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$250.00
m32/31

Himalayan Journals or Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, The Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, & c


HOOKER, Sir JOSEPH DALTON

octavo green cloth boards with black and gilt lettering, illus eps, xxxii + 574pp + 2 fldg maps + 2pp adverts, illus VG (moderate wear and staining to boards - mostly at rear - , tanning to eps, owners name to prelim, very light occassional foxing, some creasing and soiling to maps)

PUBLISHER: ward lock bowden 1891 london

KEYWORDS: travel history natural history science himalayas nepal autobiography sir joseph dalton hooker mountaineering bengal sikkim khasia mountains asia

$19.50
2b41/20

Everest Reconnaissance; The First Expedition of 1921


HOWARD-BURY, CHARLES & MALLORY, GEORGE LEIGH

super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, 254pp, illus, VG+ in VG d/w

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 19991 London

KEYWORDS: history mount everest mountains natural history charles howard-bury george leigh mallory

$12.00
xxhca18670

The Canterbury Colony ; Its Site and Prospects


N/A

octavo, heavy card covers, black lettering on spine and cover, 72pp, (G+), ex librus

PUBLISHER: Hocken Library

KEYWORDS: new zealand canteruby history natural history farming enviroment

$12.50
xxhka20562

Macetown; The story of a fascinating gold-mining town


BEATON, EILEEN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe

KEYWORDS: new zealand history natural history gold mining eileen beaton

$17.50
xxhqe22192

The Hudson


CARMER, CARL

first edition, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: William Hodge & Co 1951

KEYWORDS: history america natural history specials enviroment carl carmer

$15.00
xxhmd24705

New Zealanders and Science


JENKINSON, .H.S

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs

KEYWORDS: new zealand science maori history natural history specials s h jenkinson

$14.00
xxcae30501

Darwin and the Beagle


MOOREHEAD, ALAN

Softcover 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1971

KEYWORDS: darwin history biography alan moorehead specials science natural history

$55.00
2e15/20

A History of the Lake-Weed Infestation of the Rotorua Lakes and the Lakes of the Waikato Hydro-Electric System


CHAPMAN, V.J.

octavo, stapled wrappers, 52pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, ink owner's name to title page)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1970

KEYWORDS: new zealand history natural history hydrology hydro-electric lake-weed rotorua lakes of the waikato v.j. chapman

$26.50
xxdjg35525

History of Coca: The Divine Plant of the Incas


MORTIMER, W. GOLDEN

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: Fitz Hugh Ludlow Memorial Library 1974

KEYWORDS: natural history coca plant history anthropology culture incas w. golden mortimer specials

$450.00
2e19/43

The Natural History of a Highland Parish (Ardclach, Nairnshire)


THOMSON, ROBERT

octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, frontispiece, xv + 304pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, v light foxing, light soiling to front board but overall a tidy copy) inscribed and SIGNED by the author beneath an original photograph glued to page preceeding title page

PUBLISHER: George Bain 1900

KEYWORDS: natural history scotland robert thomspon ardclach nairnshire history signed

$20.00
2e22/8

Images of Coastal Otago


DE HAMEL, MICHAEL (photos) & TURNER, BRIAN (text)

first edition, quarto, illus light card covers, printed eps, illus prelims, 80pp, VG+

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1982

KEYWORDS: first edition new zealand arts history coastal otago natural history michael de hamel brian turner

$120.00
2e22/42

A Manual for the Study of Insects


COMSTOCK, JOHN HENRY

lacks title page, signed and inscribed by author, octavo, grey cloth boards with silver lettering to spine and silver design to front board and spine, x + 701pp, illus, VG (wear and soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Comstock Publishing Company 1930 (?)

KEYWORDS: history entomology arachnology insects natural history john henry comstock

$80.00
2e22/34

A Guide to Oaro


JOWETT, WARREN

small quarto, illus light card covers, 209pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, ink owner's name to fep)

PUBLISHER: Lincoln College Press 1979

KEYWORDS: new zealand history oaro natural history warren jowett lincoln

$85.00
2e23/46

Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766; His Diary, Manuscripts and Collections


with a foreword by the Hon. Joseph Smallwood

LYSAGHT, A.M.

small quarto, rust cloth boards with brown label with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 512pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, ink inscription to fep, v light foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, v light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971

KEYWORDS: history biography joseph banks a.m. lysaght labrador newfoundland travel natural history botany zoology

$25.00
xxcva46366

Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River


DIETRICH, WILLIAM

Softcover super octavo (nr fine); 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: University of Washington Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials William Dietrich Columbia River hydroelectricity exploration settlers irrigation fishermen farmer engineering industry history natural history politics

$18.50
xxcra47085

Seven Deadly Sins of Gardening and the Vices and Virtues of Gardeners


MUSGRAVE, TOBY & CALNAN, MIKE

Small octavo hardcover (VG+) in VG+ d/w; 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: The National Trust 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Toby Musgrave Mike Calnan National Trust gardening gardeners history stories natural history

$16.50
xxdds49049

Wild at Heart: The South Island's West Coast


RYAN, PADDY

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Paddy Ryan New Zealand South Island West Coast geography scenery landscape natural history flora fauna arts history gold

$50.00
2f33/36

Natives and Exotics: World War II and Environment in the South Pacific


BENNETT, JUDITH A.

octavo, illus light card covers, xxvi + 439pp, illus, near fine

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2009

KEYWORDS: judith a. bennet south pacific natural history environment history world war two WWII environmental science military war

$40.00
2g13/37

Icons Nga Taonga from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa


n/a

Quarto, illus card covers with large French flaps, frontispiece, xiii + 306pp, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Museum of New Zealand te papa tongarewa artworks arts artefacts Maori Pacific natural history fossils history paintings collections exhibitions

$9.00
xxhqh56931

Tales from a Sunburnt Country (volume I)


COLE, LYNN (ed)

this volume only, hardcover super 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Readers Digest 2010

KEYWORDS: australian history lynn cole readers digest natural history specials

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