GISBORNE, WILLIAM

First edition, octavo, black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown coated eps, large folding map, xii + 360pp, VG (heavy dampstaining patch to two-thirds of rear board, small nick to upper spine, light rubbing to board corners, bookseller's label to front pastedown, 2cm closed tear to one corner of folding map, some light tanning, lacks the two internal illustrations)

PUBLISHER: A Petherick & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history geology agriculture industry Maori language colonisation Treaty

DRAVID, P.N. & BROWN, L. J.

Ex library,this volume only, large quarto, light card covers, printed eps, xxiv + 254pp, illus + folding maps/charts, VG- (usu library markings, damage to upper spine/front fold professionally prepared, bruising to edges)

PUBLISHER: Geological & Nuclear Sciences 1997

KEYWORDS: PN Dravid LJ Brown New Zealand Heretaunga Plains groundwater geology nuclear sciences hydrogeology

SCHWEINFURTH, ULRICH & SCHWEINFURTH-MARBY, HEIDRUN

Super octavo, green light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, iv +frontispiece + 114pp + two large folding maps in pocket to rear, VG+ (v. v. slight bruising to front cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Franz Steiner Verlag 1975

KEYWORDS: Francis Frank Kingdon Ward Ulrich Schweinfurth Heidrun Schweinfurth Marby Eastern Himalayas Southeastern Tibet geology ecology botany natural history exploration bibliography

DE TERRA, HELMUT

First edition hardcover octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1964

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Helmut de Terra memoir biography Teilhard de Chardin geology archaeology palaeontology history

LEYS, THOMSON W.

illus light card covers imperial octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: NZ Newspapers Ltd. (Office of the 'Auckland Star') 1953

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history volcanoes geology geography terraces thomson leys

THOMPSON, B. N. & KERMODE, L. O. & EWART, A.

softcover octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: NZ Dept. of Scientific & Industrial Research 1965

KEYWORDS: specials new zealand volcanoes geology science nature land environment

HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

Some pages still unopened(uncut), super octavo, pink light card covers with black lettering to front cover & paper title label mounted to cloth spine, xvii + 569pp + lxi pp appendix, illus, VG (some creasing & bruising to cover edges, fading to spine, light fraying to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, heavy crease & bruising to rear board lower corner & much less so to rear upper corner)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute / Turner & Co 1878

KEYWORDS: Sir James Hector New Zealand Institute science zoology botany geology chemistry physics Philosophical Society transactions proceedings articles

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Super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xi + frontispiece + 436pp, illus, VG (some tanning,esp to spine & page edges, light foxing to eps, slight scuffing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute 1914

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute science zoology botany geology chemistry physics Philosophical Society transactions proceedings articles bulletins

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Super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece + xii + 460pp, illus, VG- (some tanning to spine, light soiling to covers, three dings to rear upper & lower edges & spine edge, some foxing & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute science zoology botany geology chemistry physics Philosophical Society transactions proceedings articles bulletins

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Super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, vi + 642pp, illus, VG- (some browning to spine, light soiling to covers, vertical crease to front cover, slight creasing to lower corner of first 10 pages, some staining to upper page edges, light tanning & soiling to page fore-edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute 1910

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute science zoology botany geology chemistry physics Philosophical Society transactions proceedings articles bulletins

HAMILTON, A (Ed)

Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece + xiv + 633pp, illus + lxvii plates, VG (some browning to spine, light soiling to covers,2cm closed tear to upper spine, 1cm patch chaffing to lower spine extrem, slight bruising to rear cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute 1906

KEYWORDS: A Hamilton New Zealand Institute science zoology botany geology chemistry physics Philosophical Society transactions proceedings articles bulletins

HAMILTON, A (Ed)

Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xv + 568pp, illus with xliv plates, VG (some browning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, 2cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute / Kegan Paul et al 1904

KEYWORDS: A Hamilton New Zealand Institute science zoology botany geology chemistry physics Philosophical Society transactions proceedings articles bulletins

HECTOR, SIR JAMES

Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece + xxii + 619pp, illus with liv plates, VG (some browning to spine and cover edges, some creasing to upper & lower corners of a few pages)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute / Kegan Paul et al 1903

KEYWORDS: Sir James Hector New Zealand Institute science zoology botany geology chemistry physics Philosophical Society transactions proceedings articles bulletins

HECTOR, SIR JAMES

Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece + xix + 607pp, illus with XXIII plates, VG- (some browning to spine and rear cover, staining to page upper fore-edges, soiling to rear cover, bruising to some edges & corners)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute / Kegan Paul et al 1901

KEYWORDS: Sir James Hector New Zealand Institute science zoology botany geology chemistry physics Philosophical Society transactions proceedings articles bulletins

HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

Super octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 656pp, illus, VG (browning to spine, tanning & some nicks to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1887

KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology natural history biology botany chemistry geology chemistry science philosophy Philosophical Institute

HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

Super octavo, pink light card covers with black lettering to front cover title label mounted to blue cloth spine, xvii + 490pp, illus + fold-out diagrams, VG (light soiling & rubbing to covers, v slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning/foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1875

KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology geology physics chemistry botany biology science arts ornithology natural history essays articles industry timber

HECTOR, SIR JAMES

Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 473pp, illus with XXVI plates, VG (some tanning to spine, bruising damage to 1cm of lower spine, light foxng & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governmors of the New Zealand Institute / Kegan, Paul, Trench et al 1900

KEYWORDS: Sir James Hector New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings bulletins articles science zoology botany biology physics chemistry geology Philosophical Institute

HECTOR, SIR JAMES

Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 661pp, illus with XLVIII plates, VG (browning to spine & cover edges, tanning to page edges, foxing to fep, small stain spot to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governmors of the New Zealand Institute / Trubner & Co 1897

KEYWORDS: Sir James Hector New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings bulletins articles science zoology botany biology physics chemistry geology Philosophical Institute

HECTOR, SIR JAMES

Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xxi + 787pp, illus plus XXXVII plates, VG (light tanning to spine, some soiling to front cover, scuffing damage to rear cover upper corner, light foxing & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governmors of the New Zealand Institute / Trubner & Co 1896

KEYWORDS: Sir James Hector New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings bulletins articles science zoology botany biology physics chemistry geology Philosophical Institute

HECTOR, SIR JAMES

Super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 592pp, illus plus LV plates, VG (light tanning to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governmors of the New Zealand Institute / Trubner & Co1893

KEYWORDS: Sir James Hector New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings bulletins articles science zoology botany biology physics chemistry geology Philosophical Institute