BULLER, Walter Lawry, Sir (1838-1906). A History of the Birds of New Zealand ... second edition. London: [1887-]1888. 2 vols, large 4° (362 x 273mm). 2 plain and 48 chromolithographic plates. (Some very occasional unobtrusive spotting.) Original green half morocco, blocked in gilt, gilt edges (spines worn, extremities rubbed). SECOND AND ENLARGED EDITION. [With:] -- Supplement to the 'Birds of New Zealand'. London: 1905. 2 vols, large 4° (378 x 282mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait, 12 hand-coloured lithographic plates. (Marginal light staining and spotting to frontispiece, title to vol. II lightly browned, plates X and XI misbound.) Original red cloth blocked in gilt, top edges gilt (stained and soiled, heavy to upper cover of vol. II and extending into endpapers). Provenance: Margaret A. Buller (ink inscriptions) -- Kathleen Brown -- Mary A. Ridley (bookplates).
BULLER, Walter Lawry, Sir (1838-1906). A History of the Birds of New Zealand ... second edition. London: [1887-]1888. 2 vols, large 4° (362 x 273mm). 2 plain and 48 chromolithographic plates. (Some very occasional unobtrusive spotting.) Original green half morocco, blocked in gilt, gilt edges (spines worn, extremities rubbed). SECOND AND ENLARGED EDITION. [With:] -- Supplement to the 'Birds of New Zealand'. London: 1905. 2 vols, large 4° (378 x 282mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait, 12 hand-coloured lithographic plates. (Marginal light staining and spotting to frontispiece, title to vol. II lightly browned, plates X and XI misbound.) Original red cloth blocked in gilt, top edges gilt (stained and soiled, heavy to upper cover of vol. II and extending into endpapers). Provenance: Margaret A. Buller (ink inscriptions) -- Kathleen Brown -- Mary A. Ridley (bookplates).

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BULLER, Walter Lawry, Sir (1838-1906). A History of the Birds of New Zealand ... second edition. London: [1887-]1888. 2 vols, large 4° (362 x 273mm). 2 plain and 48 chromolithographic plates. (Some very occasional unobtrusive spotting.) Original green half morocco, blocked in gilt, gilt edges (spines worn, extremities rubbed). SECOND AND ENLARGED EDITION. [With:] -- Supplement to the 'Birds of New Zealand'. London: 1905. 2 vols, large 4° (378 x 282mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait, 12 hand-coloured lithographic plates. (Marginal light staining and spotting to frontispiece, title to vol. II lightly browned, plates X and XI misbound.) Original red cloth blocked in gilt, top edges gilt (stained and soiled, heavy to upper cover of vol. II and extending into endpapers). Provenance: Margaret A. Buller (ink inscriptions) -- Kathleen Brown -- Mary A. Ridley (bookplates).

This second edition was limited to 1000 copies, with the plates remade rather than simply being reissues of the first edition. Anker 85; Nissen IVB 163; Wood p. 269; Zimmer p.115. (4)

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