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Buller Sir Walter Lawry - A History Of The Birds Of New Zealand Second Edition 1888
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Lot Details
(Published For The Subscribers) by The Author, with coloured lithographic plates after J. G. Keulemans, , 2 volumes, second edition 1888, Vol I, lxxxiv, 250pp, (6) extracts from reviews, 24 coloured plates plus smaller wood engravings in the text, Vol II, xv, 359pp, 26 plates (24 coloured), gilt fore-edges, original quarter dark green morocco, green cloth gilt, together with the 2 volume Supplement To The Birds Of New Zealand, 1905, red cloth gilt. Plates of 1888 volumes with tissue guards, light foxing, occasional browning otherwise a very clean and tight set with the scarce supplement volumes.
