WILD BEAUTY Nature in New Zealand photographs, a Whitcombe and Tombs classic.. War The special evolutionary status of

The special evolutionary status of tuatara as the last of the rhynchocephalians - one of the four orders of living reptiles - is unquestioned

became extinct when its last member died in 1933

West Auckland

but no doubt exhausted

Very collectable and beautifully illustrated book

WILD BEAUTY Nature in New Zealand photographs, a Whitcombe and Tombs classic.. War The special evolutionary status ofThis beauty produced by icons of New Zealand publishing Whitcombe and Tombs, dates from 1949. Intended as a tourist magazine, a keepsake for visitors to our shores, in their foreword they say "it is hoped that this collection of photographs may help keep that memory fresh, and to remind not only them, but others, of the creative wonders with which our paths are so richly strewn". Over 64 pages it features 29 botanical species with black and white full