Lot 418
Buller, Walter Lawry
A History of the Birds of New Zealand. First edition.
London: John van Voorst, 1873. Folio. xxiii, 384p. xxiii, 384, [5]p. Frontispiece, 35 hand-coloured plates. 755. Rebound by Bayntun. Half green leather/green cloth boards. Mild FX. Handsome copy of the very scarce first edition, essential to any serious collection of New Zealand books. Binding G+ to VG. Contents G to G+.
Realised: $9,000 September 2011

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