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Buller’s Birds of New Zealand: A History of the Birds of New Zealand by Sir Walter Lawry Butler
by Turbott, E. G. (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some old tape repairs.
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1967. First edition.. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some old tape repairs.. Pp. xviii, 261, 48 fine tipped-in color plates reproducing in six-color offset from the 48 stone-plate lithographs by J.G. Keulemans. One-quarter black cloth over textured blue-gray cloth boards with a gilt bird on the upper third of the cover, marbled endpapers, color pictorial dust jacket, folio (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches). This volume contains all of the color plates from the 1888 edition of Buller’s ‘Birds of New Zealand.’ Small call number of the International Crane Foundation on the spine of the dust jacket, plain pocket on the rear endpaper and name stamp Ron Sauey Memorial Library on rear endpaper and top page edge, no other institutional marks to the text or cloth binding. Sauey was co-founder of the International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin.
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- Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9760
- Title
- Buller’s Birds of New Zealand: A History of the Birds of New Zealand by Sir Walter Lawry Butler
- Author
- Turbott, E. G. (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a very good dust jacket with some old tape repairs.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Honolulu: East-West Center Press, 1967. First edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ornithology;
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Iowa City, Iowa
About Natural History Books
Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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