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

HECTOR, SIR JAMES

Majoity of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, light green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 586pp, illus plus XXXII plates, VG+ (light tanning to spine & page edges, scuffing to upper spine)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governmors of the New Zealand Institute /Trubner & Co 1890

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

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Super octavo, beige heavy card covers with black lettering to front cover & paper title label mounted to green cloth spine, vii + 704pp, illus with XII plates, VG (light tanning to boards, several dings to front board edges, some staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governmors of the New Zealand Institute 1915

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

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Super octavo, beige heavy card covers with black lettering to front cover & paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xiv + 618pp, illus with XXXVII plates, VG+ (light soiling & tanning to page edges & boards)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governmors of the New Zealand Institute 1917

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

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Super octavo, grey heavy card covers with black lettering to front cover & paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine,frontispiece + xii + 391pp, illus with XXXIV plates, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governmors of the New Zealand Institute 1918

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

SUMPTER, D. J. & LEWIS, J. J.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 194pp, illus, nr fine (v small spot of fading to lower spine extrem) in d/w VG+ (v. light soiling to rear, tiny closed tear to front upper edge, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of the Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history settlers Tokomairiro DJ Sumpter JJ Lewis

WRIGHT, DON

Octavo, illus light card covers, 79pp, illus with aprox 60pp photos, VG (light creasing and wear, prev owner's details in pen within)

PUBLISHER: Don Wright 2000

KEYWORDS: Don Wright New Zealand hunting hunters deer Southland Fiordland Grege Borland Lillburn Island Lake Arawata Cascade South Westland sport

STRANG, VERONICA

Inscribed & signed, super octavo, illus light card covers, ix + 274pp, nr fine (label residue stain to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Berg 2004

KEYWORDS: signed Veronica Strang New Zealand water ownership public policy politics ecology commodities profit anthropology environment

GEE, MAURICE

Super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2009

KEYWORDS: specials Maurice Gee New Zealand literature novel fiction

BALLANCE, ALISON

First edition, small folio, light blue illus boards with light blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 320pp, illus,VG+ (slightly cocked), in d/w, VG (v slight foxing to inside, sl soiling, creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: first edition Alison Ballance New Zealand mountains Southern Alps natural history flora fauna ecology geology botany exploration expeditions native forest

BOWMAN, H.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece fold-out map, vi + 224pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems and board corners, prev owners stamp to paste down) in d/w, G+ (torn, scuffed and stained)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1948

KEYWORDS: H Bowman New Zealand Otago Port Chalmers Dunedin history

MOORE, C. W. S.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 124pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page upper edges) in d/w, VG+ ((some fading to spine & edges, some rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1953)

KEYWORDS: CWS Moore New Zealand Otago Alexandra Clyde Dunstan history gold mining rush

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Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, blue/grey light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xiv + 471pp, illus, VG- (some dampstaining & soiling to front cover & page upper edges, some bending, 1cm closed tear to front cover upper edge & first 10 or so pages, 2cm chaffing with loss to lower spine extrem, light soiling & bruising to cover edges, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles

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Super octavo, blue/grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xviii + 884pp, illus, VG- (boards loosening at gutters, moderately heavy dampstaining to front board lower edge carrying over to first two pages, dampstaining to rear board edges carrying over to last three or so pages, light bruising & fraying to board edges & spine extrems, light rubbing to spine label, tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles

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Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xxxi + 920pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, v slight soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles

FITCH, A. L.

Super octavo, cream light card covers with back lettering to front cover, 143pp, illus, G+ (archival tape repairs to spine/covers, moderate browning to covers & slightly less so to page edges, 1cm loss to upper spine extrem, 2cm loss to lower spine extrem, sellotape residue stain to front& rear cover lower edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep, heavy untidy tearing to fep around staples, rust staining to staples, body of book with exception of fep detached from covers)

PUBLISHER: National Magazines Ltd (nd but between 1936 and 1938)

KEYWORDS: AL Fitch New Zealand sport track & field training athletics diet exercises technique

WILSON, HUGH D.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, illus eps, iii + 131pp, illus, VG (light fading and rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Science Information Publishing Centre, DSIR 1987

KEYWORDS: Hugh D Wilson New Zealand Department of Science & Industrial Research Stewart Island Rakiura vegetation botany flora fauna plants vascular species soils

COWAN, JAMES

Paperback, staple bound (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: Rotorua Printers, undated

KEYWORDS: specials James Cowan New Zealand Maori goegrapy North Island Rotorua region

GRIFFEN, ANDREW DOW

Inscribed, dated, and signed by author, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Andrew Dow Griffen, 1961

KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Dow Griffen New Zealand autobiography memoir personal account humour early Auckland