New Zealand beetles.
Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn, 1934. Octavo, 16 coloured plates, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn, 1934. Octavo, 16 coloured plates, fine copy in publisher's cloth. More
New Zealand: Viking, 1998. Octavo, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1909. Octavo, monochrome plates, text illustrations, lacks free front endpaper otherwise a crsip copy in the publisher's cloth. More
London: Dulau and Co., 1904. Octavo, Publisher's brown cloth, cancelled library stamp otherwise a fine copy. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, black and white illustrations. A geologist and a supporter of Darwinian theory, Frederick Wollaston Hutton (1836-1905) emigrated to New Zealand in 1866. There became Professor of Biology at Canterbury College and won awards both in Britain and Australasia for his work on the..... More
New Zealand: Government Printer, 1881. Octavo, stamps, publisher's printed wrappers, two small stamps. More
Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1995. Octavo, text illustrations, maps, paperback. More
Wellington: A H & A W Reed, 1970. Octavo, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. An excellent checklist, well referenced. More
[Wellington]: Government Printer, 1889. Small folio, 159 uncoloured plates. Publisher's elaborately blindstamped cloth, not as pictured. The smaller foolscap edition of 2000 copies. Hocken 3015. More
London: Souvenir Press, 1969. Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1999. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
Auckland: The Bush Press, 1989. Octavo, colour photographs, softcover. More
John Beaufoy Publishing, (2023. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Aotearoa New Zealand has a diverse range of bird species but is especially renowned for its seabirds. Fifteen of the world's 18 penguin species have been recorded in the New Zealand region. Nine of these species breed here. Of petrels..... More
Auckland: Heinemann, 1982. Quarto, colour photographs, signature, very good copy in dustwrapper. More
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 1998. Quarto, colour photographs, owner's stamp, sunned spine, otherwise a fine dustwrapper. Comprehensively reviews and illustrates every known species of dinosaur, pterosaur, marine reptile, bird, mammal and amphibian that lived in Australia and New Zealand during the Mesozoic Era, the age of dinosaurs..... More
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, text illustrations, maps. From sleek shortbelly rockfish that resemble mackerels to heavy-bodied cowcod, the rockfishes display a bewildering array of shapes, sizes and colors. Some of most important marine fishes on the Pacific Coast of the..... More
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1985. Octavo, paperback, diagrams, maps. More
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1992. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More
Sydney: Australian Herpetological Society/New Holland, 2022. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Winner of the 2023 Wildlife Photography Whitley Award. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea showcases 125 of the best photos ever assembled of the most spectacular reptiles and frogs found in the Australasian region, which..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. In 1894, a lighthouse keeper named David Lyall arrived on Stephens Island off New Zealand with a cat named Tibbles. In just over a year, the Stephens Island Wren, a rare bird endemic to the island, was rendered extinct. Mounting scientific..... More
Wellington: Government Printer, 1887. Octavo, 23 chromolithograph plates. Publisher's cloth, a very good copy. More
London: Author, 1931. Quarto, Handsome brown full calf with gilt spine and coloured labels, uncut, wrappers retained. More
Sydney: Author, 1946. Octavo, publisher's cloth, very good copy. More
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1993. octavo, paperback, text illustrations. More
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1993. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. More