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Lot Is Closed BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY - A History of the Birds of New Zealand
BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY - A History of the Birds of New Zealand - 1BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY - A History of the Birds of New Zealand - 2BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY - A History of the Birds of New Zealand - 3BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY - A History of the Birds of New Zealand - 4BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY - A History of the Birds of New Zealand - 5
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BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY - A History of the Birds of New Zealand
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$7,000 - $9,000
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$5,000
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Description
BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY
A History of the Birds of New Zealand
London: John van Voorst 1873, first edition. xxiii, 384p, [5]p, of reviews and notices, frontis, 35 hand-coloured plates and illustrations, colouring on the plates bright and vibrant. Frontis and title page have been mounted onto new blank pages, all edges gilt, bound in maroon leather [not recent] with decorative gilt and titles, cloth boards inscription verso of front endpaper with R.L. Kennedy's book plate. A few spots of light foxing, clean VG, attractive copy.
Provenance: John Mowbray Collection.
Condition
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