The southern ark: zoological discovery in New Zealand 1769-1900.
Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Auckland: Century Hutchinson, 1986. Quarto, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New England: Australasian Raptor Association, 435801980-1985. Quarto, typescript, binder's cloth. More
Wellington: Ornithological Congress Trust Board, 1990-1991. Octavo, softcover. More
Canberra: Australasian Seabirds Group RAOU, 1972-1975. Octavo, typescript, binder's cloth. More
Nelson: Craig Potton Publishing, 2012. Quarto, photographs and illustrations, very good copy in dustwrapper, scarce and sought after. 2013 Winner of the Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize. Perhaps the most unusual family of birds that ever lived, the Moa were a clan of feathered monsters that developed..... More
Melbourne: Lansdowne Editions, 1981. Small folio, 13 plates and accompanying text leaves, two appendices (one by Keith Hindwood). Black full morocco, limited edition of 500 copies, signed and numbered by a Broinowski descendant, a fine copy. With two useful appendices. Apendix A: Table of nomenclature. Appendix B: Gracius Joseph Broinowski;..... More
New Plymouth: Thomas Avery and Sons, 1936. Octavo, photographs, a fine copy with slightly chipped dustwrapper; scarce and made more so by the condition of the dustwrapper. The story of the discovery of the fossil Moa. One critic has said: "It reads like an Edgar Wallace novel" More
Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand, 1985. Octavo, maps, transparent overlays. Publisher's ring binder. More
Wellington: Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 1891. Octavo, one uncloured plate. Mondern binder's stiff card, first page paid down, bookplate. More
Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1992. Octavo, colour photographs, bookplate, softcover. An inspirational book and essential reading for any committed conservationist. The population of Black Robins Petroica traversi on New Zealand's Chatham Islands was taken from less than a dozen up to several hundreds, by innovative and dedicated wildlife managers... More
Cambridge MA: Nuttall Ornithological Club, 2008. Octavo, black and white photographs, publisher's cloth. A series of essays by prominent ornithologists about Australasian ornithology. This book includes chapters on Gould's collector John Gilbert; ornithology at the Auckland Museum, the Western Australian Museum, and CSIRO; systematics and biogeography in Australian ornithology; the..... More
Auckland: Collins, (1986. reprint). Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, bookplate, laminated boards. More
Auckland: Collins, (1989. reprint). Octavo, colour plates, a fine copy in laminated boards. More
London: Collins, (1966. first edition). Octavo, 18 [six colour] plates, chipped dustwrapper. A fine book, superbly written and one of the better twentieth century field guides. More
London: Collins, (1970. second edition), Small octavo, 18 [six colour] plates, text illustrations, dustwrapper. More
Wellington: Transactions of the Zoological Society of New Zealand, 1950. photographs, binder's cloth. More
Wellington: Nova Pacifica, 1982. Small folio, colour plates, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Wellington: A H and A W Reed, 1953. Octavo, maps. Binder's cloth, owner's stamp, fine copy. More
Auckland: Random Century, 1990. Octavo, photographs, softcover. More
Wellington: Te Papa Press, (2010. fourth edition). Octavo, maps, softcover. This substantially revised and expanded edition of the Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand is the official list of all the birds in the New Zealand region, including Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Published in..... More
Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, 1925. Octavo, photographs, bookplate, fine copy in dustwrapper, scarce in this condition. More
Wellington: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1927. Octavo, photographs Publisher's handsome decorated cloth, a very good copy. More
Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1914. Octavo, photographs, bookplate. Publisher's handsome decorated cloth. More
Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1914. Octavo, photographs, bookplate. Publisher's handsome green cloth, a fine copy. More
Christchurch: The Caxton Printers, 1990. Quarto, softcover. More