VON HOCHSTETTER, Dr FERDINAND

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, BOTH MAPS & ALL COLOUR PLATES PRESENT, imperial octavo, dark green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, marbled page edges- faded, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & prelims, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Stuttgart, J G Cotta 1867

KEYWORDS: first English edition New Zealand geography geology natural history Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter Auckland Nelson

WOLFE, RICHARD

Super 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: Oratia Books 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history Aotearoa habitation infrastructure development

MARSHALL, PATRICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 75pp, 5x b&w plates to rear, illus, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & fading to cover edges, sl stain to front cover, minor tanning & foxing to page egdes, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1930

KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins first editions geology natural history pacific Rarotonga Atiu

MARSHALL, P

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 48pp, 2x b&w plates with 1st plate in pocket to rear [3 in total], illus, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & fading to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1927

KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins first editions geology natural history pacific Mangaia

CONLY, GEOFF

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Grantham House 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history volcanic activity volcanoes eruptions pink and white terraces tourism geology landscape natural disasters

HABIBI, KHUSHAL

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light chafing & soiling, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Immel Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: nature desert nubian ibex natural history Saudi Arabia

JACKSON, CHRISTINE E & DAVIS, PETER

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, green & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Leicester University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: natural history historians biography biographies memoir Sir William Jardine

FINNEGAN, DIARMID A

Super octavo, green glossy heavy boards, dark green lettering to spine & boards, xi + 254pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing to boards & extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [David Galloway] in ink to ffep, minor underlining/markings in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 2009

KEYWORDS: natural history Victorian times era Scotland Scottish science nature

MACKINTOSH BELL, JAMES

MAPS TO REAR, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 257, illus/plates- not counted oresumed all present, folding maps to rear- counted & all present, VG- (moderate bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate scuffing to board hinges & edges, boards lightly warped, spine lightly cocked, page edges, eps & pastedowns heavily soiled, light foxing & soiling throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters, map of central and southern alps lightly foxed, map of NZ heavily foxed, with some tearing to creases, both maps have small tears at the join)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co Limited 1914

KEYWORDS: maps james mackintosh bell maoriland maori aotearoa new zealand history natural botany

CLARK, BILL & MACHE, ERIC (Illus)

Oblong imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Everest House 1979

KEYWORDS: natural history wildlife animals art bible biblical Holy Land

SPIELMAN, ANDREW & D'ANTONIO, MICHAEL

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: Faber and Faber 2001

KEYWORDS: natural history bugs insects mosquitoes entomology pests

DOORLY, ELEANOR & DE LA MARE, WALTER (Intro) & GIBBINGS, ROBERT (Woodcuts)

Sm 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 1949

KEYWORDS: naturalists natural history insects entomology Jean Henri Fabre

HUTCHINS, GRAHAM

Ex-library, super 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: Grantham House 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural disasters floods flooding history

SHEETS-PYENSON, SUSAN

Super octavo red buckram boards, black text to spine, xii + 144pp, illus, Nr FINE (v slight scuffing to board corners, v slight foxing to upper page edges) in d/w VG+ (v slight creasing to edges & v slight soiling to jacket)

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queens University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: science natural history museum museology colonial late nineteenth century

DARWIN, CHARLES & KEYNES, RICHARD DARWIN (Ed)

Super 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: Cambridge University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin Beagle expedition exploration diaries journals

BATES, MARSTON

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: Harper & Row 1965

KEYWORDS: natural history entomology insects mosquitoes

GRIFFITHS, GEORGE

SIGNED, AUTHOR'S COPY WITH RESEARCH MATERIALS ENCLOSED, super 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: John McIndoe 1978

KEYWORDS: george griffiths otago dunedin new zealand history natural disaster floof

SEBA, ALBERTUS

Folio, red heavy boards, black & white lettering to boards & spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 544pp, extensively illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine, slight brusing to board edges, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (light soiling & creasing to jacket & edges, light fading to spine, 2cm tear to spine of jacket with historic repair) in slipcase VG (light soiling & fading to slipcase, historic tape repairs to corners)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2005

KEYWORDS: albertus seba natural history curiosities koninklijke biliotheek the hague

BROWNLEE, BETTY & LOCKLEY, RONALD

Quarto 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: Viking Penguin 1987

KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history wildlife animals birds aotearoa betty brownlee ronald lockley

DARWIN, CHARLES

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 500pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional minor foxing & soiling throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding quite weak, pgs193-208 loose but present, prev. owner's map & illus of Ascension tipped in to pgs470-471, closed tear with yellowing tape repair to bottom corner of pg267/268)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin geology journals exploration HMS Beagle