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$85.00
2e12/18

Handbook of Bulbs and Perennials for the Southern Hemisphere


HARRISON, RICHMOND E.

first edition of this gardening classic, SIGNED, imperial octavo, red cloth boards with green lettering and label to spine, frontispiece, viii + 208pp, illus, VG+ (soiling to eps) in VG+ d/w (wear to extremities, in plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Keeling & Mundy Limited 1953

KEYWORDS: new zealand gardening southern hemisphere natural history richmond e. harrison signed botany

$14.50
xxhwf33330

Camera Studies of New Zealand Birds (series A, No. 4)


RICHDALE, L.E.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1944

KEYWORDS: natural history new zealand birds l.e. richdale specials

$19.50
xxhxc33451

Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet


MCLIMANS, DAVID

hardcover oblong small quarto (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Walker and Company 2006

KEYWORDS: children's literature natural history endangered species david mclimans specials

$60.00
2e14/11

Planet Earth


photos from German Aerospace Center

HUGHES, ROBERT (intro)

quarto, black heavy card covers with illustration to front board and gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, illus, near fine in VG+ d/w (light rubbing and wear to extremities)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2002

KEYWORDS: arts photography natural history geography robert hughes space

$17.50
xxdef33859

Animals of the Rocky Shore of New Zealand


LESLIE, MARGARET A.

hardcover imperial octavo (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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1968

KEYWORDS: natural history new zealand shore animals margaret a. leslie specials

$16.50
xxdeg33912

Portrait of a Peninsula: The Wildlife of Torndirrup


SMITH, VIC & BAMFORD, MICHAEL (illus)

softcover 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Wallace Smith 1991

KEYWORDS: australia torndirrup national park natural history ecology botany vic smith michael bamford specials

$250.00
2e14/41

Animal Life in Africa


with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt

STEVENSON-HAMILTON, major J.

octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine and front board and silver design to front board, frontispiece, xvii + 539pp, illus including folding maps (VG+), VG+ (cup stains to front board and some soiling, foxing and discolouration throughout), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: E.P. Dutton and Company 1912

KEYWORDS: natural history africa animal life major j. stevenson-hamilton

$150.00
2e14/43

Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts


WILSON, DAVID

duodecimo, pink cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, viii + 312pp, VG+ (some foxing and discolouration, pencil marks to eps), lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: Metheun & Co. 1910

KEYWORDS: natural history africa big cats david wilson

$27.50
xxdfa33943

Organism and Environment; A Manual of Quantitative Ecology


DARNELL, REZNEAT, M.

softcover quarto (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: W.H. Freeman and Company 1971

KEYWORDS: science ecology natural history environmental sciences rezneat m. darnell specials

$16.50
xxdfc34033

The Woodworm Problem (The Rentokil Library)


HICKIN, NORMAN E.

hardcover octavo (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: Hutchinson 1963

KEYWORDS: rentokil woodworm natural history norman e. hickin specials

$37.50
2e15/26

Sharks of New Zealand


PHILLIPPS, W.J.

super octavo, stapled wrappers , 20pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and slight discolouration to covers)

PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum Records in Zoology 1946

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history zoology sharks w.j. phillips

$12.00
xxdgb34269

The Waipoua Forest; The Last Virgin Kauri Forest of New Zealand


MCGREGOR, W.R.

super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: W.R. McGregor 1948

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history waipoua kauri w.r. mcgregor specials

$14.50
xxdgb34279

The Royal Albatross; diomedea epomophora sandfordi


RICHDALE, L.E.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1942

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history royal albatross l.e. richdale specials

$15.00
xxdgb34281

Geyserland: A Guide to the Volcanoes and Geothermal Areas of Rotorua


HOUGHTON, B.F.

softcover 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Geological Society of New Zealand 1982

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history volcanoes rotorua geology b.f. houghton specials

$8.00
xxdha34593

The Queen of Shaba; The Story of an African Leopard


ADAMSON, JOY

paperback (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: Fontana 1981

KEYWORDS: natural history joy adamson queen of shaba born free specials

$225.00
2e17/1

Catalogue of the Fossil Sponges in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History)


with descriptions of new and little-known species

HINDE, GEORGE JENNINGS

small quarto, brown cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, good (stains throughout caused by water damage, soiling and mould to boards, spine damaged), lacks d/w, owner's letters loosely enclosed (dated 1883)

PUBLISHER: Trustees of the British Museum 1883

KEYWORDS: natural history british museum archaeology fossil sponges geology george jennings hinde

$85.00
2e17/2

African Nature Notes and Reminiscences


with a foreword by President Roosevelt and illustrations by E. Caldwell

SELOUS, FREDERICK COURTENEY

ex-library, octavo, brown cloth boards with leather to corners and spine, gilt lettering to spine and front board, frontispiece, xxx +356pp, illus, good (complete but some pages loose, spine severely damaged, soiling to boards, library cancellation stamp to fep, light foxing throughout), first edition

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Con. 1908

KEYWORDS: first edition natural history travel africa frederick courteney selous e. caldwell

$25.00
xxdja35217

Mammals


LARGE, THALIA & WELLER, ALAN (eds)

CD-rom at rear, softcover imperial octavo (VG+); all 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: Dover Publications 2004

KEYWORDS: natural history mammals thalia large alan weller specials

$15.00
xxdid35070

Notes from a Skipper's Log Book; An Account of New Zealand's Bay of Islands


CLIFFORD, GRAHAM

inscribed and signed by author, softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Printpac 1987

KEYWORDS: sailing travel new zealand bay of islands maritime graham clifford natural history specials

$33.50
2e17/34

Tree-Culture in New Zealand


MATTHEWS, HENRY J.

ex-library, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped design to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, x + 126pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, library pocket to rear paste down and library code to spine, pencil markings to eps)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1905

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history forestry trees henry j. matthews

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