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$35.00
1y74/43

Lamarck's Evolution: Two Centuries of Genius and Jealousy


HONEYWILL, ROSS

Octavo illus. light card covers with French flaps, 205pp, nr. FINE (sl. fading to spine, touch of soiling to bottom edge)

PUBLISHER: Pier 9 2008

KEYWORDS: jean-baptiste de lamarck lamarckian evolution science history theory biology natural selection

$120.00
1y75/8

Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, during the Years 1814 and 1815 (volume 2 only)


HENDERSON, EBENEZER

THIS VOLUME ONLY (volume 2); super octavo half bound marbelled heavy card boards, vii+412pp, illus., VG- (front board attached but shakey, binding sound but leather surface of spine almost completelty absent; light tanning and foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Oliphant, Waugh and Innes / T. Hamilton, J. Hatchard, and L. B. Seeley 1818

KEYWORDS: iceland travel icelandic ebenezer henderson exploration history sociology culture natural

$150.00
1y73/1

New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity (3 volume set)


GORDON, DENNIS P. (ed.) ET AL.

3x VOLUME SET (HEAVY) in slipcase; quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus. endpapers, i. kingdom animalia: radiata, lophotrochoza, deuterostomia, 566pp / ii. kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils, 528pp / iii. kingdom bacteria, protozoa, chromista, plantae, fungi, 616pp, nr. FINE (v. sl. soiling to edges of vol. iii, with prev. owner's signature to prelims. (eminent lychenologist David Galloway) in slipcase VG (light scuffing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury Universtiy Press 2012

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history biology zoology animals science reference kingdom animalia radiata lophotrochoza deuterostomia chaetognatha ecdysozoa ichnofossils bacteria protozoa chromista plantae plants plant botany fungi

$40.00
1y73/5

A Geology of Ireland


HOLLAND, C. H. (ed.)

Oblong super octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x+335pp, illus, VG (light tanning and soiling within, light scuffing to boards) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Scottish Academic Press 1981

KEYWORDS: geology ireland irish natural history earth science land landscape

$65.00
1y73/6

The Discovery of Evolution


YOUNG, DAVID

Quarto blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus., VG+ (light tanning within) in d/w VG+ (light fading)

PUBLISHER: Natural History Museum Publications / Cambridge University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: evolution natural selection lamarck charles darwin wallace science history biology life zoology

$25.00
ak4/8/1821

Which Coastal Plant?


CROWE, ANDREW

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1995

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history flora plant plants identification coastal botany andrew crowe

$130.00
1y80/37

Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany, and Natural History of that Country


DIEFFENBACH, ERNST

2 vol set, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, vol 1 vii + 431pp, vol 2 iv + 396pp + 4pp ads, illus, VG+ in d/w's (VG+)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography geology botany natural history districts natives flora fauna

$50.00
1y80/39

New Zealand Birds


OLIVER, W.R.B.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, 6 colour plates (frontispiece + 5), VG (moderate rubbing to board extrems, light bruising to spine extrems, minor to moderate foxing to pages and page edges) in d/w VG- (archival repair tape to spine, substantial rubbing, moderate staining, moderate fraying, 5mm closed tears to folds)

PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) 1930

KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history description habits distribution

$20.00
xxbda163233

The Penguin Natural World Of New Zealand - An Illustrated Encyclopaedia Of Our Natural Heritage


HUTCHING, GERARD

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2004

KEYWORDS: new zealand nz aotearoa natural history encyclopaedia

$20.00
xxdcb163385

The Penguin Natural World Of New Zealand - An Illustrated Encyclopaedia Of Our Natural Heritage


HUTCHING, GERARD

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2004

KEYWORDS: natural history nz new zealand aotearoa encyclopaedia

$25.00
ak4/8/2049

An Extraordinary Land: Discoveries and Mysteries from Wild New Zealand


HAYDEN, PETER & MORRIS, ROD (PHOTOGRAPHS)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2013

KEYWORDS: natural history new zealand flora fauna endemic species animals wildlife photography

$680.00
1y87/36

British Warblers


SIMMS, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, SECOND SLATE, SCARCE, octavo hardcover, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 432pp., NEAR FINE in d/w NEAR FINE (slight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1985

KEYWORDS: british warblers birds avians natural history naturalism comprehensive modern first edition

$140.00
1y88/12

Manual Of The New Zealand Mollusca - Includes Atlas Of Plates


SUTER, HENRY

2 Vol Set (Manual + Plates), Super Octavo + Quarto hardcover, full bound green boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxiii + 1120pp., 72 plates (second volume), VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges and end pages)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1913

KEYWORDS: natural history nz new zealand aotearoa shellfish molusca

$55.00
1y93/29

Wild West - Rainforests Of Western Solomon Islands


PIKACHA, PATRICK G.

Super Octavo softcover, illus light card covers w/ french flaps, white lettering to covers and spine, frontispiece, map prelims, illus contents page, 204pp., illus, VG+ (moderate creasing to hinges, mild scuffing to covers, moderate scuffing to cover and spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Melanesian Geo Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: natural history solomon islands rainforest animals plants biology

$8.00
xxple164528

The Voyage Of The Beagle


DARWIN, CHARLES

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: Natural History Library 1972

KEYWORDS: natural history darwin

$15.00
xxzfa165163

Beasts - Shown To The Children


BILLINGHURST, PERCY J.

octavo hardcover (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: T.C. & E.C. Jack ND

KEYWORDS: childrens natural history animals historical

$12.50
xxpck165774

The Hoiho - New Zealands Yellow Eyed Penguin


VERNON, ADELE & SCHNEIDER, DEAN (photog.)

Square super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at east 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1993

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa native bird penguin natural history yellow eyed

$25.00
ak3/19/3834

Collins Handguide to the Frogs and Reptiles of New Zealand


GILL, BRIAN

Slim small 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1986

KEYWORDS: herpetology lizards frogs new zealand animals fauna rare guide collins biology natural history zoology

$38.50
ak3/21/3945

Between Science and Religion: The Reaction to Scientific Naturalism in Late Victorian England


TURNER, FRANK MILLER

Super octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: history science victorian england religion religious natural selection naturalism

$15.00
xxsml166987

The Prairie in her Eyes


DAUM, ANN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Milkweed 200

KEYWORDS: biography south dakota woman ranchers prairies natural history

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