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$80.00
2s3/11

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: Part II, Extra Number, August 1875: Chatalogue of Animals and Birds in Burma


BLYTH, ED & GROTE, ARTHUR & ANDERSON, DR. J. & DOBSON, G. E. & WALDEN, ARTHUR VISCOUNT

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

$24.50
xxsek93000

Disputed Ground: Robin Hyde, Journalist


HYDE, ROBIN & BODDY, GILLIAN (Ed) & MATTHEWS, JACQUELINE (Ed)

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

$22.50
xxsek93004

The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: The First Forty Years


TONKS, JOY

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

$37.50
xxsek93020

Finches and Other Seed-Eating Birds: An Avicultural Guide to the Seed-Eating Birds of the World


RESTALL, ROBIN L.

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

$16.50
xxsel93035

Southland Shells


ESLER, LLOYD

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

$10.00
xxsel93047

N.Z.R. Album No. 3: Steam Locomotives from the Express


POULSEN, B. R.

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

$13.50
xxsel93052

The Rimutaka Incline: Yesterday and Today


STOTT, BOB

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

$14.00
xxsel93053

N.Z.R. Album No. 2: Steam Excursion Memoirs


MCGAVIN, T. A.

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

$25.00
xxsel93054

Building the Main Trunk: How they Built the Railway that Links Auckland & Wellington


WOODS, GEORGE (Drawing)

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

$14.00
xxsel93058

A Century of Railways at Auckland: 1873 - 1973


MCGAVIN, T. A.

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

$15.00
xxsel93060

Whale of a shark


CROPP, BEN

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

$30.00
xxsel93064

Curassows and Related Birds


AMADON, DEAN & DELACOUR, JEAN

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

$15.00
xxsel93066

Mollusca of the Southern Islands of New Zealand


POWELL, A. W. B.

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

$28.50
xxsel93071

The Soundless Sahara


BODLY, R.V.C.

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

$14.00
xxsel93080

Slumbering Giants: The Volcanoes and Thermal Regions of the Central North Island


COX, GEOFFREY J.

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

$20.00
xxsem93104

Pictures of Southern New Zealand


COLLINS, ROGER

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

$75.00
2s3/15

Men of The Battle of Britain: A Biographical Directory of the Few


WYNN, KENNETH G.

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

$55.00
2s3/22

Golden Bay: One Hundred Years of Local Government


NEWPORT, J. N. W.

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

$40.00
2s3/27

A Healthy Country: Essays on the Social History of Medicine in New Zealand


BRYDER, LINDA (Ed)

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

$75.00
2s3/40

Square Rigged Sailing Ships Visiting Nelson 1841 to 1914


RAGGETT, P. D.

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

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