13795 CANNON, Lester & GOYEN, Mark EXPLORING AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF, A World Heritage Site
$15.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 240 PP with colour illustrations (maps and photos). Fp: Scuba diver with potato cod. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on prelims and inside of dust jacket, o/wise fine. 30.2 x 22. 0207161348
Natural beauty of the reef and how to admire & appreciate it (accommodation, snorkelling, fishing,...). Evolution of the reef, its inhabitants, the ecosystem, shipwrecks.
60234 CHADWICK, Douglas H. KINGDOM OF CORAL - Australia's Great Barrier Reef [in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 199, No.1]
$5.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 2001. January 2001. 132 PP. Contains article pages 30 to 57 with 2 maps and 22 colour photos by David Doubilet. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.
45332 CLARKE, Arthur C. THE COAST OF CORAL
$15.00 AUD
New York. 2002. Ibooks. Paperback reprint of the 1955 original, with a 2001 introduction. (12), 264, (7) PP with 2 sets of 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 0743435079
Dives on the Great Barrier Reef in 1955. Chapter 18: on pearls and pearling in the Torres Strait.
16479 DAKIN, William J. GREAT BARRIER REEF and some mention of other Australian coral reefs
$20.00 AUD
Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1955. Reprint of the 1950 original. 133, (2 Index) PP with b/w photos & maps. Hard cover, dust jacket with a few chips and in a protective sleeve. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise contents are near fine. 24.7 x 15.
40775 FRANKEL, Edgar BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF PROVINCE
$20.00 AUD
AGPS / Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed. X, 204 PP with 1 map of the Great Barrier Reef Region. Illustrated hard cover. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.6 x 18.5. 0642036454
Over 4444 published works, and 112 serial publications and films... Charts...
63854 GILBERTAS, Bernadette L'AUSTRALIE, de Corail et de Brumes ... Queensland (in Le Figaro Magazine)
$10.00 AUD
Le Figaro Magazine. Paris. 2013. No. 1720, Weekly issue of 11 October 2013. 160 PP with colour illustrations. Contains article pages 84 to 92 with 1 sketch map of Queensland and 11 photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 21.7.
Great Barrier Reef and tropical forests of Queensland.
56925 HEENAN, David DUNK ISLAND AND BEAVER CAY
$10.00 AUD
Glenmede. Brisbane. 1994. 1st Ed., in Australia's Great Barrier Reef series. 48 PP with 1 map with 2 insets on double page, 8 b/w and 74 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 29.4 x 21.5. 0646168495
Holiday resort, research station...
66154 HOLTHOUSE, Hector SHIPS IN THE CORAL: Explorers, Wrecks and Traders of the Northern Australian Coast
$25.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1986. Expanded and revised edition of the 1976 original. XIV, 337 PP with 2 maps and 32 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0207153108
35163 LAWLER, Clarrie THE GREAT BARRIER REEF - Australia's Marine Wonderland
$15.00 AUD
Sydney. 1974. Australian Universities Press. 1st Ed. 80 PP with colour photos by Walter Deas and Ben Cropp. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Light foxing on prelims and inside of dust jacket, o/wise near fine. 29.2 x 22. 0724900012
Coral backbone of the reef, fishes & shells, spike & claw (on the underworld of the reef), birds & bushes of the islands of the Great Barrier Reef.
30172 LOBEGEIGER, Ross & BURKE, John (editors) PROCEEDINGS OF THE POND MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP
$10.00 AUD
Brisbane. 1996. Department of Primary Industries. 1st Ed. VI, 45 PP with tables and figures. Illust. soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 0724266798
Workshop held at the Bribie Island Aquaculture Research Centre 23 July 1996. Marine farming questions, freshwater pond farming questions... Prawn feed, water quality and the fish pond.
65055 LURIE, Richard UNDER THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$10.00 AUD
Jarrolds. London. 1966. 1st Ed. 191 PP with 4 maps, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w photos and frontispiece. Fp (in colour): Aqualung diver collecting Red Fan coral. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. Image shows title page and frontispiece. 21.6 x 14.
47832 MACK, George CORALS AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$10.00 AUD
Queensland Museum. Brisbane. 1950. 1st Ed. No pagination, 12 PP with 1 map, 1 diagram, 4 drawings by C. L. Sandercock, and 5 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 18.4.
34660 MCGREGOR, Craig THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$15.00 AUD
Amsterdam. 1974. Time-Life International. 1st Ed. in The World's Wild Places series. 184 PP with 1 map, 19 b/w and 100 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards, cloth spine, dj. Near fine. 26 x 22.8. 705400921
51840 MURDOCH, Lesley (compiler) DISCOVER THE GREAT BARRIER REEF MARINE PARK
$10.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 2001. Reprint of the 1996 revised edition (original of 1989). 96 PP with 2 maps (in colour), 7 b/w and over 160 colour illustrations (drawings, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.4. 0207189900
42552 REEF SHIPPING REEF GUIDE - A Shipmaster's Handbook to the Torres Strait and the Great Barrier Reef
$10.00 AUD
Queensland Transport/Australian Maritime Safety Authority. Brisbane/Canberra. 1996. 1st Ed., with a foreword by W. A. O'Neil, Secretary-General, International Maritime Organization. 36 PP with 1 table, 4 colour photos and 5 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
50774 ROUGHLEY, T.C. WONDERS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$5.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1946. October 1946 reprint of the 1936 original. XIII, (3), 282 PP, plus 35 plates with 51 colour photos & 15 plates with 30 b/w photos. Fp: Colour illust: A coral garden. FEP: Map of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef & the Capricorn & Bunker Group. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Hinge of back cover split on 8cms. Name of previous owner on half title page. Foxing, o/wise a good copy. 23.4 x 16.8.
The habits of, and the animal life associated with, 1250 miles of coral reef.
56993 ROUGHLEY, T.C. WONDERS OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$5.00 AUD
Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1936. 1st Ed. XIII, (3), 282 PP, plus 35 plates with 51 colour photos & 15 plates with 30 b/w photos. Fp: Colour illust: A coral garden. FEP: Map of Australia, the Great Barrier Reef & the Capricorn & Bunker Group. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Lettering on spine lightly faded. Name of previous owner on half title page blocked with white liquid paper. Occasional foxing, o/wise a very good copy. 23.4 x 16.8.
The habits of, and the animal life associated with, 1250 miles of coral reef.
48232 STEENE, Roger CORAL SEAS
$30.00 AUD
Bathurst. 1998. Crawford House. 1st Ed. (14), 272 PP with 340 colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Very good. Large format: 32.2 x 27.7. 1863331441
Life of world's coral reefs. Brilliant photography.
60832 STEERS, J. A. THE QUEENSLAND COAST AND THE GREAT BARRIER REEFS (in The Geographical Journal)
$15.00 AUD
The Royal Geographical Society. London. 1929. Article pulled out from Volume LXXIV, No. 4, issue for October 1929: 341 - 370 PP with 2 figures, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 16.5.
Paper partly read on 4th February 1929.
32192 WALSH, Anthony LADY ELLIOT, First Island of the Great Barrier Reef
$15.00 AUD
Boolarong. Brisbane. 1987. 1st Ed. 96 PP with 1 plan, 2 maps, 30 b/w illustrations, and 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.5. 0864390424
50798 WHEELER, Tony, & ARMSTRONG, Mark ISLANDS OF AUSTRALIA'S GREAT BARRIER REEF
$10.00 AUD
Melbourne. 1994. Lonely Planet. 2nd edition of the 1990 original. 287 PP, (5 publications) with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.4 x 12.6. 0864422229
60850 WHELAN, Howard RAINE ISLAND - SPECK OF LIFE IN THE CORAL SEA [in Australian Geographic, No. 26, April-June 1992]
$10.00 AUD
A.G.S. Sydney. 1992. 128 PP. Contains article pages 30 to 55 with 2 b/w photos and colour illustrations (1 map, 2 paintings & 39 photos), plus 1 folded plate with 2 maps and 9 artworks by Catherine Bone on the recto and 2 colour photos on the verso. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 21.
60947 WOODFORD, James THE GREAT BARRIER REEF
$20.00 AUD
Pan Macmillan Australia. Sydney. 2011. 1st paperback edition of the 2010 original. XI, 388 with 1 map, plus 32 pages with 54 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 9781742610597
49616 ZAHL, Paul A. ON AUSTRALIA'S CORAL RAMPARTS (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1957. Volume 111, No. 1, January 1957. Contains article between P.1 and 48 with 2 maps, 9 b/w and 41 colour photos. Soft cover. Very good. 25.2 x 17.5.