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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: Part II, Extra Number, August 1875: Chatalogue of Animals and Birds in Burma
Original wrappers but bound as hardcover, super octavo, patterened heavy card boards with black cloth spine, original title & contents pasted to front board, xxiv + 167pp, pages unopened (uncut), VG (light rubbing to boards, light tanning, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Asiatic Society of Bengal 1875
KEYWORDS: Mr Ed Blyth Arthur Grote Dr J Anderson GE Dobson Arthur Viscount Walden Asiatic Society of Bengal Burma animals birds natural history
Disputed Ground: Robin Hyde, Journalist
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Robin Hyde Gillian Boddy Jacqueline Matthews New Zealand literature journalism essays politics history
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: The First Forty Years
Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen Publishers 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Joy Tonks New Zealand Symphony Orchestra music history
Finches and Other Seed-Eating Birds: An Avicultural Guide to the Seed-Eating Birds of the World
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Robin L Restall finches birds ornithology aviculture natural history
Southland Shells
Octavo Stapled 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Lloyd Esler 1999
KEYWORDS: Specials Southland Shells New Zealand Lloyd Esler Natural History Conchology Gastropods
N.Z.R. Album No. 3: Steam Locomotives from the Express
Octavo Oblong Stapled Wrapping (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotives Society Inc. 1975
KEYWORDS: Specials B R Poulsen Steam Locomotives trains Railway New Zealand History Photography
The Rimutaka Incline: Yesterday and Today
Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Southern Press Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: Specials Bob Stott Rimutaka trains Locomotives History Railways New Zealand
N.Z.R. Album No. 2: Steam Excursion Memoirs
Octavo Oblong Stapled Wrapping (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1972
KEYWORDS: Specials T A McGavin New Zealand History Trains Locomotives Railways Photography
Building the Main Trunk: How they Built the Railway that Links Auckland & Wellington
Octavo Oblong Stapled Wrapping (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Price, Milburn and Company Ltd 1960
KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand History Trains Locomotives Railways Photography Wellington Auckland
A Century of Railways at Auckland: 1873 - 1973
Octavo stapled wrappers (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1974
KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand Trains Locomotives Railways TA McGavin transport history
Whale of a shark
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Rigby Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: Ben Cropp specials natural history Austalia whale sharks marine biology
Curassows and Related Birds
Quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The American Museum of Natural History 1973
KEYWORDS: Specials Onithology Dean Amadon Jean Delacour Birds Biology american natural history
Mollusca of the Southern Islands of New Zealand
Piece cut from plate 3 and page 89, octavo Softcover (G+); 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand A W B Powell Mollusca Southern Islands Shells Natural History Conchology Gastropods molluscs malacology
The Soundless Sahara
First Edition 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd 1968
KEYWORDS: specials first edition R V C Bodly Ronald Bodley Autobiography History First Edition
Slumbering Giants: The Volcanoes and Thermal Regions of the Central North Island
Imperial Octavo Stapled Wrappers (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: William Collins Ltd 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey J Cox New Zealand Volcanoes North Island Thermal Regions History geology geography
Pictures of Southern New Zealand
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1979
KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand History Pictures Art Drawings Paintings
Men of The Battle of Britain: A Biographical Directory of the Few
Folio, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 606pp, illus, VG+ (front & rear hinges reinforced with archival tape) in d/w, VG+ (creasing to rear, 2cm closed tear repaired with archival tape to upper rear edge, light creasing to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Frontline Books 2015 (Revised & updated edition)
KEYWORDS: Kenneth G Wynn World War Two Battle of Britain military aviation history biography reference pilots aviators air crew airmen
Golden Bay: One Hundred Years of Local Government
Octavo, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (v slight tanning to page edges, v light creasing to board edges)
PUBLISHER: Golden Bay County Council 1975
KEYWORDS: JNW Newport New Zealand Golden Bay local history government
A Healthy Country: Essays on the Social History of Medicine in New Zealand
Octavo, light card covers, ii + 252pp, VG- (v. slight soiling to covers, owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges, sl foxing)
PUBLISHER: Bridget William Books 1991
KEYWORDS: Linda Bryder New Zealand medicine medical history essays
Square Rigged Sailing Ships Visiting Nelson 1841 to 1914
Signed by author, large quarto, illus green covers with yellow & white lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 238pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to covers, reading crease to front cover, v slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: PD Raggett 2004 (Revised & Enlarged)
KEYWORDS: PD Raggett New Zealand Nelson square rigger sailing ship maritime nautical history merchant vessels boats barques