Last trip to Borneo Books ended up with 15kg of books.
Carl Clifford
On 06/08/2012, at 11:00 AM, Mick Roderick <> wrote:
> I was at the Sabah Museum in Kota Kinabalu in about Sept last year and they
> had all of the aforementioned books, including several of the old Mackinnon
> and Phillips, one of which I bought (but it wasn't cheap). I second Carl's
> recommendation of going to Borneo Books too, but beware, if you're also
> interested in plants, fungi, mammals, frogs etc etc you might end up spending
> a lot of money there cos there any many great temptations!
> This is all of course assuming you're going to Borneo. I can't recommend any
> places to buy books in the other 3 islands and imagine it would be a tough
> call.
> Mick
>
> From: Carl Clifford <>
> To: Chris King <>
> Cc: Birding Aus <>
> Sent: Sunday, 5 August 2012 7:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Guide to birds of Borneo Sumatra Java and Bali by
> MacKinnon
>
> Hi Chris,
>
> Do you only need the book for Borneo? If so and are entering via Kota
> Kinabalu, try Borneo Books http://www.borneobooks.com/blog/ They probably
> will not have McKinnon & Phillips (but you never know), but they certainly
> keep Myers and, usually, Quentin Phillipps' "Birds of Borneo". I have bought
> both of my copies there. Borneo Books is worth a look anyway, if you have
> some time in KK. They do an excellent mail service, which is handy if you
> happen to run amok in there, as I have done a few times.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carl Clifford
>
>
> On 05/08/2012, at 6:25 PM, Chris King wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> Does anyone have a copy of
>
> *Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, and Bali*, by *John
> MacKinnon* *and Karen Phillipps*, Oxford University press,
>
> that you would like to sell? I have left it too late to order from Amazon
> as I am leaving on 13th August from Sydney.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
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