawings, references, glossary, index, distribution maps. Minor edge wear to jacket, 3 letters written on front free endpaper. Brown cloth in jacket. In this fourth edition, 223 of the most important indigenous trees are described and illustrated from a wide range of forests including mangrove swamps,… Read more about this item

Jakarta: Balai Pustaka, 1987. VERY HEAVY. xvi, 716pp, index, glossary, line drawings, map. Green cloth in jacket. Jacket moderately edgewrorn with several tears, minor foxing to page edges. SIGNED with complimetns of the author (Kostemans) on front free endpapers. Describes 265 weeds of concern to the rice industry in Indonesia. Excursions undertaken in Java, Madura, South/West and East Sumatra, Toba… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1977. xv, 368pp, index, maps, bibliography, appendices, line drawings throughout, endpaper maps + 8pp supplement loosely inserted. Blue boards in jacket. Jacket a little edgeworn with tear at bottom of rear spine fold with associated crease, spine toned, several short tears and small chips. Prev owner name on front pastedown. More than 200 species covered… Read more about this item

Canberra: Bureau of Rural Resources, 1992. x, 122pp, index, appendices, references, bw ills, maps. Pictorial white card. Slightest of edge wear to cover. Looks at the usues that can be made by Aboriginal communities of wild anuimal resources on country. Includes feral species.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.

Melbourne: CSIRO, 1942. 477pp + 24 bw plates at rear, index, bibliography, line drawings. Gray cloth. Appears unread. Classification and identification of Australian termites.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Sydney: Step Inc., 2010. viii, 248pp, index, bibliography, num col ills, maps, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial glossy boards. Very light rubbing to boards. The geology, flora, fauna and human impact in the Lane Cove Valley, Sydney.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Melbourne: CSIRO, 1993. HEAVY. xii, 330pp, references, index, glossary, distribution maps. Pictorial glossy boards. Ex-government department library with usual stamps, labels, card pocket etc (inc cancelled stamp). Reference on scientific and common names of economic plants found in Australia. Economic uses, geographic distribution, life form, duration, and supplementary information ar eincluded with plants being identified as native, endemic or introduced.… Read more about this item

London: Chapman & Hall, 1992. HEAVY. xxii, 509pp, index, references, tables, graphs, bw ills, diagrams. Red pictorial glossy boards. Prev owner details on front free endpaper, light foxing to top edge.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 4to.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1966. xv, 207pp, index, check list, glossary, 330+ ills (many colour), pictorial endpapers. Green cloth in jacket. Moderate fading of spine and light edge wear to jacket. small bookseller label on front pastedown, even toning to page edges.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: W. W. Norton, 1985. 476pp, index, bibliography, bw ills. Cloth backed papered boards in dust-jacket. 2 tears at top of rear jacket panel, light foxing to top edge. Gould's fourth book of natural history essays.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1989. HEAVY. 432pp, index, tables, bibliography, glossary, 1400+ col ills, maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Bottom edge of boards rubbed, prev owner name on front pastedown . Photos and descriptions of about 1500 species. Covers a full range of plants from ferns, herbs, sedges, and grasses to shrubs and trees. Includes photos of more than 80… Read more about this item

Melbourne: CSIRO, 1998. viii, 296pp, index, appendices, bibliography, endnotes, bw ills. Pictorial laminated boards. Near new. Definitive work on the inroduction of domestic animals to Australia beginning with the First Fleet.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Neptune, NJ, U.S.A.: TFH, 1978. HEAVY. 584pp, full-page colour plates, line drawings, distribution maps, bibliography, index. Pictorial boards, no jacket. Some bubbling of surface of front cover, page edges toned in bands. This 'improved' 1978 edition has expanded indices. The definitive work on the world's parrots covering all species and some sub-species. Over 500 birds illustrated in colour..… Read more about this item

Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press, 2005. 221pp. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to covers. Two brothers from a pioneering pastoralist family in the Kimberley pioneer the fight against land degradation andthe new struggle for ecologically sustainable development in the 1940s. A though provoking sequel to Mary Durack's Kings in Grass Castles.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Small 4to.… Read more about this item

Sydney: Kangaroo Press, 1995. 127pp, index, glossary, num bw & col ills. Pictorial card. Slight bumps to front corners. More valuable than gold, Coober Pedy's quality opal can be worth as much as $5000 per ounce, in its rough state. Coober Pedy produces the bulk of Australia's opal supply to the world. Here is the story of Coober Pedy and… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1988. vii, 261pp, index, glossary, bibliography, num col & bw ills. Pink cloth in jacket. Light foxing to top edge and minor foxing to prelims, small bookseller label to front pastedown, a little wear and tiny mark to edges of boards. Asia has some of the most beautiful and unusual orchid species, yet many are rarely… Read more about this item

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

Townsville: The Authors, 2012. 207pp, index, bibliography/references, 380+ col ills, maps. Pictorial card in publishers plastic cover. Slight crease to top front corner. . Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: Roy Osborne & Wynand van Eeden., 2007. viii, 116pp, glossary, bibliography, appendices, num col ills, line drawings, mpas. Green cloth in jacket. Generally light wear to jacket edges with 1cm tear at bottom front. Covers all Vietnemese cycad species including Stangerioides, Indosinensis and Cycas and includes toxicity and ethnobotany.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.