ISBN10: 0477010563, ISBN13: 9780477010566, [publisher: Wellington Christchurch & Lincoln: Government Printers et al -2000] Hardcover First editions, except for Book Vol.1, which is a reprint. Hardcover book x 5. Blue cloth and attractive pictorial dust jacket by various artists, all 21.5cm height. All have coloured maps to endpapers. For the first time, a complete survey of New Zealand's plants, native and introduced, published over many years by various authors following on from H.H. Allan's first volume originally published in 1961. Vol 1: Indigenous Tracheophyta (except monocotyledons) 1982 first reprint. 1085pp, with 40 b/w text figures. Vol. 2: Indigenous Tracheophyta. Monocotyledones except Gramineae. 1976 First ed. 354pp, with 43 text figures. Vol. 3: Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous & Spathaceous Monocots. (introduced wild plants.) 1980 Ist ed., 220pp, with coloured photos in plates, and text figs. Vol. 4: Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. 1988, Ist ed, 1365pp, with coloured photos in plates, and text figs. Vol. 5: Grasses. 2000, Ist ed, 650pp, with coloured photos in plates, and text figs. A Fine Five volume set in Fine protected jackets. Book Vol. 4 has some light rubbing to spine ends. Pictures available.
[Cley-next-the-Sea, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1976]