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Sir Joseph banks and the Plant Collection from Kew sent to the Empress Catherine II of Russia 1795
Reprinted from the Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Historical Series, Volume 4 Number 5
Imperial octavo, quarter bound blue buckram & leather, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x+103pp+viii plates at rear, illus, Near FINE (light creasing at front & rear hinges, slight bruising to board corners)
PUBLISHER: Trustees of the British Museum 1974
KEYWORDS: Sir Joeseph Banks natural history Catherine II Russia collections England British
Plantarum Cryptogamicarum Britanniae
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BOTANIST DAVID GALLOWAY, LIMITED NUMBERED FACSIMILIE EDITION (THIS COPY NOT NUMBERED), quarto, brown buckram cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, plates, VG (light surface loss to spine extrems and board corners, light rubbing to boards with some slight surface loss, light creasing to prelims, small open hole to rear 6pp)
PUBLISHER: Richmond Publishing Co. 1976
KEYWORDS: natural history ecology plants science
Bits and Pieces: An Factual History of Toi Tois and Waikawa Districts Southland
LENGTHILY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 132pp, plates, VG (v. light soiling to covers, light tanning to pg. edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcome & Tombs 1967
KEYWORDS: history new zealand southland fortrose tokanui waikawa toi tois
British Butterflies. Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species, With an Account of Butterfly Development, Structure, Habits, Localities, Mode of Capture and Preservation, Etc.
Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spine, blind embossed butterflies & decorative rule to both boards, frontispiece, vii+180pp+4pp catalogue to rear, plates, VG (age appropriate wear & tear, moderate spoiling to upper page edges & boards, owners signature in ink to paste down, blind embossed booksellers stamp to fep, light sporadic tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Routeledge, Warne & Routledge 1863
KEYWORDS: butterflies insects entomology england natural history science
Towards the Mountain - A Story of Grief and Hope Forty Years on frm Erebus
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Allen and Unwin 2019
KEYWORDS: history NZ New Zealand Erebus aviation
Surrey
Hardcover 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 cost
PUBLISHER: A & C Black 1922
KEYWORDS: london sussex kent surrey history travel
The Queen of Scots
Hardcover small 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: Hallam / Casell and Co 1950
KEYWORDS: biography history scotland mary stuart 1500s
New Zealand Official Year Book 1972 : Authoritative Reference on the Resources, Institutions, and Social Economic Conditions of New Zealand. 77th Annual Edition
Hardcover 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Department of Statistics, Wellington 1972
KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand statistics census yearbook 70s aotearoa exports maps south island north island economics history geography
New Zealand Official Year Book 1963 68th Issue
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Department of Statistics, Wellington 1972
KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand statistics census yearbook 60s aotearoa exports maps south island north island history economics geography
Tutira : The Story of a New Zeland Sheep Station
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa sheep farming farms history ecology environment
Joseph Boynes : Pioneer
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Shuter & Shooter 1981
KEYWORDS: biography history south africa sa politics dairy
The Oxford Hisotry of New Zealand Second Editions
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press
KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand aotearoa history
Ancient Lives : Greeks, Romans and Estruscans. Artefacts from the Collection of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, The Netherlands
Softcover square 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 cost
PUBLISHER: N.P.
KEYWORDS: ancient greek romans estruscans history museum exhibition antiquities culture
By Skill and Spirit: A History of the Auckland Officers Club
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: Waddington 2009
KEYWORDS: Auckland Officers' Club imperial messes history leadership camaraderie
From Clockwork to Crapshoot: A History of Physics
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Belknap Harvard 2007
KEYWORDS: Science history popular science physics
World War II: The Untold Story
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Bodley Head 1988
KEYWORDS: Military history WW2 war
The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 1 1821-1836
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xxix + 702pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to verso of fep, 'J' ink stamp to title page) in d/w, VG (heavy chipping & moderate creasing to edges with some loss & archival tape repair, sl discolouration to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Charles Darwin memoir botany literature history personal
Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 194pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, fep missing) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine & edges & internal sides, 4cm closed tears to top & base of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs/Otago Centennial Historical Committee 1949
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Tokomairiro settlers pioneers
More Taieri Buildings
Quarto stapled light card wrapper (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: McIndoe Dunedin 1975 (reprint)
KEYWORDS: Taieri buildings houses illustrations history New Zealand
The Banned Books of England and Other Countries: A Study of the Conception of Literary Obscenity
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 cost
PUBLISHER: George Allen and Unwin 1962
KEYWORDS: Banned books literary obscenity law legislation history