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$16.50
xxerb60085

The Secret Life of Tigers


THAPAR, VALMIK

Hardcover super 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: Oxford University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Valmik Thapar natural history fauna animals tigers India

$25.00
xxerb60117

Register of Thoroughbred Stallions of New Zealand 2012


Volume XXXIX

NEW ZEALAND THOROUGHBRED BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION

Softcover small folio (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: New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association 2012

KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders' Association New Zealand natural history animals horses

$245.00
1r35/14

An Encyclopaedia of Geography: comprising a Complete Description of the Earth, Physical, Statistical, Civil and Political


Exhibiting its Relation to the Heavenly Bodies, its Physical Structure, the Natural History of each Country, and the Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, and Civil and Social State of All Natio

MURRAY, HUGH et al

Two-volume set complete, super octavo, marbled heavy card boards, quarter velum, black lettering on label to spine, xii + 1567pp + 16pp adverts, illus with over 1000 wood engravings, maps & diagrams, VG- (upper 8cm of spine missing & front board/spine fold cracked & loose to volume 1, both vols - rubbing, fading & soiling to boards & spines, inscription to fep, tanning & foxing to eps, browning to page edges, light foxing to occasional pages)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman 1834

KEYWORDS: Hugh Murray William Wallace Robert Jameson WJ Hooker William Swainson encyclopaedia reference geography geology botany natural history zoology earth physical world politics government

$995.00
1r18a/9

A History of the Earth and Animated Nature in Six Volumes


Illustrated with Copper Plates. A New Edition with Corrections and Additions by W Turton

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER

Beautiful six-volume set, octavo, bound in full leather, gilt rule to marbled polished leather board edges & gilt lettering to panelled spine, marbled page edges, xiiv + 439pp (vol 1), ii + 437pp (vol 2), ii + 412pp (vol 3), ii + 427pp (vol 4), ii + 444pp (vol 5), ii + 199pp + apeox 220pp index (vol 6), illus, VG+ (bruising & rubbing to board corners, esp to vol 1 & 2, fading to marbled page edges of vols 3 & 4, owner's name in ink to feps, some light foxing, creasing to occasional pages)

PUBLISHER: F Wingrave et al 1805

KEYWORDS: Oliver Goldsmith natural history animals zoology science nature

$26.50
xxerf60368

The Identification of Trees and Shrubs


How to name any wild or garden tree or shrub likely to be met with in the British Isles with 2,500 diagrams made by the author

MAKINS, F.K.

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG) in d/w (VG) reprinted with corrections ; 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: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited 1961

KEYWORDS: specials F K Makins gardening natural history botany trees shrubs

$35.00
2e13a/34

Legends of Maoriland: The Birds of Maoriland


The Raupo Series of School Readers

REED, A. W.

Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 28pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand natural history birds Maori myths legends children's school readers

$35.00
2e13a/36

Legends of Maoriland: The Fish of Maoriland


The Raupo Series of School Readers

REED, A. W.

Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)

KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Maori myths legends children's school readers fish sea ocean marine creatures natural history

$16.50
xxetd60962

Butterfly Farmer


NEWMAN, L. HUGH

octavo hardcover (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: The Country Book Club 1954

KEYWORDS: specials L Hugh Newman butterflies natural history biology insects entomology

$20.00
2e17a/4

Birds of Tutira


GUTHRIE-SMITH, HERBERT & MOORE, JOHN L (Illus)

First edition thus, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, illus prelims, 75pp, illus with John L Moore's woodcuts, VG+

PUBLISHER: Cape Catley Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: first edition thus Herbert Guthrie-Smith John L Moore New Zealand natural history birds woodcuts art

$20.00
xxataa61094

Polynesia


ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH

hardcover super octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) capper reprint; 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: Capper Press 1973

KEYWORDS: specials George French Angas capper reprint polynesia pacific islands natural history new zealand native animals botany science

$12.50
xxetf61116

Wild South: Saving New Zealand's Endangered Birds


MORRIS, ROD & SMITH, HAL

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: TVNZ and Century Hutchinson NZ Ltd 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Rod Morris Hal Smith New Zealand natural history endangered species

$12.50
xxetf61121

Animals of the Woods


N/A

Softover oblong 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: Encyclopaedia Britannica Press 1946

KEYWORDS: specials Encyclopaedia Britannica Picture Stories Nature Series Book 1 children's nonfiction natural history

$12.50
xxetf61122

Snapping Turtle


N/A

Softover oblong 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: Encyclopaedia Britannica Press 1946

KEYWORDS: specials Encyclopaedia Britannica Picture Stories Nature Series Book 3 children's nonfiction natural history

$14.00
xxetf61128

The Year of the Spur-winged Plover


BARLOW, MAIDA

Softcover super 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: Craig Printing Co. Ltd 1983

KEYWORDS: specials Maida Barlow New Zealand Southland natural history bird species

$16.50
xxeub61228

The Hand of God


Whaling in the Azores

HOUSBY, TREVOR

First edition Hardcover imperial 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: Abelard-Schuman Limited 1971

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Trevor Housby natural history whaling traditional methods

$9.50
xxeuf61529

Untamed Coast


Auckland's Waitakere Ranges and West Coast Beaches

HARVEY, BOB

Softcover quarto (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 Ltd 1998

KEYWORDS: specials Bob Harvey New Zealand natural history North Island coastline Auckland Waitakere West Coast

$70.00
2f25a/37

The Tararua Book


RUNDLE, JOHN

Oblong quarto, black boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 104pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG

PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1981

KEYWORDS: John Rundle New Zealand Tararua natural history scenery tramping walking hiking outdoors photography

$12.50
xxewc62200

Beech Forests


KIRKLAND, A.

Softcover imperial octavo (VG) ; 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: New Zealand Forest Service 1973

KEYWORDS: specials A Kirkland New Zealand natural history beech forests

$65.00
1w2b/13

New Zealand Fungi: An Illustrated Guide


STEVENSON, GRETA

REVISED EDITION; octavo, illus light card covers, iv + 122pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Greta Stevenson New Zealand mushrooms toadstools fungi field guide identification natural history botany

$245.00
1w2b/15

The Jade of New Zealand; Pounamu


BECK, RUSSELL & MASON, MAIKA & APSE, ANDRIS (Photo

Scarce in hardcover, large oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine & front board, black eps, 237pp, illus, nr. fine, in d/w, nr. fine

PUBLISHER: Penguin Viking 2010

KEYWORDS: Russell Beck Maika Mason Andris Apse New Zealand photography photographs jade carving scenery natural history Maori mythology legends

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