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Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA: East-West Center Press, 1967. Cloth. Good/Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Keulemans, J. G.. xviii, 261pp w bibliography and index. Illustrated w six indexed figures in text, and forty-eight plates tipped in, collated to index. These plates are colour reproductions of the stone-plate lithographs by J. G. Keulemans from the second edition, 1888. Decorative endpapers. Blank bookplate neatly covers pocket remnant on front pastedown. Cloth w gilt stamped figure on cover, black quarter-wrap spine w gilt lettering. Adhesive ghosts visible from prev use of cello tape to hold DJ in place Bottom edges are worn. Bottom back corner is damaged. Joints and hinges are sound, no cracking. Internally, there are occasional faint splatter stains, none affecting the plates, but suggesting the book was dropped, perhaps in snow. Colour illustrated DJ has seen previous repair including chipping to bottom back corner. Lib cat label on tail. DJ preserved in laminated cover.… Read More

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A History of the Birds of New Zealand:Second Edition, Vol. 1.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The A History of the Birds of New Zealand:Second Edition, Vol. 2.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1967. Hardcover; 261 pages. With slipcase. Dark blue faux-leather cloth over gold/blue cloth boards. Gilt bird illustration on front cover. Gilt titles on spine. Clean marbled endpapers (photograph reproductions). Tight binding. The pages are bright and clean.With 48 beautiful tipped-in plates. The jacket is white with black titles and illustrations. Slightly faded. Top edge lightly bumped. Small rip in top edge. NF/VG. In a slipcase: paper, illustrated with a marbled design. Black titled on a blue label. Back corners reinforced with tape, which has yellowed. Moderate wear to edges. VG-. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Keulemans, J. G..

Christchurch, New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1974. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. As New/As New. 10.5" x 14.5. h/b 261 pages, condition is As New. the Slipcase has some edge wear. Third Printing, August 1974. This is a very heavy item and will require extra postage for destinations out-with the UK

London : Published (for the subscribers) by the author, 1888. Second Edition. Hardcover. Bound in near contemporary gilt-blocked burgundy buckram. Remains well preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Text only, lacks the plates. Physical description; two volumes in one. Notes; Text only, lacking plates. Subjects; Birds New Zealand. Birds New Zealand ; Pictorial works. Birds. Ornithology New Zealand. New Zealand.

Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society, 1983. First edition thus. Leather_bound. Fine. Keulemans. no. 71 of 250 numbered copies, signed by Anthony A.T. Ellis. Leather Bound January 1, 1983 Pp. xxiii, 384, (4, extracts from reviews), (1, note on supplementary plates); tinted frontispiece plate of the moa of New Zealand, 35 fine colour printed plates after colour paintings by Keulemans, some text figures. Publisher's original full brown leather, elaborately gilt-decorated, spine lettered in gilt and with gilt bird of prey and floral decorations, front cover with centre motif of North Island Takahe with palm trees in the background and with elaborate border gilt decorations, all page edges in gilt, dark brown endpapers, lg 4to (12 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches). This fine facsimile was published by the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, this being copy no. 71. It is signed by Anthony A. T. Ellis, President of the Royal Forest and… Read More