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NZ Natural History Classics
6 February 2012 Latest News, Natural History, New Zealand
New Zealand Medicinal Plants
by S. G. Brooker, R. C. Cambie & R. C. Cooper
Auckland: Reed Books , 1991. Reprint.
ISBN: 0790002507. 268pp, colour plates, illustrations
$45.00
Forest Vines to Snow Tussocks
by John Dawson
Wellington: Victoria University Press, 1993. Second Edition.
ISBN: 0864730470. 264pp, B/W plates, diagrams
$40.00
Eagle’s Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand in Colour: Two Hundred and Twenty-Eight Botanical Paintings
by Audrey Eagle
Auckland: Collins, 1975. First Edition.
311pp, colour plates
$85.00
New Zealand Spiders: An Introduction
by R. R. & L. M. Forster
Auckland: Collins, 1973. First Edition
254 pp. colour & B/W plates
$85.00
New Zealand Butterflies: Identification and Natural History
by George W. Gibbs
Auckland: Collins, 1980. First Edition
ISBN: 000216955X. 207 pp. colour plates
$95.00
New Zealand Alpine Plants
by A. F. Mark
Illustrated by Nancy M. Adams
Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1986. Second Revised Edition.
ISBN: 0474002241. 265pp, colour illustrations
$50.00
The New Zealand Sea Shore
by John Morton and Michael Miller
Auckland: Collins, 1968. First Edition
ISBN: 638pp, colour & B/W plates, illustrations
$85.00
The Reed Field Guide to New Zealand Geology: An Introduction to Rocks Minerals and Fossils
by Jocelyn Thornton
Auckland: Reed Books, 1995. Reprint.
ISBN: 0790004054. 226pp, B/W plates, diagrams
$45.00
Jason Books will be open on Saturday February 4 and on Waitangi Day Monday February 6 10 am to 5 pm
read more »Legends of the Maori
30 January 2012 Arts, Latest News, Maori
Legends of the Maori by Maui Pomare and James Cowan Volume I: Mythology Folk-Lore Tradition and Poetry Volume II:Maori-Polynesian Historical Traditions Folk-Lore and Stories of Old New Zealand Illustrated with tipped-in B/W plates by Stuart Peterson Wellington: Harry H. Tombs, 1930. #83 of the de luxe edition of 300, signed by both authors and illustrator [...]
read more »Anniversary Weekend
26 January 2012 Latest News
Jason Books will be open both Saturday and Monday this holiday weekend January 28 and 30 10 am to 5 pm The store will also be open both Saturday and Monday next weekend, Waitangi weekend, February 4 and 6
read more »What’s On The Table Today?
16 January 2012 Latest News
Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY and the Lost Story of 1970 by David Brownie Captain Cook: Master of the Seas by Frank McLynn The Life of Thomas More by Peter Ackroyd Power and Glory: Jacobean England and The Making of the King James Bible by Adam Nicolson The Scourging [...]
read more »Complete Works of Charles Dickens
16 January 2012 Latest News, Literature
The Works of Charles Dickens The “Charles Dickens Edition” Chapman & Hall, London, 1887-1894 21 volumes, illustrated plus The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster stippled green cloth boards, green leather spines and corners, 5 raised bands, gilt titles to spine, marbled endpapers and edges $750 SOLD
read more »Happy Christmas
20 December 2011 Latest News
My best wishes to all Jason Books customers for a Happy Christmas and safe and restful holidays. I am taking a break between Christmas and New Year. Jason Books is closing at 2pm on Saturday 24 Dec Reopens Wednesday 4 January
read more »What’s On The Table Today?
2 December 2011 Latest News
The Battle For Spain: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 by Antony Beevor Masters and Commanders: How Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall and Alanbrooke Won the War in the West by Andrew Roberts Forgotten Wars: The End of Britain’s Asian Empire & Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia 1941-1945 by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper The Defeat [...]
read more »What’s On The Table Today?
22 November 2011 Latest News
The Street Philosopher and the Holy Fool: A Syrian Journey by Marius Kociejowski River Town: Two Years on the Yangtse by Peter Hessler Phantom Islands of the Atlantic: The Legends of Seven Lands That Never Were by Donald S. Johnson Sea Drift: Rafting Adventures in the Wake of Kon-Tiki by P. J. Capelotti From the [...]
read more »Architecture: Recent Arrivals
17 November 2011 Architecture, Latest News
10 x 10 – 2: 100 Architects 10 Critics London: Phaidon, 2008 Reprint. ISBN: 9780714848648. 464pp, colour plates. $60.00 Building: 3000 Years of Design Engineering and Construction by Bill Addis London: Phaidon, 2007 ISBN: 9780714841465. 640pp, colour & B/W plates, illus. $40.00 Contemporary European Architects by Wolfgang Amsoneit Koln: Taschen, 1991 ISBN: 3822897531. 160pp, colour [...]
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