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BULLER, Walter Lawry, Sir (1838-1906). Manual of the Birds of New Zealand. Wellington: Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, 1882. 8° (235 x 145mm). 40 lithographic plates, numerous text-illustrations. Contemporary green morocco, covers with wide ornate gilt borders, ornate gilt spine, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed). [With:] -- Reviews and Other Notices of Sir Walter Buller's 'Birds of New Zealand'. London: printed by Taylor and Francis [for private circulation only], 1890. 8° (208 x 140mm). Wood-engraved plate, tailpiece. (Very light occasional marginal finger-soiling.) Contemporary green morocco, covers panelled with wide ornate gilt borders, gilt turn-ins, gilt edges (extremities lightly rubbed). EXTREMELY SCARCE.
With three other New Zealand related volumes including a 1967 reprint edition of Buller's Birds of New Zealand. (5)
With three other New Zealand related volumes including a 1967 reprint edition of Buller's Birds of New Zealand. (5)
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