LEAKEY, RICHARD E. & LEWIN, ROGER

Paperback (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: Avon Printing 1979

KEYWORDS: anthropology antiquity ancient history natural science

DE ROY, TUI

Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: travel exploration Galapagos ancient natural history pictorial

BRYSON, BILL

Super octavo 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: Doubleday

KEYWORDS: world general history bill bryson modern science geology chemistry natural physics biology space

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, salmon heavy boards with brown cloth spine, black lettering to title plate on spine, lxv + 471pp, maps/illus, VG (prev. owner's name in ink to front board, moderate tanning & scuffing to board & spine edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, some pages uncut, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1885

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history nature

HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

BINDING BROKEN, COVER LOOSE, MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, soft card covers, frontispiece, xix + 627pp + xlv plates, illus, poor (binding broken, much of spine disintegrated, cover detached, remnants of tape repar to front cover and spine, edges of cover missing, prev owner's name in ink to cover, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy foxing to eps, moderate foxing to plates

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1902

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings science natural history

HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

Super octavo, quarter buckram bound card boards, xvii + 472pp + xiv plates, illus, tatty (cracks running head to foot of spine, bottom 1cm of buckram frayed/disintegrating, heavy rubbing/fraying to binding at hinge w/ surface loss, light foxing + moderate soiling, staining, & rubbing to boards w/ some surface loss to extrems, moderately heavy foxing & tanning to page edges, prev owner's stamp to fep, .5cm tear to foot of front gutter, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, moderate foxing + prev. owner's stamp to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1880

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

HECTOR, SIR JAMES (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT, super octavo, light card covers, xix + 586pp + xxxii plates, illus, tatty (heavy rubbing/warping to spine w/ some surface loss & discolouration, 5mm chip/disintegration to foot of spine, light foxing/soiling + mild discolouration to covers, moderate foxing + tanning to page edges, light-moderate foxing sproadically throughout

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1890

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

HAMILTON, A (ed.)

COVER LOOSE, MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, light card covers, xvi + 647pp + lv plates, illus, tatty (cover loose, heavy warping/cracking to spine w/ surface loss & disintegration at foot of spine, moderate foxing & discolouration to covers/spine, moderate foxing + heavy tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1905

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

N/A

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, light card covers, xxxii + 88pp + 15 plates, illus, folding maps/charts to rear w/ plates, tatty (heavy cracking/rubbing to spine w/ bottom 3cm of spine missing/disintegrated, bottom 4cm of front cover loose, moderate foxing & discolouration to covers, moderate foxing + tanning to page edges, light-moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1932

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

N/A

Super octavo, quarter buckram bound heavy card covers, title plate to spine, illus prelims, xvii + 884pp + 71 plates, illus, tatty (moderate bruising to spine + extrems w/ some surface loss, moderate soiling + light foxing + minor insect damage to boards, moderate foxing & browning to page edges, crack running length of front gutter, prev owner's name in ink + moderate foxing to fep, light foxing sporadically throughout, moderate foxing to rear eps, light cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1924

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

N/A

Super octavo, buckram quarter bound heavy card boards, title plate to spine, illus prelims, xii + 548pp + xxx plates, VG- (heavy rubbing/warping to spine w/ most of title plate gone + surface loss, moderate bruising to spine + extrems, light foxing & spoling + prev owners' names in ink/pencil to boards, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, heavy foxing + moderate staining + light rubbing to front eps, sporadic light-moderate foxing throughout, moderate foxing to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1919

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

HAMILTON, A. (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, light card covers, printed fep, frontispiece, xviii + 573pp + xxvi plates, tatty (heavy warping to spine w/ some surface loss & cracking, foot of spine frayed/disintegrating, moderate foxing & dampstaining to covers, bottom 3cm of front cover loose w/ some tearing to cover, prev owners' names in ink/pencil to cover, light-moderate foxing & creasing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1907

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

N/A

Super octavo, green buckram quarter bound heavy card boards, title plate to spine, x + 598pp + xxix plates, illus, VG- (moderate bruising/rubbing to spine & extrems w/ some surface loss, moderate foxing & discolouration, light soiling, & prev owners' names in ink/pen to boards, small crack to inside of front board, 3cm tear to bottom internal hinge, moderate foxing to front eps, light-moderate foxing throughout, moderate foxing to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1916

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

N/A

COVER DETACHED, super octavo, soft card covers, frontispiece, xii + 457pp + 131pp (appendices) + xxiv plates, tatty (cover detached, heavy warping & discolouration to spine w/ some surface loss, spine fraying/disintegrating at head and foot, moderately heavy foxing & soiling to covers, moderate-heavy foxing to both eps, light-moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1912

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science natural philosophy

N/A

Super octavo, light card covers, frontispiece, xi + 436pp + xii plates, illus, tatty (heavy warping/cracking to spine w/ surface loss and disintegration at foot of spine, moderate discolouration + light foxing + prev owner's name in pencil to covers, moderate foxing + tanning to page edges, moderate foxing + light staining & warping to both eps, light-moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Institute 1914

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute history science natural philisophy transactions proceedings

N/A & HECTOR, JAMES (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT. Super octavo, peach stiff card covers quarter bound in blue cloth, title plate to spine, xl + 546pp + 50 plates, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine w/ most of title plate gone, large dampstain to both covers, light rubbing + soiling to covers, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to both eps, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Institute 1883

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute james hector natural history philosophy science

N/A & HECTOR, JAMES (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT. Super octavo, soft card covers, black lettering to spine, xix + 661pp + 48 plates, illus, VG- (moderately heavy rubbing/bruising to spine w/ surface loss & 1cm chip missing from foot, moderately heavy foxing to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderately heavy foxing to eps, light-moderate foxing throughout

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Institute 1897

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute james hector natural history philosophy science

N/A & HAMILTON, A. (ed.)

MOST PAGES UNCUT. Super octavo, soft card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 633 + 47 plates, VG- (heavy rubbing + creasing to spine w/ cracking & surface loss, light creasing to extrems, prev owner's name in pen to front cover, moderate tanning & mild foxing to page edges, light foxing & moderate soiling to covers, light-moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Institute 1906

KEYWORDS: new zealand institute james hector natural history philosophy science

THE BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & PIDGEON, EDWARD

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, 481pp + 110pp synopsis of species to rear, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & board edges, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters near front, sl cracking to other gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker, Treacher and Co. 1831

KEYWORDS: natural history reptiles Baron Cuvier animals classification

BARON CUVIER & GRIFFITH, EDWARD & SMITH, Lieut.- Col. CHARLES HAMILTON

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, marbled half green leather bound boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, red speckled page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece, viii + 680pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & edges, light scuffing & surface loss to spine, moderate tanning to page egdes, light tape staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1934

KEYWORDS: animals fish aquatic natural history Baron Cuvier classifications