8vo. Hardcover. A fold-out album, canvas backed. 8 sheets showing various dried fern specimens, named in ink at the top, each specimen protected by a folding sheet. Folds into a custom-made green cloth cover. c 1890s. Spine repaired. More
London: Smith, Elder & Co, 1842. First Edition. 8vo. Original Wrappers. pp. 34. Includes advertising matter. Survey of possible commercial uses of Phomium tenax with lengthy extracts from views of Fitzroy, Heaphy and Petre. Sewn as issued. A near fine copy. NZDNB400. More
Wellington: Colonial Museum & Geological Survey Dept. 1880. First Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.xiv,(4),174(5). Plates. Contemporary half morocco. A handsome clean copy in early binding. More
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1914. 4to. Orig. Cloth. 31.5 cm, 250 plates Original cloth, Bagnall C 592 A meticulously-drawn series of outlines, original cloth. 2 vols. The ultimate fine set in original cloth. Additional postage may be required for overseas delivery. More
Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1914. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orig. Cloth. pp.200, (8). Plates. Very good green cloth binding with gilt pictorial. An account of bird life on the islands of Foveaux Strait. NZBN G978. More
Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn, 1928. 4to. Half Morocco. 2 vols. pp.xi,386. Coloured frontispiece, 9 b&w 'plates and explanations' of diagrams, 51 coloured plates of the various species, closed tear on one plate, with tape mark on verso. Original half red morocco, minor wear at bottom of spine. Fore-edge uneven due..... More
Lisbon: Typographia Da Acadamia, 1855. First Edition. 28 x 23cm. Original Printed Wrappers. A very good copy of a curious and extremely rare Portuguese work, studying the possibilities of the New Zealand Flax (or Phormium tenax) for linen and hemp. Variant of Bagnall 5171. More
Wellingon: Govt. Print. (for) Historical Publications Branch, Dept. Of Internal Affairs. 1913. First Edition. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. pp.xxiii,(1),1120. Together with Atlas of 72 plates (published 1915). Mint set in green cloth binding. More
