Author: Sir Walter Lawry Buller; E. G. Turbott [editor]
Title: Buller&Apos;S Birds of New Zealand
Description: London, MacDonald, 1967. Cloth. A smart new edition of this study of the birds of New Zealand, brightly illustrated throughout. New edition. Illustrated with forty-eight tipped in colour plates and six in-text figures. Collated complete. This work has long been a classic of bird literature, being a partnership between the ornithologist and the artist in the recording of bird life across the country of New Zealand. Now, reproduced with additional information to retains its place among the essential books of reference of bird fauna. Written by Sir Walter Lawry Buller, a New Zealand lawyer and naturalist who was a dominant figure in New Zealand ornithology. Edited and brought up to date by Evan Graham Turbott, a New Zealand ornithologist, zoologist, and museum administrator. Illustrated by Johannes Gerardus Keulemans, a Dutch bird illustrator, remembered for illustrating many of the best-known ornithology books of the nineteenth century. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original price-clipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities with light sunning to the spine. Original paper covered slip case is very smart with light wear and minor sunning to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound with the odd plate guard loosening. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: J. G. Keulemans. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Buller Birds New Zealand Turbott Birds J. G. Keulemans


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