Wellington, New Zealand Oceanographic Institute, 1968-1980. Three parts in three. Large 4to (28.0 x .21.5 cm). Full colour (1) and b/w (1) frontispieces; 233 pp. [105; 85; 43]; 37 text figures [30; 3; 4], 51 plates [14; 20; 17]. Original uniform printed softcovers.

The first three (of four) volumes of seldom-seen well-illustrated monograph including new taxa. Includes notes on the distribution, phylogeny, synonymies, habitats, etc., etc. These are the Institute's Memoir 37, 51 (published 1970), and 87. Written by Dame Patricia Rose Bergquist (1933-2009). "At the time of her death, she was professor emerita of zoology and honorary professor of anatomy with radiology at the University of Auckland" (Wikipedia). The last part co-authored by K. P. Warne. Added is Bergquist's part on Demospongiae (38 pp.; 20 text illustrations) from the Biological Results of the Chatham Islands 1954 Expedition, published in the same series as Memoir 13 (1961). Stamp on front covers and titles; small label on front cover top margins; otherwise, a very good, clean set.