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$275.00
1b41/20

Geoecological Research Vol 3: Exploration in the Eastern Himalayas and the River Gorge Country of Southeastern Tibet: Francis (Frank) Kingdon War (1885-1958


An Annotated Bibliography with a Map of the Area of His Expeditions, with a photograph of F Kingdon Ward and a map (1:1 000 000)

SCHWEINFURTH, ULRICH & SCHWEINFURTH-MARBY, HEIDRUN

Super octavo, green light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, iv +frontispiece + 114pp + two large folding maps in pocket to rear, VG+ (v. v. slight bruising to front cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Franz Steiner Verlag 1975

KEYWORDS: Francis Frank Kingdon Ward Ulrich Schweinfurth Heidrun Schweinfurth Marby Eastern Himalayas Southeastern Tibet geology ecology botany natural history exploration bibliography

$450.00
1b41/21

An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal, Volumes One, Two & Three


A Joint Project of the British Museum Natural History and the Univesity of Tokyo

HARA, H. & STEARN, W. T. & WILLIAMS, L. H. J. & CH

Three-volume set, quarto, blue light card covers with black lettering, 154pp, 220pp, 226pp (vols 1, 2, 3 respectively), VG (light tanning to spines, some fading to covers, a few soiling spots to covers)

PUBLISHER: British Museum Natural History 1978

KEYWORDS: H Hara WT Stearn LHJ Williams AO Chater botany horticulture natural history flowering plants Nepal reference

$95.00
1b41/41

On the Eaves of the World: Two Volumes


FARRER, REGINALD

Two-volume set, super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 311pp, illus + folding map (vol 1), frontispiece + viii + 328pp, illus (vol 2), nr fine

PUBLISHER: Theophrastus 1977 (Reprint of Edward Arnold 1926)

KEYWORDS: Reginald Farrer expedition exploration botany horticulture forestry flora natural history Tibet

$85.00
OS3/1142

George Edward Lodge: The Unpublished New Zealand Bird Paintings


LODGE, GEORGE EDWARD & FLEMING, CHARLES A.

Folio, brown faux leather boards with gilt lettering to blue cloth spine, frontispiece, xiv + 409pp, illus + 89 full-page colour plates, VG+ (light foxing to prelims.), in d/w VG+ (v light creasing to upper edges)

PUBLISHER: Nova Pacifica Publishing 1982

KEYWORDS: George Edward Lodge Charles A Fleming New Zealand ornithology birds paintings art natural history

$15.00
xxezc63938

The Mystery of Animal Migration


RICARD, MATTHIEU

Hardcover super octavo (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: Contable & Co Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Matthieu Ricard natural history science animal migration

$25.00
xxezd63978

The Vegetation of Marlborough


MARTIN, WILLIAM

Softcover staple bound super octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: N/A, undated (inscribed 1943)

KEYWORDS: specials William Martin New Zealand natural history Marlborough

$14.00
xxezd64025

New Zealand Plants and Their Story


COCKAYNE, L.

Hardcover super octavo (VG) lacks 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: W.A.G. Skinner 1927

KEYWORDS: specials L Cockayne New Zealand ecology natural history native plants

$12.50
xxeze64048

Lifeboats to Ararat


CAMPBELL, SHELDON

first edition Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1979

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Sheldon Campbell natural history zoo conservation species disappearance

$12.50
xxezf64179

Household Gods


New Zealand Cats at Home

ANDERSON, MOLLY

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: Hazard Press Limited 1996

KEYWORDS: specials Molly Anderson New Zealand natural history animals cats

$13.50
xxezg64202

London's Natural History


FITTER, R.S.R.

Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-, tatty) ; 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: Collins 1946

KEYWORDS: specials R S R Fitter natural history England London

$19.50
xxezi64342

Distance Looks Our Way


SINCLAIR, KEITH

hardcover super octavo (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: Auckland University 1961

KEYWORDS: specials Keith Sinclair new zealand geography politics literature sociology natural history polynesia

$27.50
xxezi64436

Estuarine Chemistry


BURTON, J.D. & LISS, P.S.

Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Academic Press Inc. (London) Ltd., 1976

KEYWORDS: specials J D Burton P S Liss science natural history chemistry estuary

$25.00
xxezi64439

When all the Moa-ovens Grew Cold


Nine Centuries of Changing Fortune for the southern Maori

ANDERSON, ATHOLL

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: Otago Heritage Books 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Atholl Anderson New Zealand natural history Maori moa South Island

$16.50
xxezj64497

Which Native Fern?


A Simple Guide to the Identification of New Zealand Native Ferns

CROWE, ANDREW

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: Viking 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Crowe New Zealand natural history plants identification guide native ferns

$40.00
1c25a/24

The Black Eagle


GARGETT, VALERIE & MUNDY, PETER J (Ed)

Quarto, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 279pp, illus, VG (slight fading to boards, slight tanning to page edges, d/w sellotaped to rear board) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, tanning and soiling)

PUBLISHER: Acord Books / Russel Friedman Books 1990

KEYWORDS: Valerie Gargett black eagle ornithology boards natural history birds of prey Matobo Hills Zimbabwe Verreaux's Eagle Graeme Arnott

$80.00
1c25c/46

Australian Zoological Handbook: The Fishes of Australia Part 1: The Sharks, Rays, Devil-Fish, and other Primitive Fishes of Australia and New Zealand


WHITLEY, GILBERT PERCY

Super octavo, light green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, 280pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning to spine, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, slight soiling spots to boards and to eps, sellotape residue stains to rear pastedown, crease to feps) Body of book in much better condition than boards & eps)

PUBLISHER: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales / Whitcombe & Tombs 1940

KEYWORDS: Gilbert Percy Whitley Australia New Zealand fish sharks stingrays ichthyology zoology natural history marine biology

$35.00
xxksh65808

Beautiful Birds of New Zealand


MORRIS, ROD & BALLANCE, ALISON

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Random House New Zealand 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Rod Morris Alison Balance New Zealand wildlife natural history birds guide

$150.00
1c25c/50

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1886 Vol. XIX (Second of New Series)


HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

Super octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 656pp, illus, VG (browning to spine, tanning & some nicks to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1887

KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology natural history biology botany chemistry geology chemistry science philosophy Philosophical Institute

$185.00
1c26a/4

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1868 Vol. I


HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

Super octavo, pink light card covers with black lettering to front cover title label mounted to blue cloth spine, xvii + 490pp, illus + fold-out diagrams, VG (light soiling & rubbing to covers, v slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning/foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1875

KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology geology physics chemistry botany biology science arts ornithology natural history essays articles industry timber

$40.00
1c33a/17

Southern Alps: Nature & History of New Zealand's Mountain World


BALLANCE, ALISON

First edition, small folio, light blue illus boards with light blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 320pp, illus,VG+ (slightly cocked), in d/w, VG (v slight foxing to inside, sl soiling, creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: first edition Alison Ballance New Zealand mountains Southern Alps natural history flora fauna ecology geology botany exploration expeditions native forest

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