Forty-niners from Australia and New Zealand. Pp. 172, folding endpaper panorama, 16 plates, references, appendices, index; med. 8vo; uncut; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle marked; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; Ure Smith, Sydney, 1963. First edition. More about GOLD FLEET FOR CALIFORNIA
to Convey the Conveniencies of Life, Domestic Animals, Corn, Iron, &c., to New Zealand, with Dr. Benjamin Franklin's Sentiments upon the Subject. London, Aug. 29th, 1771. Pp. 16(last colophon, blank), publisher's device on title page; f'cap. 8vo; blue buckram with printed paper title label on upper board; glassine wrapper, edges... More about SCHEME OF A VOYAGE:
Pp. 32; later brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth a trifle flecked; original printed paper wrappers bound in, upper wrapper decorated in gilt, a trifle soiled; Rolle & Pollock, Wellington, 1948. Edition limited to 250 copies. *Signed by the compiler at foot of Foreword. More about THE BIBLIOPHILIST'S GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND BOOK VALUES
Pp. 124+180+184+310(last blank)+174(last blank), numerous text figures, glossary, bibliography, index; demy 4to; Parts I-IV glazed pictorial card (Part I with black cloth tape spine), occasionally slightly soiled, Part V pictorial paper wrappers;Otago Museum Trust Board, Dunedin, 1968-1979. Part I second printing; others first editions. Otago Museum Bulletin Numbers 1-5..... More about THE SPIDERS OF NEW ZEALAND. Parts I-V
New Zealand's worst sea disaster. Pp. xvi+158(last blank), full page illustrations and map, appendices; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; inked ownership inscription at head of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves a trifle marked; Cassell New Zealand, [Auckland], 1975. *Originally published in 1968 as New Zealand's worst sea disaster: the wreck... More about THE WRECK OF H.M.S. ORPHEUS
. A list for libraries, students and collectors. Pp. iv+8; printed textured paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, edges lightly creased, small hole in lower wrapper below top edge; a little faint soiling and creasing; The Beltane Book Bureau, Wellington, n.d.[c. 1948]. Edition limited to 500 copies. N.Z. Collectors' Monographs No. 2. More about THE BEST NEW ZEALAND BOOKS
Foreword by I. McL. Wards. Pp. xii+114, frontispiece, plus 8 plates, coloured folding map at end, bibliography, index; boards a trifle foxed; dust wrapper, lightly foxed and soiled, edges slightly rubbed, the backstrip faded; a little light foxing; Government Printer, Wellington, 1972. First edition. *Published for the Historical Publications Branch... More about NEW ZEALAND AND THE UNITED STATES 1840-1944
relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. Pp. xxiv+698(last blank), index; roy. 8vo; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown;The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1972. First U.S. edition. *Includes references to whalers and whaling. More about MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH ISLES
Pp. [xii]+170(last blank), frontispiece, plus 3 plates, errata slip mounted on p. 59 (partly obscuring text); gilt lettered red cloth, the lower board lightly flecked, spine slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and faded, edges chipped and split, with one tape repair on reverse; free endpapers faintly offset... More about NEW ZEALAND BOOKSELLER'S REMINISCENCES
Films and people in New Zealand. Pp. [ii]+242, 16 plates, index; fore-corner of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, soiled and worn, the edges rubbed and chipped; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, both pastedowns offset, ownership inscription on upper free endpaper, a little light foxing; Paul's Book Arcade, Hamilton, 1945. More about SPEAKING CANDIDLY
signed (on behalf of Queen Victoria) by the New Zealand Governor, Sir George Ferguson Bowen, appointing James Lindsay to be a Sub-Lieutenant in the Howick Troop, Royal Cavalry, countersigned (November 7th 1872), by Wm. Hall, with the seal of the Colony affixed, registered in the Office of the Inspector of... More about MILITARY COMMISSION, dated 3rd July 1871
A History of Hamilton, New Zealand, 1875-1894. Pp. x+246, 8 plates, free endpaper map printed in red, a few text figures, index; corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; text block faintly browned, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Paul's Book Arcade,Auckland... More about SETTLERS IN DEPRESSION
Or, life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales & New Zealand. By a Bank Official. Pp. xii+180(last colophon), full page facsimile, tailpiece decorations; purple cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards with blind rule borders, worn and lightly soiled, with a couple of small damp stains to lower board..... More about BANKING UNDER DIFFICULTIES
Or, an historical account of the principal islands in the South Sea, including New Zealand; the introduction of Christianity; and the actual condition of the inhabitants in regard to civilisation, commerce, and the arts of social life. With a map and vignette. Pp. 440, folding frontispiece map, pictorial half-title page... More about POLYNESIA
A Foreword by Dr. R. A. Falla. Pp. xviii+86(last colophon), frontispiece, plus 16 plates, 2 maps; boards a trifle soiled, the cloth slightly bubbled along bottom edge of upper board, bottom fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and split, the back panel slightly creased; faint signs of removal of... More about WILD LIFE IN THE SUBANTARCTIC
Reprinted from "The Commonwealth Engineer," December, 1938 and January, 1939.[cover title]. Pp. 20(last blank), text illustrations, 9 plans (3 full page); post 4to; printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled (staples rusting) and creased, edges slightly rubbed; light foxing throughout; Tait Publishing, Melbourne & Sydney, n.d.[c.194-]. More about RIVER CONTROL WORKS IN NEW ZEALAND
Pp. xii+162(last blank), addenda, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, title page slightly soiled, a little light foxing; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1972. First edition thus. *A revised and updated version of the New Zealand and Maori section of the author's... More about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS ON THE NEW ZEALAND MAORI and the Moriori of the Chatham Islands
Pp. [32], illustrations and figures; small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; Department of Zoology, Victoria University, Wellington, 1968. More about ZOOLOGY PUBLICATIONS FROM VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON. Nos. 42 to 46
Wright Stephenson & Co. Limited, 1861-1961. Pp. 296, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, appendix, index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges split; Wright Stephenson & Co., Wellington, 1961. *History of the New Zealand agricultural company. More about A CENTURY'S CHALLENGE