Flora Fauna & Field Guides


ORCHID FEVER Eric Hansen - A Horticultural Tale of Love, Lust and Lunacy (Worldwide)
ORCHID FEVER: In 1993 Eric Hansen led an expedition through the steaming jungles of Borneo to find the world's rarest orchid. Five years later he was still on the trail of the true story behind one of the world's strangest plants, from the Orinoco River to the hothouses of Kew, and the clandestine nurseries of Europe to the peat bogs of northern Minnesota.

Price: AUD $5.00

QUEEN OF THE ELEPHANTS Mark Shand (India)
In QUEEN OF THE ELEPHANTS author Mark Shand describes his elephant ride along the ancient migratory route through the tea gardens of West Bengal, and along the rarely visited Himalayan corridor to Assam.

Price: AUD $8.00

RIDE A RHINO by Michaela Denis
A lovely old memoir for folks into African animals, worth it alone for the gorgeous cover (see photos). The book also has around 20 pages of black and white photos and a couple of pages of colour photos. Book is in good condition for its age but not fantastic. Cover looks charming but shows some shelf wear and minor tears at edges. Boards are very good. Pages are clean and aging lightly. Some bookseller pencil marks on first page. See photos for jacket blurb, sample pages, cover and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $8.00

SILENT FOOTSTEPS Sally Henderson - A Woman's Awakening Among the Elephants of Africa
Author Sally Henderson had her life saved by an Elephant in Botswana which fuelled a passion to conserve her hephalump pals and join an elephant research project in Zimbabwe.

Price: AUD $14.00

SWIMMING WITH CROCODILES Will Chaffey - An Australian Adventure (Australia)
In SWIMMING WITH CROCODILES, author Will Chaffey travels the north-west coast of Western Australia with a herpetologist.

Price: AUD $8.00

THE BIRDS OF THE MALAY PENINSULA SINGAPORE AND PENANG - A.G. Glenister (Birdwatching in Singapore & Malaysia)
A very hard to find birdwatcher's book covering Singapore and Malaysia.

Price: AUD $12.00

THE CURSE OF THE LABRADOR DUCK Glen Chilton - My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction (Worldwide)
THE CURSE OF THE LABRADOR DUCK is Dr Glen Chilton's journey to see all the stuffed Labrador Ducks in the world, to visit all places associated with the Labrador Duck, and to get up to as much mischief as he can manage.

Price: AUD $12.00

THE LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN Tim Smit (England)
THE LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN: Until World War I, the estate gardens of Heligan were one of the glories of Cornwall. This book tells the story of the restoration of these gardens after 70 years of neglect, against the backdrop of local opposition and a lack of funding. The gardens are now a major tourist attraction.

Price: AUD $5.00

THE NATURAL HISTORY FIELD GUIDE OF THE MILFORD TRACK by SG Heppelthwaite
A rare self-published 1989 guide book to flora and fauna of the Milford Track, New Zealand. The photos best describe the book. Book is in good, used condition: shows some wear around the edges, pages are clean with little age and wear. See photos for cover blurb, sample pages and condition - enjoy!

Price: AUD $18.00

THE RIVER Chris Hammer - A Journey Through The Murray-Darling Basin (Australia)
In The River, Chris Hammer takes us on a journey through Australia's heartland, following the rivers of the Murray-Darling Basin, recounting his experiences, his impressions, and, above all, stories of the people he meets along the way.

Price: AUD $12.00

THROWIM WAY LEG Tim Flannery - An Adventure (Papua New Guinea)
THROWIM WAY LEG: A great book on Papua New Guinea. One of my all time faves.

Price: AUD $6.00

TRIBE WANTED Ben Keene - My Adventure on Paradise or Bust
Tribes Wanted is the fascinating Fiji adventure story of Tribewanted.com, a revolutionary eco-tourism project founded by twentysomething Ben Keene.

Price: AUD $10.00

WHATEVER YOU DO DON'T RUN My Adventures as a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison
This looks like a cracker of a read, it is very popular. Book is in good condition: clean with light reading wear and age. See photos for conditon, sample pages and cover blurb - enjoy!

Price: AUD $9.00

WHEN ELEPHANT WAS KING Nick Greaves - And Other Elephant Tales From Africa
When Elephant Was King presents twenty-five fascinating animal stories from African mythology with illustrations and information about elephants, their distribution, habitats, conservations and tribal beliefs.

Price: AUD $8.00

WHERE TO SEE WILDLIFE IN TASMANIA Dave Watts and Cathie Plowman (Australia)
WHERE TO SEE WILDLIFE IN TASMANIA features 29 locations where people have an excellent chance of seeing animals in their native habitat.

Price: AUD $15.00


WILDFLOWER Mark Seal - An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa
WILDFLOWER by Mark Seal is the biography of naturalist, conservationist, and filmmaker Joan Root; and her crusade to save Kenya's Lake Naivasha.

Price: AUD $9.00

ZARAFA The true story of a giraffe's journey from the plains of Africa to the heart of Napoleonic France by Michael Allin
An amazing true story, a Masai giraffe from Ethiopia journeys up the Nile and in to Europe in 1826.

Price: AUD $9.00