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$50.00
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Stories of Murchison Earthquake: 17th. June, 1929


TEAGUE, BERNARD et al

THIRD PRINTING, Quarto,stapled red light card wrappers, black lettering on cover, 56pp, VG (light creasing on front cover with light bruising to extrems, light fading on the upper edge of the front cover and spine, light scuffing on front and back cover, light soiling/foxing and tanning on page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover, light creasing in prelims and throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Murchison District Historical and Museum Society 1979

KEYWORDS: third printing earthquake Murchison Earthquake history natural disasters New Zealand personal accounts

$245.00
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The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, From 1865 to His Death, Continued by a Narrative of His Last Moments and Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chumah and Susi


LIVINGSTONE, DAVID & WALLER, HORACE (intro)

2 VOL SET BOARDS DETATCHED FOR VOL I. Super octavo, burgundy buckram boards,gilt lettering and illus to spines, gilt stamped illus to front boards, blind stamp decoration to board edges, frontispiece to both vols, vol 1 xx+360 folding map to rear and rear pocket, vol 2 vii+346pp+20pp ads to rear, illus, G+ ( strong fading & tanning to spines, moderate fraying to spine extrems, moderate soiling and scuffing to boards, moderate soiling and foxing to page edges, minor soiling & fading on eps, light foxing throughout, gift inscription in pen on fep of vol 1 [dated1880], boards detatched on vol 1, cracking to eps gutters on vol 2, minor soiling throughout vol 2)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1875

KEYWORDS: David Livingstone explorer Africa England Britain exploration 19th century Nile natural history

$40.00
3q1/210

Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander 1722-1782: Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks


SOLANDER, DANIEL & DUYKER, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine with gilt decoration, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature natural history naturalist sailing biography Daniel Solander James Cook Joseph Banks exploration

$36.50
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Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and Recovery after Japan's 3/11


KINGSTON, JEFF (ed.)

Super octavo softcover (VG+). Photos available on request. 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: Routledge 2012

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history natural didsster 21st century 2011

$24.50
xxphb227297

The Team that Hit the Rocks: The Inside Story of the Wahine Disaster


JERRAM, PETER

Super octavo softcover (VG+). Photos available on request. 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: Bateman Books 2024

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sea ocean ships ferry Wahine storm natural disaster

$15.00
xxkwc227554

Life on Earth


ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID & Et Al

Square imperial octavo hardcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Readers Digest 1980

KEYWORDS: nature wildlife David Attenborough photographs photography natural history zoology

$75.00
3q3/291

Restoring Disturbed Landscapes: Putting Principles into Practice


TONGWAY, DAVID J & LUDWIG, JOHN A

Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover and spine, 189pp, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Island Press 2011

KEYWORDS: ecology restoration geology natural disasters mining history

$50.00
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Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782


SOLANDER, DANIEL & DUYKER, EDWARD (ed & transl) & TINGBRAND, PER (ed & transl) & FROST, ALAN (fore)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (minor foxing and soiling to page edges, minor bruising to head of spine and head of rear hinge) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges and extrems, minor soiling to rear flap) (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Scandinavian University 1995

KEYWORDS: Daniel Solander biography memoirs letters travel naturalist natural history collectors

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