Books - "natural history"
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Manual for N.Z Bee Keepers
(limited numbered facsimile reprint) octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering, 112pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Newrick Associates Wellington
KEYWORDS: history bee keeping new zealand william charles cotton reference natural history
Himalayan Journals or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, & c
octavo green cloth boards with black and gilt lettering, illus eps, xxxii + 574pp + 2 fldg maps + 2pp adverts, illus VG (moderate wear and staining to boards - mostly at rear - , tanning to eps, owners name to prelim, very light occassional foxing, some creasing and soiling to maps)
PUBLISHER: ward lock bowden 1891 london
KEYWORDS: travel history natural history science himalayas nepal autobiography sir joseph dalton hooker mountaineering bengal sikkim khasia mountains asia
The Canterbury Colony ; Its Site and Prospects
octavo, heavy card covers, black lettering on spine and cover, 72pp, (G+), ex librus
PUBLISHER: Hocken Library
KEYWORDS: new zealand canteruby history natural history farming enviroment
Macetown; The story of a fascinating gold-mining town
octavo stapled light card covers (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 cost
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe
KEYWORDS: new zealand history natural history gold mining eileen beaton
The Hudson
first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+), 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 cost
PUBLISHER: William Hodge & Co 1951
KEYWORDS: history america natural history specials enviroment carl carmer
New Zealanders and Science
hardcover octavo (VG+), 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs
KEYWORDS: new zealand science maori history natural history specials s h jenkinson
Darwin and the Beagle
Softcover 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: Penguin Books 1971
KEYWORDS: darwin history biography alan moorehead specials science natural history
A History of the Lake-Weed Infestation of the Rotorua Lakes and the Lakes of the Waikato Hydro-Electric System
octavo, stapled wrappers, 52pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, ink owner's name to title page)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1970
KEYWORDS: new zealand history natural history hydrology hydro-electric lake-weed rotorua lakes of the waikato v.j. chapman
History of Coca: The Divine Plant of the Incas
softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library 1974
KEYWORDS: natural history coca plant history anthropology culture incas w. golden mortimer specials
The Natural History of a Highland Parish (Ardclach, Nairnshire)
octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, frontispiece, xv + 304pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, v light foxing, light soiling to front board but overall a tidy copy) inscribed and SIGNED by the author beneath an original photograph glued to page preceeding title page
PUBLISHER: George Bain 1900
KEYWORDS: natural history scotland robert thomspon ardclach nairnshire history signed
Images of Coastal Otago
first edition, quarto, illus light card covers, printed eps, illus prelims, 80pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1982
KEYWORDS: first edition new zealand arts history coastal otago natural history michael de hamel brian turner
A Manual for the Study of Insects
lacks title page, signed and inscribed by author, octavo, grey cloth boards with silver lettering to spine and silver design to front board and spine, x + 701pp, illus, VG (wear and soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims and page edges)
PUBLISHER: Comstock Publishing Company 1930 (?)
KEYWORDS: history entomology arachnology insects natural history john henry comstock
A Guide to Oaro
small quarto, illus light card covers, 209pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, ink owner's name to fep)
PUBLISHER: Lincoln College Press 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history oaro natural history warren jowett lincoln
Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766; His Diary, Manuscripts and Collections
with a foreword by the Hon. Joseph Smallwood
small quarto, rust cloth boards with brown label with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 512pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, ink inscription to fep, v light foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, v light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971
KEYWORDS: history biography joseph banks a.m. lysaght labrador newfoundland travel natural history botany zoology
Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River
Softcover super octavo (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1996
KEYWORDS: specials William Dietrich Columbia River hydroelectricity exploration settlers irrigation fishermen farmer engineering industry history natural history politics
Seven Deadly Sins of Gardening and the Vices and Virtues of Gardeners
Small octavo hardcover (VG+) in VG+ d/w; 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: The National Trust 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Toby Musgrave Mike Calnan National Trust gardening gardeners history stories natural history
Wild at Heart: The South Island's West Coast
Quarto softcover (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Paddy Ryan New Zealand South Island West Coast geography scenery landscape natural history flora fauna arts history gold
Natives and Exotics: World War II and Environment in the South Pacific
octavo, illus light card covers, xxvi + 439pp, illus, near fine
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2009
KEYWORDS: judith a. bennet south pacific natural history environment history world war two WWII environmental science military war
Icons Nga Taonga from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Quarto, illus card covers with large French flaps, frontispiece, xiii + 306pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Museum of New Zealand te papa tongarewa artworks arts artefacts Maori Pacific natural history fossils history paintings collections exhibitions
Tales from a Sunburnt Country (volume I)
this volume only, hardcover super octavo (VG+) 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Readers Digest 2010
KEYWORDS: australian history lynn cole readers digest natural history specials