Art + Object: Rare Books, 208, AUCKLAND

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Auction Date
September 09, 2025 - September 09, 2025
Page Size: 458 items in 19 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
306 BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY

A History of the Birds of New Zealand

London 1888 NZD 800.00 - 1,000.00 NZD 1,907.00
307 BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY

A History of the Birds of New Zealand

London 1888 NZD 600.00 - 800.00 NZD 2,276.00
308 BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY

[2 items] Manual of the Birds of New Zealand...

Wellington 1882 NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 1,230.00
309 BULLER, SIR WALTER LAWRY

The History of the Birds of New Zealand

London 1873 NZD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
310 CHEESEMAN, T.F.

[3 vols] Manual of the New Zealand Flora...

Wellington 1906 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 185.00
311 CRAIG, ERIC

New Zealand Fern Album

NZD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
312 DARWIN, CHARLES

[3 titles] Origin of Species...

London 1900 NZD 60.00 - 100.00 NZD 92.00
313 DARWIN, CHARLES

[2 titles] A Naturalist's Voyage...

London 1907 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 105.00
314 DARWIN, CHARLES

A Naturalist's Voyage

London 1890 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 148.00
315 DARWIN, CHARLES

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

London 1883 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 160.00
316 DARWIN, CHARLES

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs

London 1889 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 123.00
317 EAGLE, AUDREY

Eagles Complete Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand

Wellington 2006 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 105.00
318 FIELD, H.C.

The Ferns of New Zealand and its Immediate Dependencies

Wanganui 1890 NZD 60.00 - 80.00 NZD 43.00
319 GILL, BRIAN [text] PAUL MARTINSON [paintings]

New Zealand's Extinct Birds

Auckland NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 492.00
320 HAAST, JULIUS VON

Report of a Topographical and Geological Exploration of the Western Districts of the Nelson Province, New Zealand. Undertaken for the Provincial Government by Julius Haast esq.

Nelson 1861 NZD 150.00 - 200.00 NZD 135.00
321 HAAST, JULIUS VON

[association copy] Geology of the Provinces of Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand

Christchurch 1879 NZD 300.00 - 400.00 NZD 320.00
322 HETLEY, MRS CHARLES

The Native Flowers of New Zealand

London 1888 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 984.00
323 HETLEY, MRS CHARLES

The Native Flowers of New Zealand

London 1888 NZD 200.00 - 400.00 NZD 984.00
324 HOCHSTETTER, DR. FERDINAND VON

New Zealand; Its Physical Geography, Geology, and Natural History With Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson

Stuttgart 1867 NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 197.00
325 HUDSON, G.V.

New Zealand Moths and Butterflies [Macro-Lepidoptera]

London 1898 NZD 150.00 - 250.00 NZD 738.00
326 MANTELL, GIDEON ALGERNON

Petrifactions and Their Teachings;

London 1851 NZD 100.00 - 200.00 NZD 62.00
327 MANTELL, GIDEON ALGERNON

[association copy] Notice of the Remains of the Dinornis and Other Birds

NZD 200.00 - 300.00 NZD 160.00
328 OLIVER, W.R.B.

The Moas of New Zealand and Australia...

Wellington 1949 NZD 80.00 - 120.00 NZD 234.00
329 PYKE, VINCENT

[2 items] History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago...

Dunedin 1887 NZD 120.00 - 180.00 NZD 74.00
330

REVIEWS AND OTHER NOTICES Of Sir Walter Buller's Birds of New Zealand

London 1890 NZD 300.00 - 500.00 NZD 320.00
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