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$12.00
xxrfd120703

Orcas, Eagles & Kings: Georgia Strait & Puget Sound


YATES, STEVE

Quarto hardcover (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: Primavera Press 1993

KEYWORDS: whales birds fish natural history Puget Sound Georgia Strait

$10.00
xxdte120714

The Hauraki Gulf: From Bream Head to Cape Colville


BERCUSSON, LINDA

Octavo 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Hauraki Gulf travel tourism hiking walking natural history flora fauna guide

$18.50
xxrfi121267

Our Woodlands, Heaths and Hedges: A Popular Description Of Trees, Shrubs, Wild Fruit With Notice Of Their Insect Inhabitants


COLEMAN, W.S.

All pages present but several sections completely loose, some damp staining, small octavo with maroon leather covers (tatty); 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: Routledge, Warne and Routledge 1860

KEYWORDS: natural history botany plants trees shrubs

$165.00
2i7/2

Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: A Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadecs, Lord Auckland, Campbell & Macquarrie Islands


HOOKER, J. D.

Super octavo, dark grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt publisher's motif to front board, 15pp + lxviii + 798pp + 24pp Reeve & Co's publications in botany, conchology & entomology, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light fraying to board corners, some tanning & foxing to page edges& eps, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Reeve & Co 1867

KEYWORDS: New Zealand flora reference native plants natural history

$33.50
xxrgh121943

The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands


KIRK, THOMAS

Imperial 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: John Mackay 1899

KEYWORDS: natural history New Zealand

$45.00
2i11/18

The Truth Behind the Whaling Dispute


KOMATSU, MASAYUKI & MISAKI, SHIGEKO

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing to covers & spine, light creasing to spine edges)

PUBLISHER: ICR 2001

KEYWORDS: International Whaling Commission Japan, Politics environment whales natural history

$90.00
ak2/16/1381

Pohutukawa and Rata: New Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees


SIMPSON, PHILIP

Folio, green cloth boards with lettering to spine & front board, red eps, xii + 346pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Pohutukawa myrtaceae Rata New Zealand trees botany natural history

$70.00
2i14/30

National Parks of Sarawak


HAZEBROEK, HANS P. & KASHIM BIN ABANG MORSHIDI, ABANG

Super octavo, illus boards with lettering to spine & fron board, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 502pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Natural History Publications (Borneo) 2001

KEYWORDS: National parks reserves Malaysia Sarawak Natural history environment forests

$145.00
2i17/19

Chilean Flora Through the Eyes of Marianne North 1884


ECHENIQUE, ANTONIA & LEGASSA, VICTORIA MARIA

Quarto, Green boards with white lettering to front board, patterned eps, 133pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Pehuen Editors 1999

KEYWORDS: natural history Chile flora arts painting biography Marianne North

$55.00
2i17/26

Blossoms of Bangalore


ISSAR, T.P.

Quarto, illus boards, illus eps, 195pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name to label on title page) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Mytec Process 1994

KEYWORDS: Flowers India Bangalore travel natural history

$40.00
2i17/48

Australian Grass Parrakeets (The Neophema): Experiences in the Field and Aviary


SINDEL, STAN & GILL, JAMES

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with filt lettering to spine & front board, 192pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine & upper front cover)

PUBLISHER: Singil Press (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Australia Parrots natural history Parrakeets

$35.00
2i19/21

Quest for the Kakapo: The Full Story of New Zealand's Most Remarkable Bird


BUTLER, DAVID

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, illus title page, 136pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history Kakapo birds ornithology

$100.00
2i20/4

Plant Life on Banks Peninsula


WILSON, HUGH D.

Imperial octavo, illus boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Manuka Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history botany plants flora Banks Peninsula

$55.00
2i20/23

Adventures in Geyserland: Life in New Zealand's Thermal Regions, Including the Story of the Tarawera Eruption and the Destruction of the Famous Terraces of Rotomahana,


WARBRICK, ALFRED

LACKS D/W, Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 157pp, illus, VG (light tanning to boards, light fading to spine, sl bruising to board corners and spine extrems, sl cocked spine, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural disaster history Tarawera eruption

$995.00
os2/50

A Monograph of The Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans.


GOULD, JOHN

Facsimile reprint (1854), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board, blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 26pp + 52 plates with accompanying text, illus, nr fine (small stain to front board, light brusing to lower board corners)

PUBLISHER: Hill House 1998

KEYWORDS: ornithology birds identification toucans ramphastidae natural history biology zoology

$625.00
os2/51

The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including Many Recently Discovered in Australia. Volume 1


GOULD, JOHN & SHARPE, R. BOWDLER

Facsimile reprint (1888), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem & blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 7pp + 56 plates with accompanying text, illus, nr fine (v.light staining & rubbing to boards, light brusing to lower board corners)

PUBLISHER: Hill House 1988

KEYWORDS: ornithology birds identification birds of paradise natural history biology zoology

$75.00
2i21/25

Information for the People: or, Treasury of Useful Knowledge: Comprising a Large Amount of Interesting and Instructive Reading, Designed for Popular Use


SEARS, ROBERT

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illustrations to spine & boards, frontispiece, 530pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light sporadic foxing to pages, dampstaining to advert pages)

PUBLISHER: Robert Sears 1850

KEYWORDS: natural history Geography agriculture economics biography arts science

$45.00
2i21/30

Ghosts in Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand


GIBBS, GEORGE

First edition, Super octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w FINE

PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Natural History science evolution Gondwa

$55.00
2i26/17

Faulkland Islands Freshwater Fishes: A Natural History


MCDOWALL, R. M. & ALLIBONE, R. M. & CHADDERTON, W. L.

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 102pp, illus, nr fine (v. slight soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Faulklands Conservation 2005

KEYWORDS: natural history freshwater fishes Faulklands ecology biology zoology ichthyology

$40.00
2i31/4

Underwater Wonders of New Zealand


TORCKLER, GILLIAN & TORCKLER, DARRYL

Large quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, black lettering to orange spine & white lettering to front board, illus eps, illus title page, 112pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine

PUBLISHER: New Holland 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine biology natural history oceans underwater flora fauna

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