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Gisbourne: Department of Lands and Survey, 1983. pp111 plus foldout map. Mark to front panel from former sticker, which could be removed (mark) with some application. Some browning to edges of foldout map, otherwise excellent. The human & natural history of Urewera National Park; illustrated with b/w & colour photographs plus drawings etc.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Auckland: The University of Auckland Field Club, 1975. pp185. Contents;-AUFC Scientific camp to Wharekaho beach, Whitianga, August 1974; The vegetation of the Mt. Maungatawhiri Area, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand; Lichens from Northern Coromandel peninsul, New Zealand; Fungi from Maungatawhiri; Some archeological sites from the Mt. Maungatawhiri Area, north Whitianga; Wapoua Basalt & the geology of the Maunganui Bluff; AUFC Scientific Station, Kawerau, Northland, Scientific camp. 1974; Distribution & abundance of birds at Kawerau; a note on the algal bloom at Kawerau Coast, North Island, New Zealand; Kawerau echinoderms; Killer whales & a Risso's dolphin at Kawerau; Additional archeological sites from Maunganui Bluff; A site record of Maori pits at Kawerau; Archeological site survey of shoe Island & the Slipper Island group; White Island notes; Some botanical features of Simmonds Island, Great Exhibition Bay; Kauri dam sites in the Waitakere Ranges; The significance of Cirripedes to the paleoecology of Motutapu island; A study of some effects of the wairaki geothermal power station upon the waikato River; Sedimentary structures in the Kitchener Anticline, Sealy Range, Mt Cook; Measuring flow of small streams: use of a portable weir; The international code of botanical nomenclature: an historical review an bibliography; Obituary- Professor L. H. Biggs; Reference list of all articles published in Tane Volumes 16-20.. 1st Edition. Card. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Auckland: The Auckland University Field Club, 1973. pp244. Contents;-25 years of scientific work published in Tane; AUFC campAlderman Islands, May 1973; The intertidal life of Ruamahua-iti & Middle Island (Alderman islands); A checklaist of fishes of the Alderman Islands, North-Eastern New Zealand, with additions to the fishes of Red Mercury Island; Evidence of Maori occupation of the Alderman Islands; The birds of the Alderman Islands; The vegetation of the Alderman Islands-A reappraisal; The floristic status of the Alderman islands compared with other off-shore islands of the Auckland province; Geology of the Alderman Islands; A note on lichens from Ruamahua-iti, Alderman Islands; Reptiles of the Alderman Islands; Archeology of the Waipoua region, Northland, Part 1 & 2.; Miocene stratigraphy of the Hokianga-Waimamaku Coastline orth of Kawerau, North Auckland; AUFC 50th Anniversary scientific camp, Great Barrier Island, August 1972; The hot springs of Great Barrier Island, Parts 1.2 & 3; Archeological sites, Great Barrir Island; Adiition tto the freshwater algae of NZ 1;- A note on the species Vaucheria from Great Barrier Island; A note on the geology of the coastline west of Whangparapara, GB island; Lichens from part of GB Island; Spider populations of GB Island; Benthonic Foraminithera from a mangrove swamp, Whangaparapara, GB Island; A summary of lichen associations in different habitats from 4 offshore islands, North-east New Zealand; Botanical notes on 3 high peaks overlookinf the Hauraki Gulf; Some difficulties in the quantitative x-ray madel analysis of rocks by the method of Nelson & Cochrane; An unusual plant community of some Westland Piedmont Moraines; A preliminary investigation of the location and general ecology of Mat plants in the Rotorua Lake District; A note on the taxonomy of Avicennia in New Zealand.. 1st Edition. Card. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Auckland: The Auckland University Field Club, 1974. pp190. Spine faded, severa; numerals top of title page, otherwise excellent. Contents;-AUFC scientific camp Shoe /Slipper Island group August 1973; Benthic communities west of Slipper Island, North-eastern New Zealand; Checklist of fishes from Tairua; Land-snails from Shoe & Slipper Islands, North-east New zealand; Molluscs in Maori middens on Slipper Island; A note on the lizards of the Slipper Island group; Birds of Shoe & Slipper Islands; Geology of shoe & Slipper Island group; Botany of Shoe & Slipper Island Group-coromandel Peninsula, Parts 1,2 & 3; additions to the Freshwater algae of New Zealand-@. some Vaucheria from Slipper Island; Auckland University Field Club Scientific station, Kawerau, Northland. Scientific Camp, 1973, Kawerau scientific research committee; Midden analysis of the Waimamaku & Kawerau Coastline, Waipoua region, Northland; Preliminary report of the inland geology of the Kawerau area, Checklist of the vascular plants of the Kawerau area, Lichen flora of the Kawerau area, A preliminary species list of the birds of the Kawerau area; Kawerau notes- Fernbirds (Bowdleria punctata) in the Kawerau area; Katipos at Kawerau; A comparison of Pleisocene Conglomerate & a modern cobble beach at Kawerau; A note on the orientation of ventifacts in a coaastal region in Kawerau; A species of Scincidae from Kawerau; Phytoplankton from Kawerau Lakes; Kawerau crabs; Feeding behaviour of Stegnaster inflatus Hutton (Class: Asteroidea. Farn. Asterinidae); 'Two-soined" Australia spider, Poecilopachys australasia (Griffith & Pidgeon) 1833 in New Zealand; Observations on the native land molluscs of Taranaki; The palaeoecology of the Rapanui shell beds; Plants of Hobson Bay.. 1st Edition. Card. Very Good - Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Auckland: The Auckland University Dield Club, 1971. pp212. Spine faded, pos 7 set of numerals to title page, spot on back cover. Contents: Whale Island camp-Intro.; Geology of Whale Island; Vegetation of W. Is., Parts 1,2 &3; Notes on the lichens from WI; The birds of WI; The lizards of WI; WI intertidal life; Insects on WI; A note on the Maori Pa site on WI; A preliminary annotated check list of fishes of the Poor Knights Islands; The lizards of the islands visited by the field club 1953-54, a review with some additions; A botanical survey of some offshore islands of the Coromandel Pennisula; A note on the geology of Motuoruhi Island; Zonations and habits of the Grapsid crabs Plagusia capensis & Leptograpsis variegatus; A checklist of fishes from the entrance to the Whangateau harbour, Northland.. 1st Edition. Card with Cloth Spine. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Auckland: The Auckland University Field Club, 1972. pp200. Spine & top edge faded, pos & numerals of title; otherwise excellent. Contents;-Camp Red Mercury (Whakau Island) August, 1971); Geology of Red Mercury Island; The vegetation of Red mercury Island; The lichens of RM Island; A note on the marine algae of RM Island; The intertidal life of RM island; Sublittorial zonation of RM Island; The lotic fauna of RM Island (Whakau); Insects of RM Island; Spiders from RM island; A preliminary checklist ooof marine fishes of RM Island, North-Eastern New Zealand; The reptiles of Red Mercury Island; The birds of RM Island; Rattus exulans on Red Mercury Island; Maori artifacts from Red Mercury Island; Notes on a Pleistocene shellbed near Weymouth; The structural geology of the Waitemata group in the Pt. Erin - Gasworks area, North Auckland; Phytoplankton from the Hauraki gulf; A checklist of New Zealand asidianswith preliminary notes on their distribution; Additions to the list of fishes from the entrance to the Whangateau Harbour, Northland, New Zealand; Diet of rattus norvegicus on Whale Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand; A note on former Kauri dam sites in the Table mountain area.. 1st Edition. Card. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Auckland: The Auckland Institute and Museum, 1970. pp254 includes index. Wraps have very light soil & a phone no. in fine ballpen on front cover, o/wise near new.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Wellington: Royal Commission on Genetic Modification, 2001. *Note this is comprised of 4 volues; please contact for postal charges.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Dunedin: University of Otago Press, 1975. pp155. Book near new except for pos on front patedown, Jacket has light wear to spine crease &corners, & small shallow chip to spine head,.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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New York: New York State College of Forestry, 1950. pp146 includes bibliography and lists of plant species.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Wellington: R. E. Owen, Government Printer, 1967. pp221. Illustrated with photographs & diagrams; frontis of author with tussocks (Ewing Island-Auckland Islands). Posthumous publication; with updated botanical names, added footnotes & added/replaced photographs, new index.. Fourth Edtn; Updated. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Auckland Etc: Hodder & Stoughton, 1984. Unpaginated. Includes glossary and index. Prev. owner's name on ffep, 2 creased pages. O/wise clean & tight. 100 photographs of bugs, beetles, spiders, butterflies etc found on New Zealand flowers & plants.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Elma Cook Photographs. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Auckland Etc: Penguin Books, 1989. pp181. Light rub to corners, some sparse pale marks to bottom foredges. Otherwise near new. 10 stories of New Zealand women and there relationships to the New Zealand landscape -Maud Moreland-rider in the forest; Louie Lynch - bush country mountaineer; Perrine Moncrieff - champion of birds and bush; Lucy Moore - pioneering botanist; Blanche Holloway - 'in the world but not of it'; Louise Sutherland - world explorer on a bycycle; Margaret Bradshaw -geologist on ice; Jo Straker - outdoors executive; Sigrid Kohler - tracker and tramper; Wilderness wome: nature & nurture by the authors.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Auckland: Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1978. pp8. small stapled booklet with illustrations & descriptions of Auckland fungi.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Auckland: Heinemann, 1984. pp175 plus index.Book has lightest of wear to corners & spine ends, o/wise as new. Unclipped jacket in mylar protector has sunned spoine & top edges, & short closed tear to bottom of front panel. Illustrated with b/w photographs.Contents:- The pre-European forest; Early European exploitation; The period of settlement, Forestry & cnservation.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near New/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. more information

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Invercargill: Fiordland National Park Board, 1973. Pale barely visible stain inside front cover, back cover slight soiling.. Third Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Wellington: A. H. & A, W. Reed, 1962. pp64 includes index. 'Nearly 70 trees native to New Zealand are simply but accurately described and beautifully illustrated by the botanist to the New Zealand museum.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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Wellington Auckland: A. H. & A, W. Reed, 1963. pp64 includes index. A very few fox spots to boards, otherwise excellent. 'Over 100 ferns native to New Zealand are beautifully illustrated for identification, together with brief but informative descriptive text.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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Lower Hutt: Geological Society of New Zealand, 1987. pp56. (cover verso/s printed) Illustrated with numerous photographs, maps & diagrams in b/w & colour. Types, formation, age, use, distribution etc.. First Edition. Softcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Lower Hutt: Geological Society of New Zealand, 1982. pp48.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Christchuech Etc: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1965. pp112. Light wear to unclipped jacket, 1cm tear to back panel of jacket & some light discolouration of back panel, .Illustrated with b/w line drawings.. 1st Edition. Illustrated Boards. Near New/Very Good. Illus. by Author. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. more information

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Christchurch and Auckland: Kowhai Publishing Ltd, 1983. pp111 includes index. Some fading of jacket spine, o/wise all in near new condition.125 colour plates. 'Collected within is some of the best work of New Zealand's leading bird photographers together with an informative text contributed by three authoratative writers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near New/Very Good - Near New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large. more information

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Kaikohe: News Media Ltd for Sporting Life Publications. pp49.* This stapled booklet is in good condition, except for the fact that the namr and address on the reverse side of the front cover have been very heavily scored out, & it has 1 chip at the heel of the spine. 'Linked with Maori Legend-Rich in Natural History Illustrated with b/w photographs.. Undated / Presumed 1st Ed.. Card / Staples. Good - Good Plus*. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Auckland: The Bush Press, 1981. pp48 includes glossary & recommended reading. Illustrated with b/w & colour photographs & line drawings/diagrams.. First Edition. Stapled Card. Near - As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Christchurch Etc: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1964. pp258.. Reprint (1st edition). Hard Cover. As New/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), 1967. pp98 includes index &fold-out diagram of 'distribution & suggested relationships of the cultural traditions of early man'. Bumped on top corner plus spine wear, otherwise very clean & tight.Illustrated with diagrams & drawings.. Fifth Edition Reprinted. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by C. O Waterhouse (drawings in text). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Talll. more information

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Canterbury: Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, 1985. pp75. Contents include The 1985 Banks lecture on botannical illustration in New Zealand; Rare plant conservation in Parks Department; The effect of N and K on the rooting of leaf; Trends in the nursery industry; The Hamilton gardens; Trees and the urban landscape; Revegetation of Tiri Tiri Matenga Island; Cherimoya; Functions of the soil; Guayule - the NZ experience; The vegetative propagation of Sephora Microphulla. Also garden history sand research sections. Light for posting.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. more information

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Canterbury: Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, 1987. pp107. Crease to top corner of cover & first 2 pages; otherwise near new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. more information

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Canterbury: Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, 1989. pp73.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Large. more information

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Canterbury: Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, 1988. pp123. Contents include The history, cultivation and propagation of Lapageria rosea; 3-year flowering cycle in NZ; The place of biological pest control in modern horticulture; Growing dye plants; Chinese yam; Recent changes in the names of NZ tree & shrub species; Development of landscape of campus of University of Otago; The National Council for the conservatiopn of plants and gardens - & others; plus a general history section.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. more information

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Tully, Qld: Kullari Publications, 1983. pp114. Crease to top front & back bottom corners, pale yellowing of exterior page edges. A reader has put a damp thumb to the first eps, resulting in a small area of rippling on the eps. Otherwise clean & tight. Illustrated with maps, drawings & photographsFrontis map of the island. The history & natural history of Magnetic Island. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good*. Illus. by Kerrie Atkins. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Ornithological Society of New Zealand, 1999. pp 242. Small crease to back cover corner, o/wise near new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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School Publication Branch, Education Department, 1948. pp40 plus foldout map. Illustrated with b/w digrams & photographs.2 Auckland University stamps to cover.. First Edition. Stapled Card. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Auckland (?), 1998. pp63. 'Oustanding essays in any of the European languages and literatures, in European history, art history, film studies, music and politics.' Contact me for further details of contents of this particular issue.. First Edition. Stapled Card. Near - As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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Auckland: Auckland City Council, 1949. 57. Cover has creases & wear with tears following line of spine above; below top & bottom staples. Front cover panel bears pos at top plus school stamp further down. Crease at top corner of first few pages. Pale discolouration to inside of covers & contents page; the rest seem clean and bright. Council publication. Contents;- Municipal Govt in Auckland; Geographic outline of Auckland city & surroundings; Geology of city & environs; Vegetation; Forests & forestry withoin 50 miles of the city; Birds of Auckland; Some aspects of Maori life on the Auckland Isthmus; foldout functional map. Illustrated with b/w photographs & second map.. First Edition. Stapled Illustrated Paper. Good - Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. more information

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