The flora, fauna and geology of New Zealand.
Plants, animals, birds and reptiles. Conservation of life forms and eco-systems. Books about the non-human environment of Aotearoa.
Pasture management and use of fertilizers. Trace elements as essential to stock health, also discusses human health related to trace minerals in New Zealand soils and produce.
farming practice
VG hardback wigth VG dust jacket with faintly faded spine.
Signed by author to verso of half-title.
$20 C/B
Privately published 1978 first edition hardcover, 194pp+ plates
[#5686 ]
An early textbook of New Zealand plant identification.
flora, botany
VG cloth hardback with no jacket.
$20 B/B
Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. [1928] first edition, 188pp, + plates and map endpapers.
[#5488 ]
Descriptions and ecological details of the commoner and more notable species of mosses in New Zealand. Illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Includes methods of identification and field recognition tests. Suitable for a beginner and those more advanced botanists. Includes keys to identification (checklist).
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with mnior wear at head of spine. Name label to endpaper.
$35 C/ B
University of Otago Press 1971, 155 pp.
[#3080 ]
Alpers surveys dolphin lore from ancient Greek times up to modern New Zealand, where dolphins have at times become the playthings of beach-goers.
Drawings by Erik Thorn
Pelorus Jack, Opononi, Arion, Polynesian legends,
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$8 C/B
Paul's Book Arcade 1960 first edition, 147pp + plates.
[#3825 ]
Astronomy for New Zealanders.
ISBN 9780908812196
32 pages of colour photographs, with 80 other photos and illustrations.
Polynesian astronomy, sky watching, southern hemisphere
VG softback.
$25 B/B
Canterbury University Press 1992 first edition, 80pp.
[#5484 ]
The taxonomy, preferred habitat, and distribution of New Zealand's 15 known species of grasshoppers. University of Canterbury Publications No.9.
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with minor wear
$25 B/B
University of Canterbury 1967, 112pp + 40 plates.[#2899 new zealand nature, insects ]
Centennial history of New Zealands premier agricultural college, now a University
agriculture, farming, technical training, education, primary industry
VG hardback with no jacket.
$20 C/C
Lincoln College 1979 first edition, 360pp + plates.
[#4837 ]
The chemistry and pharmacology of New Zealand plants, including Maori medicinal usage. Third edition, revised.
ISBN0868631264
FINE copy in hard covered pictorial boards
$45 C/C
Heinemann 1987 revised edition, 268pp. Black and white and colour photos and diagrams. [#2370 nz nature botany flora medicine ]
The story of the rare Chatham Island Black Robin and the program that brough it back from the brink of extinction.
The Black Robin was nearly extinct, reduced to one breeding pair, when the program described in this book was was put into effect.
The innovative techniques used by the team responsible for this effort are described in detail and will allow wildlife biologists around the world to adopt similar strategies suited to their own needs.
The book's co-authors participated in the black robin program.
ISBN 9780195582604
ornithology, chatham islands, conservation, DOC, rare bird
VG softback, THIS COPY SIGNED by Don Merton.
$95 C/C
Oxford University Press 1992 first edition, 294pp.
[#4961 ]
The full story of the efforts by the Wildlife Service to safeguard the future of New Zealand's most endangered and fascinating bird. Includes information on the pioneering work of Richard Henry, captive breeding and island transfer successes, and details of Kakapo biology and behaviour.
ISBN9780790000657
VG hardback with VG dust jacket
This copy is inscribed "Best wishes, David Butler".
$45 B/C
Heinemann Reed 1989 First edition, 136pp.
[#3398 ]
VG hardback with VG dust jacket
$35 B/C
Heinemann Reed 1989 First edition, 136pp.
[#4804 ]
Lapidary guide to New Zealand precious and semi-precious stones..
rockhound, tumbling, polishing, geology
G+ minor crease, minor staining to edges.
$15 C/A
Unity Press undated fifth edition, 84pp + plates in colour and black and white.
[#4680 ]
170 New Zealand birds described and photographed, with descriptions of localities they may be observed in. Native and introduced species.
ISBN0473008416
G+ softback with reading wear and creasing to covers
$25 C/C
Arun Books 1989, 511 pages. [#2593 new zealand nature fauna ]
Describes the geology of New Zealand's Southern Alps. How they were formed and how they are changing due to erosion aand seismic activity. This is the original issue, there was a new edition published in 2016.
ISBN0908812930
VG+ softback
$15 B/B
Canterbury University Press 2002, 80pp
[#3085 ]
Hundreds of black and white photographs of trees, leaves, seeds and plant fruits and nuts. Floral endpapers.
Taxonomy, index, identification, flora
VG- hardback
$25 C/C
Government Printer 1947, 176pp, photographs in the text. [#1179/2757 ]
VG- hardback
$25 C/C
Government Printer 1939, 176pp, photographs in the text. [#5181]
Cometti and historian and conservationist Professor John Morton of Auckland University provide a study of New Zealand coastal ecology.
A journey around the New Zealand coastline, a collaboration between an artist and a scientist, both dedicated to the study and conservation of life between the tides.
Covering 38 specific representative coastal locations, wildlife artist and naturalist Ronald Cometti and marine biologist John Morton have made a study in shorescape paintings, accompanying essays, and over 200 detailed colour illustrations.
They show how the geology of each area determines the living communities of the myriad species that live there.
ISBN0340338695
nature, environment, seashore, art, illustration, paintings, ecology, beach, shoreline
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with one closed archivally repaired tear. Pen gift inscription to free end paper.
$20 B/C
Hodder and Stoughton 1985, 163pp.
[#3711 ]
The formation of the landscape through geologic and atmospheric processes such as glaciation, sedimentation, vulcanism, and erosion. Examples taken from the New Zealand landscape.
G+ hardback without dust jacket, pen underlining, name at front $20 C/C Whitcombe and Tombs 1945 Fourth edition, revised, cloth 505pp illustrated throughout with diagrams and b&w photographs[#2475 new zealand geography geology ]
A survey and history of this gift to the Nation by Ngati Tuwharetoa, who began transferring title to the Crown in 1887.
The site of the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing, it also includes the tapu (sacred) volcanic mountains Ruapehu and Ngauruhoe.
Covers topography, geology, history and Maori folk-lore of the area.
Te Heuheu Horonuku, Bidwill, Otukou, Papakai, Ketetahi, Onetapu, Taranaki, Te Porere, Nga-puna-a-Tama
VG- softback in limp cloth binding with some sun-fading.
Lacks the folding map.
$45 C/B
Tongariro National Park Board 1927 156pp + 39 plates
[#4104 ]
Introduces and describes our common sharks and rays, from the much-feared white pointer shark to the harmless dogfishes and peculiar-looking deep-sea chimaeras, as well as the stingrays and electric ray.
Looks at the relationships between sharks and people; shark fishing and shark attacks; sharks in history and in the Maori world, and the anatomy and evolution of sharks and rays.
ISBN 9780908812608
marine biology, illustrated
VG+ softback.
$35 C/B
Canterbury University Press 1997, 68pp.
[#5279 ]
An excellent resource on the identification of native plants in our forests and their life stages, with photographs in colour by Rob Lucas.
ISBN0864732058
botany, native, vines, epiphytes, parasites, indigenous forest species
VG softcover with minor crease to front cover, in a sturdy sewn binding.
$30 B/C
Victoria University Press 1993 first edition, 176pp.
[#2206, 3942 ]
Large format photo-illustrated guide to the natural history, geology, ecology and human history of Mount Cook National park. Includes description of peaks, glaciers, geology, climbing and mountaineering history.
ISBN0477061109
VG+ softback 4to.
$20 B/C
New Zealand Depatrment of Lands and Survey / Cobb Horwood approx 1997 , 96pp
[#3086 ]
A pocket guide to the bony (teleostean) reef fishes belonging to the super class PISCES, class OSTEICHTHYES.
Their habits, modes of life, diet and relation to their surroundings.
Illustrated with full colour photographs.
ISBN9781877246951
new zealand, fish, marine biology, sea, diving, identification
NEW softback
$15 A/A
New Holland Publishers 2003, 144pp.
[#3982 ]
A pocket guide to wildflowers.
125 common species growing wild in accessible parts of New Zealand, with common native species, alongside introduced ones.
Each wildflower has descriptive information, habitat notes and distribution patterns.
Illustrated with full colour photographs.
ISBN9781869660475
new zealand, flowers, plants, botany, rambling, identification
NEW softback
$15 A/A
New Holland Publishers 2004, 142pp.
[#3984 ]
Botanical study of the Manawatu describing past and present ecosystems categorised into forests, wetlands, shrublands, grasslands, dune lands and wastelands.
ISBN0477010105
DSIR, ecology, native plants
VG+ hardback with no dust jacket, name to first page.
$25 C/C
Government Printer 1978, 206pp.
Folding map in pocket at rear.
[#3965 ]
A complete guide to the native and introduced species of New Zealand and outlying islands. 315 species illustrated in colour by Elaine Power. Written for the Ornithological Society of New Zealand.
ISBN0002175630
birdwatching, ornithology, guidebook
VG+ hardback with no dust jacket.
$20 C/C
Collins 1989 reprint of 1981 new edition, 247pp+ 48 colour plates.
[#3602]
VG+ hardback with no dust jacket.
$20 C/C
Collins 1985 reprint of 1981 new edition, 247pp+ 48 colour plates.
[#5660]
A complete guide to the native and introduced species of New Zealand and outlying islands. 315 species illustrated in colour by Elaine Power
ISBN0002169282
VG+ hardback with no dust jacket.
$20 C/C
Collins 1979 revised and extended edition, 247pp + 48 colour plates (double sided).
[#3160A ]
A fascinating account of a remarkable voyage to Campbell Island, one of a cluster of Sub-Antarctic island groups in a wild and isolated part of the Southern Ocean south of New Zealand.
Includes visits to Fiordland, Stewart Island, the Snares, the Auckland Islands, Campbell Island, Bounty Islands and Antipodes Islands.
Descriptions and photographs of the wildlife and environment, and stories of exploration, whalers and sealers, shipwrecks and castaways, and early attempts to farm this inhospitable land.
ISBN 9781869535018
natural history, new zealand offshore islands
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$35 C/C
David Bateman 2002 first edition, 143pp.
[#4806]
A study of ferns, with botanical and common names, and colour photographs by Robin Morrison. Includes tree ferns, and suggestions for cultivation in the home garden. A celebration of the myriad of ferns to be found in the New Zealand bush.
ISBN0340401214
VG softback, unnamed bookplate to endpaper
$25 B/B
Hodder and Stoughton 1986, 80pp. [#2637 new zealand nature ]
A study of ferns, with botanical and common names, and colour photographs by Robin Morrison. Includes tree ferns, and suggestions for cultivation in the home garden. A celebration of the myriad of ferns to be found in the New Zealand bush.
ISBN9780340401217
VG softback, unnamed bookplate to endpaper
$25 B/B
Hodder and Stoughton 1994 reprint, 80pp. [#3314 ]
This essential guide to the natural history of New Zealand is both concise and comprehensive. It has the widest possible coverage and is the only concise text available.
New Zealand's unique flora and fauna, which has evolved over many years of geographic isolation, is examined in detail. The information is presented in a logical and interesting way that is readily understandable to any reader.
The text is organised into the main habitat regions, starting in the high mountains, progressing steadily to the sea and the offshore islands. In each region the habitat is discussed in detail, together with the main plant and animal species found there. Superbly illustrated throughout, this is an ideal introduction to New Zealand's natural history.
ISBN9780868631363
natural history, flora, fauna, plants, animals
VG hardback with no dust jacket. Spine sunfaded.
$20 C/C
Heinemann 1986, 275pp.
[#3447 ]
Indigenous Tracheophyta, Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones.
Rice paper edition.
New Zealand plants, taxonomy, reference, research, ferns, conifers
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$30 C/C
Government Printer 1961, liv 1085pp.
[#5195 ]
Indigenous Tracheophyta, Monocotyledones except Graminae.
New Zealand plants, taxonomy, reference, research, grass, grass-like flowering plants
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$30 C/C
Government Printer 1970, xl 354pp.
[#5196 ]
Otago Museum Bulletins 1-4 being scientific reference works on New Zealand arachnids. Full information and well illustrated with drawings and diagrams. Each volume stands independently.
VG hardbacks with pictorial boards. Vol 1 has cloth spine as issued. Names to end papers.
$200 sold as a set. Heavy at 4kg please email for a postage quote.
Otago University Press Vol 1-1968 (reprint) 124pp, Vol 2-1968 180pp, Vol 3-1970 184pp, Vol 4-1973 309pp
[#3008 ]
All the known species of barnacles from New Zealand waters are described and illustrated.
ISSN 0083-7903
Cirripedia, Thoracica, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 69
VG hardback, inscription to free end paper.
$45 B/C
New Zealand Oceanographic Institute 1978 First Edition, 160pp. col frontis, 14 b/w plates, 74 figures.
[#5171 ]
Ken Francis became a Forest Ranger when he emigrated to New Zealand from England.
In the 1930s he became a deer culler, and later a Government Ranger at Taupo and the Bay of Plenty.
As the Chief Ranger for Hawkes Bay and manger of the Greenmeadows Game Farm he became an expert on the Kiwi.
His first hand experience of deer damage to the bush encouraged his support for conservation.
ISBN0723306990
deer control, tarndale, marlborough, haast, conservation
VG- hardback in VG- dust jacket. Free endpaper has a gift inscription and top corner clipped off. Dust jacket has the edges of fold in flaps trimmed but with no loss of text.
$25 C/C
Whitcoulls 1983 first edition, 212pp + plates.
[#4483 ]
G- hardback in G+ dust jacket.
Ex-library, endpapers with stamps etc. ,repaired hinges.
Dust jacket has repaired tear at top corner.
A serviceable reference copy.
$15 C/C
Whitcoulls 1983 first edition, 212pp + plates.
[#4484 ]
This revised edition of this timeless title has an extensive new section on attracting wildlife to the garden and edible plants that can be harvested from a native garden The Native Garden draws inspiration from the incredible richness and diversity of New Zealand's natural environment - from lush subtropical forests to vast tussock lands.
It shows how the associations of native plants in the wild can offer blueprints for the garden, and helps us translate the big picture into small garden settings that echo the natural palettes and distinctive character of the landscape, creating a truly New Zealand garden.
A New Zealand gardening classic since its first publication, this updated edition includes a new chapter on encouraging birds and animals to the garden, and up-to-date information on native plant nurseries.
ISBN9781869620714
VG+ softback
$30 B/C
Godwit 2007, 200pp.
[#3143 ]
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket under a plastic sleeve.
$20 C/C
Reed 1965 first edition, 285 pages + plates. Also line drawings.[#2548 new zealand natural history ]
Good only, cloth spine has a tear to the cloth, endpapers have stamps from Forest and Bird Society. Internally clean but some minor pencil notes.
$15 C/B
Reed, undated (1940s). 160 pages + plates. [#2588 new zealand nature ]
NZ DSIR bulletin 127 includes Pedology, Microbiology, Volcanology, vegetation and animal life on the active volcanic White Island in the Bay of Plenty.
Volcanology, geology, volcanoes, dsir
VG- softback.
$30 C/B
John McIndoe 1959, 84pp with 21 figures and 24 tables, folding map in pocket at rear.
[#3552 ]
One of the training grounds for world class mountaineers, the Mount Cook National Park and Alpine Region has extremely technical routes, and offers all aspects of alpine mountaineering.
Covers mountaineering, scenic beauties, the geology and natural history etc.
Both authors are alpinists and photographers and this is profusely illustrated throughout, mainly black and white but also colour photographs.
ISBN058900414X
New Zealand, Southern Alps, Alpine, Mountaineering, Photography, Mountain Climbing
VG hardback (cloth) in VG- dust wrapper with rubbed joints and short tear at head of upper joint. Archival repairs to jacket.
$25 B/D
Reed 1971 first edition, 224pp.
[#3718 ]
VG hardback (cloth) in VG dust wrapper and original mailing box.
$30 B/D
Reed 1971 first edition, 224pp.
[#4150 ]
Where and how, to prospect for gold in NZ.
First published in 1952, this revised edition has black and white photographs, and includes dredging and quartz gold mining.
gold panning, prospecting, nz gold mining
VG softback stapled into photo pictorial wrappers.
$25 A/A
Pegasus Press 1964 second revised edition, 79pp.
[#1992, 3664 ]
A compilation of seasonal weather images, with comments and descriptions from veteran weatherman Jim Hickey.
Colour photographs and diagrams throughout.
ISBN 9780473215514
meteorology, forecasting
VG-, last few pages have small grease stain.
$15 C/C
Tucker Media 2002, 184pp.
[#5281 ]
The biography of Richard Henry, one of the earliest conservationists in New Zealand. He worked alone in Dusky Sound in the 1890s, studying Kiwi, Kakapo and other rare birds. Illustrated with drawings, maps and photographs.
ISBN086868094X
FINE hardback in FINE dust jacket. Pen name and date to free endpaper.
$250 D (courier) / D
John McIndoe 1987 First Edition, 364pp.
[#3198 ]
An elementary introduction to the study of our native Coleoptera. First edition in original cloth with gilt beetle design on cover. Colour plates.
G+ cloth hardback, edges and corners of cloth boards rubbed, spine cloth worn at head with 30mm split to upper joint, small paint splash at head above the title, lacks fep, text is VG, one plate and facing text page small stain from small spot of food or something similar, plate XI is ragged at the edges but complete, lacks plate XVI, lower board a little surface soiling (minor). A good but used copy, still perfectly serviceable as is.
$175 C/C
Ferguson & Osborn 1934, (8) +236pp.with 16 of 17 coloured plates. [#2746 new zealand, natural history]
An outline of research carried out in Kowhai Bush, a small, but very valuable piece of native bush several kilometers inland from Kaikoura. Hunt and Gill have reviewed the extensive research which has been carried out on the rich native bird fauna and suggest future topics for research. Includes study of the vegetation, invertebrates, amphibians and reptiles, and the South Island Robin , Fantail and Grey Warbler and Shining Cuckoo and the predation on these by mammals.
ISSN0302-086X
VG softback
$25 B/A
The Biological Society University of Canterbury 1979, 54pp + folding map.
[#3071 ]
An alphabetical resource, from albatrosses to ants, kiwi to kea, lakes to lizards, and from weta to whales.
This comprehensive encyclopaedia covers every aspect of New Zealand's natural history.
An introduction explains how New Zealand's unique natural world evolved through history and describes wildlife habitats.
Feature pages provide additional information about people, the weather and physical features such as islands, mountains and rivers.
Illustrated by hundreds of photographs from New Zealand's leading nature photographers as well as stunning artwork by the country's top natural history illustrators.
VG+ softback
$25 B/D
Penguin Books 2004 NEW EDITION, 400 pp. ISBN0143019252
[#3325/3568 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, small name to first page.
$30 B/D
Viking / Penguin Books 1998, 400 pp. ISBN0670877824
[#3852/4882 ]
Mainly refers to birds although mammals and reptiles feature as well as the New Zealand frog.
fauna, wildlife, conservation
VG hardback in imitation crocodile skin quarter green cloth spine titled gilt to cover and spine, pale green cloth boards.
Some rubbing to spine ends, cover cloth starting to lift along join to spine cloth. Ink name to title dated 1904.
$75 C/D
Whitcombe and Tombs 1904 First Edition, xiv+ (15)-381pp. printed on gloss sized paper throughout. 147 illustrations in text.
[#5597 ]
Large format book that contains a collection of individual portraits in image and word of remarkable trees in New Zealand.
These trees have fascinating lives and histories spanning hundreds or thousands of years.
From the 800 year old pohutukawa that stands at 'the place of leaping' at Cape Reinga to the Moriori carved 'kopi' (karaka) trees of the Chatham Islands.
Examples include not only the oldest (the kauri 'Te Matua Ngahere' in Waipoua forest) and the largest trees, but also trees that have histories that are linked to our own, such as the Gallipoli Pine at Taradale Cemetery, grown as a memorial from the seed of Gallipoli's Lone Pine Tree.
ISBN 9781869712198
flora, natural history, garden, sacred trees, taonga
VG+ hardback with VG+ dust jacket.
$65 C/D
Hodder Moa 2011 first edition, 208pp.
[#5277 ]
New Zealand has almost 80 species of native orchids growing in the wild.
This book has 64 pages of full-colour photographs by John Johns, supported by botanist Brian Molloy's informative text, providing useful information on the names, origins, distribution and cultivation of New Zealand's native orchids.
ISBN0589014420
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket. Name to endpaper, jacket under removable plastic sleeve.
$35 B/C
Reed 1983 First edition, 124pp.
[#3011 ]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Inscription to endpaper.
$35 B/C
Reed 1983 First edition, 124pp.
[#4244 ]
Photographic survey of the land, flora and fauna of New Zealand.
A mix of black and white and colour photographs with accompanying text.
ISBN 0589009141
wildlife, bush, conservation, great outdoors
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket.
$20 B/C
Reed 1975 first edition, 156pp.
[#5224 ]
G+ to VG
$15 each part(#) B/C cheaper shipped together.
softcover 4to, scientific reports and symposia etc. ISSN 03036758
36 authors, each a specialist, contributes work on a specific aspect of Canterbury's natural environment. A completely new work which superceded the similarly titled work from 1927.
VG- hardback in G+ dust jacket with some edge wear and short edge tears.
$25 B/D
Reed 1969 first edition, 620pp + plates.
[#3354 ]
The Standard Popular Work on New Zealand plants at the time of publication.
Species grouped into Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.
botany, botanical reference, text book, vintage
G+ cloth mottled to spine, half of fep trimmed, paper scars to paste downs otherwise internally tidy, in Good dust jacket chipped with loss to edges and some splitting to the joints.
$20 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1957 sixth edition (revised), xvii 499pp+ colour plates, illustrated throughout with black and white photos.
[#70 ]
VG cloth, lacks dust jacket.
$20 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs undated, cloth, xvii 499pp, sized paper with photographs throughout, some colour plates.
[#4548 ]
Complete guidfe to all aspects of the care of bowling greens.
Includes soil, seed, and pest control.
greenkeeping, turf culture, sports, lawn bowls
VG hardback in cloth covered stiff card boards, name at front.
$30 C/B
NZ Greenkeeping Research Committee (1949), 84 pp illustrated throughout.
[#4563 ]
Amazing full colour photographs throughout this study of the forest covering plants of New Zealand.
Apart from the trees and larger shrubs and bushes, our forests have an extensive selection of moss-like ground covers.
Includes super close-up macro-photography, and microscope views.
ISBN0908802080
flora, nature, native plants
VG softback.
$55 B/C
Craig Potton Publishing Ltd 1989 First Edition, 140pp.
[#3832 ]
Ferns, conifers and flowering plants of the Alpine Zone. With botanical paintings.
VG- large format softback with minor handling wear $45 D/D Reed1973, 262 pages, map end papers.
ISBN0589007017 [#2300 nz nature ]
The edition was limited to 2100 copies, Bagnall M1229, Whitcombe and Tombs G50073
Hardbacks, volume 1 with dust jacket volume two without. Vol. 1 boards are now a dark brown colour although the spine is green, may be due to chemical interaction with the dust jacket, which has a large peice missing from the bottom corner of front panel and some other edge chipping, a tear across the spine, still reasonable copy of the scarce dust jacket. Vol 2. green cloth boards titled in black, book would be VG but has some silverfish damage to the boards and edges showing as white flecking, bottom corners show boards at the tips, small contemporary ink inscription to paste down
$35 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1929, Vol 1 = xv 235pp. Vol 2 = viii 187pp. With photos in the text.[#2922 new zealand nature ]
An early natural history text book. Whitcombe and Tombs
G50073
VG hardback with sunned spine, name to endpaper $20 C/B Whitcombe and Tombs (1929), xv 235pp with photos in the text. The edition was limited to 2100 copies, Bagnall M1229 [#2385 nz nature natural history school text ]
Describes 46 of the main species of New Zealand lichen, how to identify them, and also their collection and uses in medicine, food, and as dyes.
ISBN0589006320
VG hardback in VG dust jacket under a plastic sleeve
$20 C/C
Reed, 1972. 193 pp [#2758]
G+ hardback in G dust jacket. Some wear and marking to book and jacket, tape rust to endpapers, name stamp to endpaper.
$20 C/C
Reed, 1972. 193 pp [#3079]
A History of Soil Conservation in New Zealand.
Illustrated with black and white photos in the text.
ISBN 0589007084
Farming, Agriculture, Land Use, Erosion
Very Good hardback in Very Good dust jacket.
$30 BD
Reed 1973 first edition, 274pp.
[#5670 ]
A pocket guide to New Zealand ferns with classification, distribution and identifiaction hints.
Illustrated with full colour photographs.
ISBN 9781877246944
new zealand, flora, wildlife, identification
VG+ softback
$15 A/A
New Holland Publishers 2003, 132pp.
[#5272 ]
The first comprehensive guide to growing New Zealand native grasses. Detailed descriptions for over 100 species and cultivars of native grasses. Illustrated with line drawings and colour photographs
ISBN1869620232
VG softback, name stamp at front.
$20 B/B
Godwit/ Random House 1998, 92pp. [#2875 +3103 ]
New Zealand native alpine plants, with their interesting variety of forms, their beautiful flowers, and their remarkable adaptations to harsh conditions, have always been attractive to gardeners throughout the world, particularly for rock gardens. A comprehensive guide to growing and propagating these sought-after plants. It sets out the cultural requirements necessary to produce and maintain attractive and healthy plants, and suggests ideas for creating a garden devoted to alpines as well as using them in other garden situations. Including detailed descriptions and cultivation information for over 200 species and cultivars of native alpine plants, and illustrated with colour photographs and line drawings, this book is a significant addition to the literature on gardening with alpines.
ISBN1869620593
VG+ softback
$25 B/B
Godwit/ Random House 2000, 126pp. [#2876 new zealand, gardening, native plants ]
The best book available on the identification, cultivation and landscaping uses of New Zealand's native trees and shrubs.
ISBN0474000591
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$30 B/D
Reed Methuen 1987 third revised edition, 346pp. [#2878 new zealand, gardening, native plants ]
The best book available on the identification, cultivation and landscaping uses of New Zealand's native trees and shrubs.
ISBN0790001985
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket with sun faded spine
$30 B/D
Reed 1991, reissue of third revised edition, 354pp. [#2879 new zealand, gardening, native plants ]
A general, but still in depth account of the insect life of New Zealand, including native and exotic species. Gives common and scientific names. Black and white illustrations as well as colour plates.
ISBN0589004441
moths, bees, flies, betles
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with a minor repaired tear to spine end.
$25 B/C
Reed 1971, xix 178 pp.
[# 3557]
Second edition revised and enlarged
Printed on sized paper with photographic illustrations throughout.
farming, gardening, pest control, entomology
VG hardback in VG- dust jacket with split along parts of joints with some chipping loss, name to free end paper
$20 C/B
Whitcombe and Tombes 1944 second edition revised and enlarged, cloth, 149pp.
[#4547 ]
One of the best guides to handling stock with shepherding dogs. Selecting and training a pup, the Huntaway, working with sheep and cattle, working in yards, mustering etc.
1. INTRODUCTION: The reasons for it all. Good & bad treatment
2. ESSENTIALS: Self-control, Examples, Your Dogs, The Stock
3. SELECTING A PUP: Right-wrong stain, Feeding, Rearing, Character, Personality
4. TRAINING: Voice Control, Whistle Control, First Lessons, Preventing Bad Habits
5. MORE TRAINING: Rope & Stick, Repetition, Praise, Voice to Whistle, Controlled Control
6. TEMPERAMENT: Too early starting, The chain a Spoiler, When & Where to Start
7. FIRST SHEEP LESSONS: Natural Cast, Failure to Run, Running Straight, Obtaining Objective
8. SERIOUS TRAINING: Standing Dog on Mark, Sighting Sheep, Running on Blind, Straight running, Outrun
9. THE OUTRUN: Point of Balance, Running Head, The Lift, Over-running Head, The Pull
10. RECASTING: From One Mob to Another, Walking Backwards, Off-Balance Work, Examples of Driving
11. OFF-BALANCE WORK: Into Close Quarters, Meeting Charging Sheep, Discarding Rope, Yarding
12. FINISHED TRAINING: Mustering, Leading Sheep too early, Building a Team
13. THE HUNTAWAY: All Rounder, Mustering Huntaway, Straight Huntaway, Training Methods
14. CORRECT APPROACH: Balance, Good Noise, Zig Zag Hunting, The backing Dog
15. WHISTLES - AND BITCHES: Whistles for each Dog, Value of Bitches in Team
16. PUNISHMENT: When to use the Stick, etc.
17. SUMMING UP: Time given to Training, Dogs Intelligence.
18. TREATMENT OF HACKS: Training to Ground-Tie, etc.
19. HANDLING STOCK: Correct Yarding Work, Avoiding Smothers, Overdriving Stock, Guarding Gateways.
20. WORK IN YARDS: Training Yard Dogs, Correct use of Noise, Ewes with Lambs, Drafting Procedures, Backing Dogs
21. TWO-MAN DRAFTING: Alternative Methods, Good Dog Work, Drafting single handed
22. USEFUL YARD WORKING HINTS: Handling Lambs, Value of Silence, Catching Sheep, Counting Sheep etc
23. MUSTERING: Free-running Sheep, First muster Lambs, Ewes & Lambs, etc.
24. LAMBING PROBLEMS: Treating cast sheep, Lamb treatment in Storms etc.
25. SHEDDING, DOCKING AND YARDING: Shedding on Flats, On hills, Wet Ewes from Dry, Feeding Complications, Docking Procedures, Yarding large numbers of Ewes & Lambs.
26. CATTLE WORK: Proper use of Dogs, Catching & Marking Calves, Drafting Cattle, Weaning Calves, Mustering dangers.
27. FEEDING & CARE OF DOGS: Proper food, Exercise, Illness Symptoms & Treatment, Housing, Hydatid-control Measures
28. BUYING & SELLING A DOG: Pitfalls, Training another person's Dog
29. SOME AFTERTHOUGHTS: Breeding & rearing Pups, Sheep worrying remedy
VG hardback with VG dust jacket.
$35 C/C
Reed 1966 first reprinting, 125pp.
[#3369 ]
G+ hardback with G+ dust jacket. Writing on inside cover, wear to jacket.
$25 C/C
Reed 1964 first edition, 125pp.
[#4113 ]
Collected works on the ecology of the Chatham Islands, on land and in the surrounding sea. Flora, fauna and the habitats of endagered species.The human history of the islands and the conservation efforts of locals and DOC.
ISBN0908812426
VG softback
$25 B/B
Canterbury University Press 1996, 136 pages. [#2958 chatham islands, natural history ]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
Spiral wire bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
ISBN0589013289
VG softback
$10 A/B
Reed 1980 first printing, 80pp.[#2942 ]
The Fiat Book series was the precursor to the Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
Spiral wire bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
VG softback
$10 A/B
Reed 1967 first printing, 84pp.[#2940 ]
VG softback
$10 A/B
Reed reprint, 84pp.[#2897 ]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
Spiral wire bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
ISBN058901367X
VG softback
$10 A/B
Reed 1981 first printing, 79pp.[#3554]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
Spiral bound, perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
ISBN589013742
VG softback, name at front inside cover
VG $10 A/B
Reed 1981, first printing, 78pp. [#2862]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
Spiral bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
ISBN0474001601
VG softback. name at front inside cover
VG $10 A/B
Reed Methuen 1985, 78pp. [#2809]
Published as The Fiat Book of Birds 1, which later became the Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
ISBN 0589002300
ornithology, birdwatching, native
VG soft back
$10 A/B
Reed 1974 reprint, 96pp. Illustrated.
[#5538 ]
VG soft back, name to first page/
$10 A/B
Reed 1972 first printing, 96pp. Illustrated.
[#5673 ]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
ISBN0589007300
ornithology, birdwatching, native
VG- softback, name at front.
$8 A/B
Reed 1980 reprint, 96pp.
[#3706]
VG soft back
$8 A/B
Reed 1985 reprint, 93pp. Illustrated. ISBN0474001199
[#5385 ]
The Fiat Book series was the precursor to the Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
Spiral wire bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour illustrations.
ISBN0589007599
VG softback, name at front.
$8 A/B
Reed 1975 second printing, 96pp. [#3669]
VG softback, name at front.
$8 A/B
Reed 1978 third printing, 96pp. [#2898]
VG softback, name at front.
$8 A/B
Reed 1980 fourth printing, 96pp. [#3705]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
ISBN0790001659
ornithology, birdwatching, native
VG- softback
$8 A/B
Reed 1994 reprint, 96pp.
[#3652 ]
Precursor to the Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
ISBN 0589009419
ornithology, birdwatching, native
VG softback
$9 A/B
Reed 1977 reprint, 93pp.
[#5630 ]
VG softback
$9 A/B
Reed 1975 first printing, 93pp.
[#5674 ]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
Spiral bound, plastic cover and perfect for field trips. Colour photographs.
ISBN0589013270
new zealand, fish, angling
VG softback
A/B
Reed 1980 first edition, 80pp. [OUT OF STOCK]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
ISBN 0589014676
fisheries, identification, ocean
VG wire bound softback.
OUT OF STOCK A/B
Reed 1983 first edition, 79pp.
[#5618 ]
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
ISBN 04740001024
Mobil New Zealand Nature Series.
VG wire bound softback.
OUT OF STOCK A/B
Reed 1985 first edition, 80pp.
[#5619 ]
Very good hardback in a good dust jacket with minor sun fading to spine and a clean tear at top half of the spine fold. $65 D/D Allen & Unwin 1988 first edition. Landscape format. 200 pages ISBN 0868614912 [#2250 nz geology ]
VG- G foxed closed edges, dust jacket edge wear and short edge tears and with clear tape along top and bottom edges.
$6 C/B [Item# 69 NZN]
W&T undated fourth edition, hardcover, 149pp + col plates. Good guide to New Zealand birds includes classification by orders with official names and colour plates of paintings and b&w photographs.
VG- hardback with foxed closed edges, long inscription to fep, VG - dust jacket edge wear and short edge tears.
$10 C/B [Item# 67 NZN]
W&T 1957 fifth edition revised, hardcover, 151pp + col plates. Good guide to New Zealand birds includes classification by orders with official names and colour plates of paintings and b&w photographs.
Drawing on thousands of hours spent poised behind a 300mm lens, Geoff Moon presents a visual and written portrait of the most important birds of the New Zealand forest.
Arranged in taxonomic order are nearly 30 species, including the bellbird, fantail, kingfisher, kiwi, kokako, morepork, tomtit, kakariki, saddleback, stitchbird and tui.
Enriching the photography are Geoff's personal notes, amassed, like his photographs, from decades of observation.
ISBN9781869661960
VG softback
$20 B/C
New Holland Publishers 2010, 143pp.
[#3403]
A pocket guide to New Zealand birds with classification, distribution and population status.
Illustrated with full colour photographs.
ISBN 9781877246586
new zealand, ornithology, birds, wildlife, identification
VG+ softback
$15 A/A
New Holland Publishers 2002, 140pp.
[#5271 ]
A pocket guide to New Zealand birds updated according to the 4th edition of the Ornithological Society's official "Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand"
Updates to classification, distribution and population status, and with Maori names added for all species, where applicable.
Illustrated with full colour photographs.
ISBN 9781869663278
new zealand, ornithology, birds, wildlife, identification
NEW softback
$15 A/A
New Holland Publishers 2011, revised second edition, 141pp.
[#3983 ]
An excellent photographic of New Zealand bird species in their natural environs.
Colour and black and white photos throughout.
ISBN 0908592039
keywords
VG hardback in VG dust jacket under plastic sleeve.
Quarto.
$30 D/D
Heinemann 1979 First Edition, 207pp.
[#5135]
The background to the conservation efforts to save New Zealand native birds, as well as an account of the extinct Moa and Huia.
With mentions of those who helped bring species back from the edge of extinction.
Includes Kea, Kiwi, Takahe, Black Stilt, Saddleback, Kakapo, Black Robin, Yellow-eyed Penguin, Kokako.
ISBN090869038X
VG hardback in VG dust jacket. With presentation inscription to title page from Rod Morris.
$30 B/C
TVNZ / Century Hutchinson 1988, 234pp.
[#3404 ]
The background to the conservation efforts to save New Zealand native birds, as well as an account of the extinct Moa and Huia.
With mentions of those who helped bring species back from the edge of extinction.
Includes Kea, Kiwi, Takahe, Black Stilt, Saddleback, Kakapo, Black Robin, Yellow-eyed Penguin, Kokako.
ISBN9781869410438
VG softback.
$20 B/C
TVNZ / Century Hutchinson 1989, 234pp.
[#5175 ]
A guide for the cultivation and usage of trees for the New Zealand environment. For forestry, shelter and for a habitat for birdlife. Tree selection and planting. Colour photographs throughout.
ISBN0908706006
Published by the Whirinaki Forest Promotion Trust. A plea to save a native forest from logging, espouses its scientific and ecological value etc. Includes maps and stunning full colour full page photos by Ian MacDonald. Whirinaki Forest Park forms a boundary between the exotic Kaingaroa pine plantations to the west and Te Urewera National Park to the east. The forests were a focus of protests over logging in the 1970s and 80s. Today, large parts of the park remain covered in native podocarp forest featuring rimu, totara, kahikatea, matai and miro. Some higher parts contain beech forest.
ISBN0908610246
VG softback with comb binding, gift inscription to title page. 285x295mm.
$30 D/C
David Bateman 1984, 111pp
[#3091 ]
VG softback with comb binding, faint crease to centre of covers. 285x295mm.
$30 D/C
David Bateman 1984, 111pp
[#3329 ]
Practical guide to training working dogs on the farm.
ISBN9781877460326
mustering, huntaway, sheepdog, training
VG softback
$20 C/B
Shoal Bay 2004, 79pp.
[#3436]
Exhaustive work, with black and white photos throughout the text. Printed on sized paper to support the photgraphic reproductions, this is therefore a very heavy book.
ISBN
ornithology, reference, birds, nz birds
VG- cloth hardback with minor silverfish damage to free end paper in a VG slightly soiled dust jacket.
$30 C/D
Reed 1955 revised and enlarged second edition. 661pp.
[#3493 ]
Ecology and History in a New Zealand landscape.
Part ecology, part history, part personal odyssey, Park researches New Zealand's fertile coastal plains, whose natural character has vanished as the imperatives of colonial settlement transformed the original forests and swamps with ruthless efficiency.
Focuses on four places; Tauwhare on the Mokau River, Papaitonga in Horowhenua, Whanganui Inlet and Punakaiki on the South Island's West Coast, where small remnants of the indigenous ecosystems of kahikatea and harakeke still survive.
The histories of these places, what they mean to Maori, their ecological vulnerability and their significance for conservation are discussed.
ISBN0864732910
natural history, ecology
VG- softback with a small puncture mark to front cover and first 15 pages.
This is minor and at the lower margin.
$20 C/C
Victoria University Press 1995 first edition, 376pp + colour photo section.
[#4398 ]
A pocket guide to New Zealand insects with classification, distribution and identification hints.
Illustrated with full colour photographs by Don Horne.
ISBN 9781869661519
new zealand, entomology, wildlife, identification
VG+ softback
$15 A/A
New Holland Publishers 2007, 143pp.
[#5273 ]
A popular introduction and guide to marine fishes of New Zealand.
Illustrated
VG hardback in VG dust jacket under a plastic sleeve which is taped down to the endpapers.
$15 C/C
Hodder 1960 first edition, 192pp.
[#3148 ]
G+ soiled wraps, centre page detached but present
$25 B/$5 international [NZ 47]
Pegaus 1956 revised edition stapled wraps, 72pp errata slip, New Zealand Holiday Guides number three. Guide to climbing and mountaineering in New Zealand's Southern Alps.
More than 70 people were interviewed for this account of a man's life in the North Canterbury High Country where he observed, studied and protected the wildlife in the Lake Sumner and Lewis Pass area.
ISBN0473013924
VG+ softback.
$45 C/C
Robin Patterson 1992 second printing, 289 pp + folding maps and photos.
[#3372 ]
Illustrated and with written descripitons of nearly 200 species of fish found in our sea waters.
Common, commercial, and unusual fish illustrated in colour.
ISBN9780790002965
fisheries, angling, identification guide
VG softback
$15 C/B
Reed 1993, 150pp.
[#3751 ]
New Zealand's first great conservation success story: integrating nature conservation with hydro-electric development of Lakes Manapouri and Te Anau, Fiordland National Park
ISBN0958340501
VG softback
$40 B/B
Longacre Press 1994, 106 pages. [#2957 natural history, ecology, fiordland ]
An evocative seasonal journal set in rock-and-tussock country in Central Otago, blending natural history and folklore, fact and fiction, featuring the New Zealand falcon, the wildest thing in our skies . Meet a mysterious itinerant farmhand, thoroughly tuned into his environment, who is able to fly with falcons.
Part memoir, part natural history, a journey through Central Otago and encounters with New Zealand's magnificent native falcon the karearea.
ISBN0868681369
Otago, natural history, memoir
VG softback
$10 C/B
John McIndoe 1992, 143pp.
[#3428 ]
Complete story of the Huia, one of New Zealand's most fabulously plumed birds, which for this reason was hunted to extinction. Gives the natural, cultural and regional history of the bird.
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with small area lost top corner of front panel.
$195 B/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1963 First edition, 159pp+ plates.
[#3012 ]
A botanical essay supported by superb colour photography by Brian Enting, which charts the changing environment across New Zealand's native forests.
ISBN 9781869410889
native plants, photo essay, botanical photography
VG hardback in VG dust jacket.
$15 B/C
Random Century 1990 first edition, 128pp.
[#5676 ]
VG VG edge rubbing to DW.
$20 C/C [Item# 77 NZN]
Reed 1970 first edition cloth 4to, 151pp includes many b&w and some colour photographs. Deer, Mountain goats, pig, possum, wallabies small mammals, rabbits etc. SBN 589004115
An authoritative handbook with line illustrations throughout to help identify New Zealand wildlife.
Includes mammals, birds, and reptiles, but the bulk focuses on seashore life such as molluscs, crustaceans and fish.
VG- softback, minor soiling to covers.
$15 B/B
Auckland Institute and Museum 1975, 96pp.
[#3376/4365]
Scientific guide to the mollusca found in New Zealand coastal waters.
Illustrated with drawings.
mollusca, shellfish, seashore, illustrated
VG softback sewn bound in card wraps, former owner details inside front cover.
$25 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1946, 2nd revised and enlarged edition, 106pp + 26 plates.
[#3928 ]
Scientific guide to the mollusca found in New Zealand coastal waters.
Illustrated with photographs and drawings.
mollusca, shellfish, seashore, illustrated
VG softback with sewn binding, with former owner name and stamp to first pages.
$25 C/C
Whitcombe and Tombs 1967 reprint of 4th edition, 203pp including 36 plates.
[#3927 ]
Scientific guide to the mollusca found in New Zealand coastal waters.
Illustrated with photographs and drawings.
mollusca, shellfish, seashore, illustrated
VG hardback with VG- dust jacket.
$25 C/C
ISBN072330470X
Reed 1976 5th revised edition, 154pp + plates
[#2105 ]
Nice retro title on New Zealand shellfish.
Four sections: Collecting, Identifying, Finding and Preparing Edible shellfish, Recipes.
With colour photographs and taxonomy.
ISBN0854670122
molluscs, mollusca, foraging, survival, seafood, kai moana
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$20 B/C
Seven Seas publishing 1971 first edition, 87pp.
[#4348 ]
One of the best books on New Zealand ornithology with extensive information and over 330 excellent colour photographs.
Contributions by 77 ornithologists, covering 305 species.
VG+ hardback in VG+ dust jacket
$30 D/D
Reader's Digest 1985 first edition, 319 pages. ISBN094981962X [#2601/ 2852 ]
Memoir by this indefatigable nineteenth century Austrian naturalist, scientist, and explorer in New Zealand, who obsessively collected ornithological and other natural history specimens for foreign museums.
A facsimile of Cape original, printed on cheap newsprint stock.
new zealand, native birds, specimens, taxidermist,
VG- some wear or handling
$9 C/B
Wilson & Horton (1970), 312pp.
[#1961, 4074 ]
Biography of the nineteenth century Austrian naturalist, scientist, and explorer, and his obsessive collecting of New Zealand ornithological specimens for foreign museums.
ISBN0340245514
new zealand, natural history, native birds
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$30 C/C
Hodder 1981 first edition, 196pp + plates.
[#4054 ]
The finest and most comprehensive record of the native trees of New Zealand ever achieved. Never before has such a detailed coverage in photographs been assembled in book form.
Most tree species are described and illustrated in detail; the full tree specimen, the leaf shapes (most at natural size), the bark, the flowers, the fruits.
The major trees, such as kahikatea, totara, rimu and kauri, receive special attention and with hundreds of colour photographs.
An outstanding introductory section examines the role of the tree in the harmony of nature, in the many natural cycles taking place inside the living forest. The types of New Zealand forest are examined and the origins of species in remote antiquity are explained.
ISBN0589013408
VG hardback in G+ dust jacket with sun fading at spine, and two closed tears near spine
$55 D/D
Heinemann Reed 1981, 384 pages. [#2866]
Revised edition of the finest and most comprehensive record of the native trees of New Zealand ever achieved. Never before has such a detailed coverage in photographs been assembled in book form. There are more than 220 species of indigenous New Zealand trees covered in this book. Most tree species are described and illustrated in detail; the full tree specimen, the leaf shapes (most at natural size), the bark, the flowers, the fruits. The major trees, such as kahikatea, totara, rimu and kauri, receive special attention. 1,500 colour photographs. An outstanding introductory section examines the role of the tree in the harmony of nature, in the many natural cycles taking place inside the living forest. The types of New Zealand forest are examined; the origins of species in remote antiquity are explained. This revised edition incorporates extensive changes of nomenclature, including 29 newly recognised scientific names.
ISBN0790005034
ISBN0790001047
VG hardback in VG dust jacket with mild sun fading at spine
$65 D/D
Heinemann Reed 1989, 384 pages. [#2634]
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$65 D/D
Heinemann Reed 1990, 384 pages. [#3584]
Professor Salmon has taken the essential features of his book The Native Trees of New Zealand and compiled this outstanding new field guide. While preserving the high scientific standards of The Native Trees of New Zealand this book has been carefully designed to be used in the field as an identification guide. A Field Guide to the Native Trees of New Zealand is a complete and easy-to-use reference to the trees of New Zealand's three main islands. Colour photographs.
ISBN0474001229
VG- hardback with no dust jacket as issued. Book plate to free end paper, minor sunfading to pictorial covers
$30 C/C
Reed Methuen 1986 irst edition, 228pp.
[#3047 ]
A survey of the history of New Zealand botanical art from the rarest and most famous plant books. From the scientific observations of the first European voyagers, to the amateur and professional botanists of the Victorian period.
ISBN047400015X
Flora, Botanical Art, Prints
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$40 B/D
Reed Methuen 1985, 142pp + 48 plates
[#3402 ]
G+ hardback in G+ dust jacket. Lacks free endpaper, ex-library with markings, complete dust jacket has tape reinforcing along edges on reverse side. Good reference copy.
$10 B/D
Reed Methuen 1985, 142pp + 48 plates
[#3778 ]
An appraisal of the New Zealand Beech forest controversy
ISBN 0589009109
Westland, Southland, conservation, native forestry
VG softback
$15 C/B
Reed 1975 first edition, 218pp illustrated throughout.
[#4654 ]
VG+ all illustrations present but misbound.
$15 B/$5 international [NZ 98]
Pegasus Press 1967 fourth revised edition, sheets stapled in pictorial wrappers, 56pp + plates.
A detailed introduction to the lizards and amphibians of New Zealand.
Includes their place in Maori mythology and folklore.
Colour photographs.
Stephens Island, gecko, skink, reptiles, native
VG hardback in VG dust jacket
$20 B/C
Collins 1966, 94pp + plates.
[#2743, 3974 ]
Fascinating work on New Zealand cabbage trees - their place in the natural world, their importance to Maori, their place in the world of symbolism, art, design, horticulture, and as a national symbol. It also looks at conservation issues, notable individual cabbage trees, and the mysterious disease called 'sudden decline syndrome', which has caused widespread losses of cabbage trees, and research to combat the problem. Increasingly scarce title.
ISBN0908812760
FINE as NEW softback
$95 B/D
Canterbury University Press 2000, 324pp.
[#3093 ]
VG VG
$10 C/C [Item# 76 NZN]
W&T 1965 first edition hardcover 4to, 101pp + plates in b&w and colour. Ornithologist / bird-watcher's guide to twenty one of New Zealand's native bird species and how best to observe them as well as theirbreeding patterns etc.
Rethinking of New Zealand geological science in line with the acceptance of the theory of continental drift.
ISBN 0589011847
geology, seismic, tectonics
VG hardback in VG dust jacket, pencil name at front.
$30 C/D
Reed 1980 first edition, xxii 442pp.
[#5192 ]
Includes the common, Maori and botanic names, sketches of the ferns etc. William Cobeldick was a Forest Ranger who was the last person recorded as seeing Huia alive (1924).
VG softback with stapled wrappers, has an indented writing ghost to cover wraps, inscribed title page [Forest & Bird Society | William Cobeldick FRGS | 24th Nov 1955] $20 C/A John McIndoe 1954 FIRST EDITION 160pp [#2374 NZ nature botany natural history ]
VG ex library marks, pencil note to foreword.
$5 B/A [Item# 72 NZN]
Department of Health 1971, stapled wrappers, 42pp with b&w photos and drawings.
A complete guide to the use of trees and shrubs on farms and homesteads.
Includes propagation and maintenance of practical and ornamental plantings.
farming, silviculture, forestry, landscaping
VG+ softback
$15 C/B
Southland Farm Forestry Association 1994, 220pp.
[#4818 ]
Two volume work being a full account of New Zealand's geology, produced by the New Zealand Geological Survey. Includes colour photographs.
ISBN0477010571
VG hardbacks in VG lightly worn dust jackets.
$95 + $15 postage within NZ or please contact for shipping quote on this large heavy set
Government Printer, 1978, 820pp + folding charts etc. and a two part map in pocket at rear of volume one. [#2558 new zealand natural history geology ]
An Introduction to Rocks, Minerals and Fossils
ISBN0790000253
FINE used copy, softcover $25 B/C Heinemann Reed 1988 (reprint of first printing), vi +226pages. Well illustrated in diagrams and photos.[#2443 nz, geology, natural history ]
G+ to VG
4to, stapled sheets inside printed card wrappers if stated, scientific reports and symposia etc.
G+ to VG
4to, stapled sheets inside printed card wrappers if stated, scientific reports and symposia etc.
G+ to VG
4to, stapled sheets inside printed card wrappers if stated, scientific reports and symposia etc.
G+ to VG
4to, stapled sheets inside printed card wrappers if stated, scientific reports and symposia etc.
G+ to VG
4to, stapled sheets inside printed card wrappers if stated, scientific reports and symposia etc.
G+ to VG
$15 each part C/C cheaper shipped together.
softcover 4to, scientific reports and symposia etc.
VG light edge wear, name erased from fep.
$30 B/B [Item# 66 NZN]
New Zealand Forest Service 1957 first edition quarter cloth printed papered boards, xxvii 104pp +platews and folded charts at rear pocket. 'Statement prepared for the 7th British Commonwealth Forestry Conference, Australia & New Zealand 1957', one chart of North Island, one of South Island plus a letter on Forest Service letterhead to Mr R V Maxwell of Waitaki Catchment Commission dated 1970.
The story of how an amateur became an expert after discovering fossil dinosaurs in Hawke's Bay, proving dinosaurs lived in ancient New Zealand.
ISBN1869411455
paleantology, fossils, dinosaurs
VG softback, contact sealed
$35 C/B
Random Century 1991, 128pp.
[#3638B ]
This book investigates one of the richest and most unusual faunas in the world, one that thrived in isolation for 80 million years, but that over the past 2000 years has been reduced to a shadow of its former glory. It was a fauna dominated by birds. In one of the most dramatic extinctions of modern times, half of these species were removed from the planet forever. Among these lost animals was the giant, flightless bird, the moa, an evolutionary novelty that was one of the largest birds ever known. In this definitive volume, Trevor H. Worthy and Richard N. Holdaway summarise all that is presently known about these incredible birds. The authors present the various species of moa, describe their skeletons, and reconstruct their life and ecology. Then they discuss the only threat to the survival of an adult moa, the world's largest eagle. Paying particular attention to the more interesting and unique forms known only or largely from the fossil record, Worthy and Holdaway describe the primary herbivores, the top predator, and other species. These are placed in the total fauna, where ducks, gruids, and even bats all followed an evolutionary path to flightlessness. Wonderful as these species were, most were ill-prepared to face new, mammalian predators - first rats brought by human visitors, then other mammals, and finally humans themselves. Copiously illustrated and carefully documented from the most current scientific research, The Lost World of the Moa reconstructs a fascinating evolutionary experiment that survived all manner of climatic and geological change, only to succumb to contact with the outside world. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings, diagrams and charts.
Table of Contents; Preliminary Table of Contents - Introduction - The Land that Time Forgot; The Early Record; The Unveiling; The Discovery of Moa; Moa Anatomy and Evolution; The Living Moa; Kiwi; Waterbirds of All Kinds; The Grandest Eagle; Other Birds of Prey; A Plethora of Rails; Seabirds, Parrots, and Passerines; Oceanic Birds on Land; Bats to Frogs; Guilds and Regional Faunas; Extinction, the Final Word.
ISBN1877257214
THIS COPY IS SIGNED "Best Wishes, Richard" (Holdaway) above his name to the title page.
VG hardback in VG+ dust jacket. There is some extremely minor atmospheric humidity related curl to top corners of some pages in the page block at front of book, no stains or markings are present
$395 D/D
Canterbury University Press 2002 FIRST EDITION, xxxiii 718pp.
[#3092 ]
A full survey of the island including natural history and human activities. Includes native and introduced animals, abandoned settlements etc.
G+ softback with some smoke soiling to covers and edges. Linen spine. Ex-library with stamps, issue slips at rear.
$175 B/D
The Department of Lands and Survey 1975, 447pp.
[#3405 ]