NZ Outdoor Life
Christchurch: 1931. Soft cover. pp 38, illustrated covers. The rare first issue (Vol. 1, No.1, December 1931) of the monthly magazine devoted to fishing, shooting, mountaineering, camping etc. Includes srticles and adverts. More
Christchurch: 1931. Soft cover. pp 38, illustrated covers. The rare first issue (Vol. 1, No.1, December 1931) of the monthly magazine devoted to fishing, shooting, mountaineering, camping etc. Includes srticles and adverts. More
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: NZ Institute, 1876. 8vo. Soft cover. Extract, pages 503-571, from the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, Vol I, ART. LXXIII, together with ARTs LXXIV (1877) and LXXV (1876). Includes a description of Kawau Island, Sir George Grey's home, in terms of the distribution of plant species, and an..... More
London: West, Newman, 1898. 4to. Original Cloth/gilt. pp.xix, 144. 13 lithographed plates. Two small blemishes on front board, otherwise a very good copy in original cloth. Inscribed to 'Robert Westley Bothamley, from his friend James Hector'. Minor annotations in coloured pencil in text. 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
Wellington: 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) showing beautiful examples of the New Zealand mollusca. Mint set in green cloth binding. Comprehensive standard work on, 100 years old in beautiful condition..... More