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Swainson, William New Zealand and its Colonization
London Smith, Elder and Co. 1859 First Edition Original Cloth Poor with no dust jacket
Lacking the folding map. Cloth torn along entire length of rear joint and also along most of front joint. Tears and chips to spine cloth. Hinges broken. Binding loose. A rough working copy in the original cloth.; viii, 416 pages + errata slip + 24 pages advertisements. Lacking the folding frontispiece map. Red blind-stamped cloth boards. Page dimensions: 222 x 140mm. Contents: The Native Race - Past and Present; Colonization; Collision with the Natives; Joint-Stock Colonization; Native Insurrection; The Native Difficulty; New Zealand as a Field of Emigration; The Capital of New Zealand; Scenery and Bush Travelling; The Climate; The New Zealand Constitution; Political Progress; "Responsible Government"; The Church of England in New Zealand.; 8vo
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195.75 NZD
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Swainson, William; Series editor: Dionysius Lardner On the Habits and Instincts of Animals
London Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans 1840 First Edition Original Cloth Fair with no dust jacket
Binding poor. Text block very good. Need rebacking. Front joint broken. Spine detached from front board along length of front joint. Front board nearly detached, hanging on by three cords. Gutters broken at hinges. ; 375, [1] pages + numerous in-text illustrations. Full calf binding. Morocco spine label. Dimensions: 6 5/8" by 4". Page edges dyed red. Contents: On the Instincts of the Animal World, as different from Human Reason. - Various Instances of Instinct; On the different Senses as developed in all the Classes of Animals - General Remarks on those of the Vertebrated Division - Vitality of Animals - Fascination of Snakes; On the Passions of Animals; On the Motions of Animals; On the Means of Defence possessed by Animals; Direct Injuries inflicted by Animals; Indirect Injuries; On the Hybernation, Torpidity, and Migration of Animals; On Imperfect Societies of Animals; On Perfect Societies of Animals; Luminous Animals. ; The Cabinet of Natural History; 16mo 6" - 7" tall
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114.75 NZD
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