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$52.50
1y64/44

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

CARTER, HAROLD B.

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

$55.00
1y64/46

Plantarum Cryptogamicarum Britanniae


DICKSON, J.

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

$40.00
1y64/48

Bits and Pieces: An Factual History of Toi Tois and Waikawa Districts Southland


ROBSON, JAMES & WATT, J. O. P,

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

$50.00
1y64/50

British Butterflies. Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species, With an Account of Butterfly Development, Structure, Habits, Localities, Mode of Capture and Preservation, Etc.


COLEMAN, W. S.

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

$18.50
xxcsaa155444

Towards the Mountain - A Story of Grief and Hope Forty Years on frm Erebus


MYLES, SARAH

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

$18.50
xxcsb155450

Surrey


HOPE MONCRIEFF, A. R. & SUTTON (illus) & PALMER (illus)

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

$10.00
xxcsg155464

The Queen of Scots


ZWEIG, STEFAN & PAUL, CEDAR (transl) & PAUL, EDEN (transl)

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

$20.00
xxcsg155465

New Zealand Official Year Book 1972 : Authoritative Reference on the Resources, Institutions, and Social Economic Conditions of New Zealand. 77th Annual Edition


DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

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

$15.00
xxcsg155466

New Zealand Official Year Book 1963 68th Issue


DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

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

$30.00
xxcsg155468

Tutira : The Story of a New Zeland Sheep Station


GUTHRIE-SMITH, HERBERT

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

$22.50
xxcsg155469

Joseph Boynes : Pioneer


PEARSE, R. O.

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

$27.50
xxctc155475

The Oxford Hisotry of New Zealand Second Editions


RICE, GEOFFREY W. (ed)

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

$15.00
xxcua155493

Ancient Lives : Greeks, Romans and Estruscans. Artefacts from the Collection of the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden, The Netherlands


SMITH, MOYA (ed)

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

$28.50
xxctk155505

By Skill and Spirit: A History of the Auckland Officers Club


HUNT, GRAEME

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

$30.00
xxctk155508

From Clockwork to Crapshoot: A History of Physics


NEWTON, ROGER G.

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

$17.50
xxctm155512

World War II: The Untold Story


WARNER, PHILIP

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

$45.00
1y65/12

The Correspondence of Charles Darwin Volume 1 1821-1836


DARWIN, CHARLES

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

$40.00
1y65/14

Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro


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

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

$13.50
xxcub155529

More Taieri Buildings


LEMON, DAPHNE & BASCAND, AUDREY

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

$22.50
xxcub155536

The Banned Books of England and Other Countries: A Study of the Conception of Literary Obscenity


CRAIG, ALEC

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

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