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$24.50
xxfnk92127

Marine Molluscan Genera of Western North America: An Illustrated Key


KEEN, MYRA & COAN, EUGENE

Quarto hardcover (VG+) 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: Stanford University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: specials Myra Keen Eugene Coan natural history marine life molluscs North America

$17.50
xxfnk92129

Marine Molluscs of Victoria


MACPHERSON, HOPE J. & GABRIEL C.J.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) 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: Cambridge 1972

KEYWORDS: specials Hope J Macpherson & C.J. Gabriel marine molluscs natural history

$45.00
1m45a/10

Galloway Gossip of the Southern Albanich 80 Years ago


TROTTER, R. DE BRUCE

Small quarto, beige cloth bobards with gilt lettering & brown+ gilt shield motif to front board, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, teg, 478pp, headpiece to each section, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, some staining to spine & boards, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate browning to page edges, some tanning)

PUBLISHER: The Stewartry Courier & Herald 1901

KEYWORDS: R de Bruce Trotter Scotland Scottish Galloway Albanich Kirkcudbrightshire language literature history folklore

$40.00
1m45a/15

Exploration of Air: Out of the World North of Nigeria


BUCHANAN, ANGUS

First edition, re-bound utilising parts of the original illustrated cloth cover, super octavo, green cloth boards with darker green spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 258pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG- (moderately heavy browning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1921

KEYWORDS: first edition Angus Buchanan Nigeria Air Asben Tuaregs history travel geography

$70.00
1j40a/21

Six Weeks and the Mediterranean (with illustrations and charts


PASSENGER

Oblong octavo, illus brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & black sphynx motif to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG (some browning & staining to boards, light tanning to eps, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Philip & Son (n/d) circa 1906?

KEYWORDS: mediterranean travel photography Europe history

$25.00
1s8a/23

The Maidservants Scandal: A Page from Otago's Early History


TROTTER, OLIVE

Quarto, illus light card stapled wrappers, 54pp, illus, VG+ (fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago 1993

KEYWORDS: Olive Trotter New Zealand Otago history

$65.00
1s8a/33

The Wonder Book of Taranaki


HAWKEN, O. J. (Foreword) & KING, NEWTON et al

Quarto, illus paper wrappers, 104pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to covers, small tears & chips to cover edges, some creasing to covers, slight tanning, v light foxing to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons Ltd 1926 (?)

KEYWORDS: Newton King OJ Jawken New Zealand Taranaki local history

$50.00
1s8a/39

Exotic Conchology, or Drawings and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful or Undescribed Shells


Drawn on Stone from the Most Select Specimens; the Descriptions Systematically Arranged on the Principles of the Natural System

SWAINSON, WILLIAM & HANLEY, SYLVANUS (Ed)

1968 facsimile reprint, large quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, a.e.g., marbled eps, xxiv + 48pp + 48 plates, illus, VG (some soiling & rubbing to boards, light foxing, some soiling to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: D. Van Nostrand Company / Delaware Museum of Natural History 1968

KEYWORDS: William Swainsom Sylvanus Hanley conchology shells shell collecting marine biology science zoology natural history

$20.00
xxfnk92135

Land and Society in New Zealand: Essays in Historical Geography


WATTERS, R. F. (Ed)

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: spelcials RF Watters New Zealand land historical geography history

$12.00
xxfnl92141

The Compleat Flea


LEHANE, BRENDAN

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 Murray 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Brendan Lehane fleas insects literary criticism history

$35.00
xxfnl92142

Seacliff: A History of the District to 1970


TOD, FRANK

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: Frank Tod (?) (nd)

KEYWORDS: specials Frank Francis Edwin Tod New Zealand Seacliff Dunedin local history

$35.00
xxfnl92148

Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum: A History of the Kaipara from Early European Settlement 1854-1947


RYBURN, WAYNE

Quarto 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: Kaipara Publications 1999

KEYWORDS: Wayne Ryburn New Zealand Kaipara local history specials

$35.00
xxfnl92149

Auckland Before the Harbour Bridge


STEWART, GRAHAM

Quarto 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: Grantham House Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: specials Graham Stewart New Zealand Auckland local pictorial history

$32.50
xxfnl92151

Constance Astley's Trip to New Zealand, 1897 - 1898


DE FRESNES, JILL (Ed)

Square imperial 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: Victoria University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Jill de Fresnes New Zealand Constance Astley travel biography history

$33.50
xxfnl92159

Birkenhead


FISHER, MURIEL & HILDER, WENMAN J.

Imperial octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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: Birkenhead Borough Council 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Birkenhead North Shore Auckland New Zealand history

$30.00
xxfnl92162

A Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the World


HOY, J. M.

Super 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: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1963

KEYWORDS: specials J. M. Hoy science zoology etomology research history

$38.50
xxfnl92163

The Cambridge Natural History: Crustacea and Arachnids


HARMER, F. & SHIPLEY, A. E.

Ex library, 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: Macmillan & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: specials F. Harmer A. E. Shipley science natural history zoology

$15.00
xxfnl92164

Easter Island: Home of the Scornful Gods


CASEY, ROBERT J.

Ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG-) illus; 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: Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1932

KEYWORDS: specials Robert J. Casey pioneering exploration culture history

$35.00
xxfnl92165

A Monograph of the Foraminiferal Family Valvulinidae


CUSHMAN, JOSEPH A.

Super octavo hardcover (VG) illus; 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: J. S. Cushing Co 1937

KEYWORDS: specials Joseph A. Cushman geology history science species reference malacology biology

$12.00
xxfnl92168

The Existential Pleasure of Engineering


FLORMAN, SAMUEL C.

Lacks title page, 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: Souvenir 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Samuel C. Florman engineering technology architecture history

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