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347. Buller Walter. New Zealand Exhibition 1865.
On the Ornithology of New Zealand. Octavo, papered board.
Johannes Andersen’s signature on title and loosely inserted
his notes taken from Gideon Mantell’s Journal 15 Dec. 1851
re the arrival of the first live Kiwi to the zoological gardens
in London. Buller Sir Walter. The Story of Papaitonga (
Buller’s Home) from Trans N.Z Institute 1893 Vol. 26. Both
octavo neatly bound in papered boards with titles. Annotations and
insertions by Andersen, including an invitation card to with
heron insignia to Papaitonga, in Maori dated1895 printed by R
Coupland Harding, the Memorial Service at St Pauls Cathedral
July 26th 1906 and newspaper clippings. (2)
$300 – $500
348. Buller Sir Walter. A Supplement to the Birds of
New Zealand. Published for the Subscribers by the Author. Two
volumes large quarto with 12 hand coloured lithographed plates,
engraved portrait and text illustrations; some foxing on margins
of frontispiece and endpapers otherwise both volumes mostly clean.
Original red buckram with gilt kiwi on front boards and gilt titles,
bindings in near mint condition. London 1905. Loosely enclosed
is an autograph 1 page letter from London dated July 29th
1915 from W.L. Buller to A.T Pycroft enclosing a prospectus
and thanking him for his valuable notes etc. Also a coloured
poster of New Zealand Native Birds from Brett’s Christmas
Annual Dec 1. 1921.
$3000 – $5000
349. Buller Sir Walter. Three signed and dated
handwritten letters to Arthur T Pycroft over the period
April 23, 1897 to June 9, 1899, 7 pages overall regarding
the rediscovery by Pycroft of the Little Black Shag previously
thought to be not common to New Zealand, Buller
acknowledged his contribution in the 1905 Supplement. ‘I had
the pleasure of adding this species to our list of indigenous birds on the
authority of a skin received by me from Mr A.T. Pycroft’ (3)
$400 – $500
350. Falla Robert A. (Snap Shots) of the Bird Life of
the Hauraki Gulf, hand written title. Album of 12 mounted
photographs, very fine studies of various species of Gulls,
Terns, Herons and Petrels, nesting, eggs, hatching, chicks,
all images precisely annotated with names, dates, locations-
Rangitoto, Tiri Tiri Island- October- November 1923, inside
front cover inscribed ‘Mr & Mrs A.T. Pycroft. Kind regards
from R.A.Falla’ 11 x 16 cms
$250 – $350
351. Falla Robert A. Record of a field trip to the
Mokohinau, Arid and Cuvier Islands. Album of 10 fine
mounted photographs of views, bird life. 9 signed, annotated and
dated October 1933 by Falla and one ‘Cave at Mokehinau ‘by H.
Winkleman. Aug 1902 21 x 24 cms
$300 – $400
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352. Henry Richard [ Caretaker of Resolution Island] –
The Habits of the Flightless Birds of New Zealand with notes
on other New Zealand birds. Octavo, 10 plates, bound in yellow
cloth, with gilt titles. Wellington, John McKay 1906. Bagnall H
693
$200 – $400
353. Hudson g.v. New Zealand Moths and Butterflies.
Large quarto, 13 plates, all but two coloured; original gilt cloth, top
gilt edge. London, West Newman and Co 1898.
$200 – $300
354. Hudson g.v. New Zealand Neuroptera. 11 coloured
plates. London, 1904; New Zealand Beetles and their Larvae.
17 colour plates. Wellington, Ferguson and Osburn 1934; An
Elementary Manual of New Zealand Entomology. Colour
frontispiece, plates. London, West Newman and Co 1892. All
octavo in original blue and green gilt cloth, two decorated with
insects. (3)
$200 – $400
355. Hudson g.v. The Butterflies and Moths of New
Zealand. ( and Supplement). Two volumes quarto, 82 plates,
nearly all coloured, original half roan and gilt decorated cloth with
gilt butterfly and titles, lower corners scuffed. Wellington, Ferguson
and Osburn Ltd 1928- 39. Bookplate of Augustus Hamilton on
front end paper and prospectus loosely enclosed.
$400 – $600
356. Mair Captain gilbert. 3 page signed letter from
Tauranga, dated April 18, 1876 to Thomas Cheeseman ‘After
a great deal of trouble and expense I have just succeeded
in securing for W Buller a parcel of fine “Tuataras” for the
museum at Wellington ….’The freight is paid as far as Auckland
and the box is in charge of the Steward, I enclose 7/- in stamps
to meet expenses of transit’: Dendy Professor Arthur.
Outlines of the Development of the Tuatara Sphenodon
[Hatteria] punctatus. Octavo, compliments slip , original black gilt
cloth, errata slips, plates [1898 ] (2)
$300 – $500