Forty-niners from Australia and New Zealand. Pp. 172, 16 plates, folding pictorial endpapers, references, appendices, index; med. 8vo; pictorial papered boards, edges slightly discoloured and foxed, bottom fore-corners faintly bruised; fore-edges uncut; gilt dust wrapper, slightly marked; small name stamp on verso of upper free endpaper, a little light foxing;..... More
Pp. viii+1094(last blank), folding coloured frontispiece map, tables, index; demy 8vo; dark green textured cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, boards with blind ruled borders, slightly soiled and scuffed, fore-corners faintly bruised; bookseller's stamp on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers lightly offset, a couple of tiny chips to half-title..... More
Pp. xvi+468, frontispiece and 3 plates with tissue guards, text illustrations, 3 coloured maps (one folding, 2 full page), errata slip tipped-in before Preface; demy 8vo; brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, the boards with blind ruled border; uncut, a couple of leaves partly unopened; bookplate on upper pastedown..... More
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
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
The tempestuous voyage of J. A. Froude, 1884 & 1885. Travellers' Tales of Early Australia & New Zealand. Edited by Geoffrey Blainey. Pp. xx+212(last blank), frontispiece, full page illustrations; dust wrapper; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Methuen Haynes, Sydney, 1985. Abridged edition. *Originally published as Oceana, or England and her..... More
Assistant under Secretary of State for the Colonies. [Cd. 5100.] Pp. 10(last blank), stabbed and tied; folio; leaves lightly browned; His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1910. More
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
Drawings by Unk White. Pp. 64(last blank), full page illustrations, pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; green patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip faded; Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1968. First edition. The Sketchbook series. More
Drawings by Unk White. Pp. 64(last blank), full page illustrations, pictorial endpapers; demy 8vo; purple patterned papered boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, backstrip faded; Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1969. First edition. The Sketchbook series. More
Photos: Walter Imber. Pp. 152, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, including a coloured folding central spread, many others full or double page, appendix, further reading; post 4to; dark green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1979. First New Zealand..... More
. 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..... More
Based on the draft of the late F. W. Perry. Pp. 196, coloured frontispiece, 2 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, endpaper plans, derivation of names, bibliography, index of ships' names; narrow med. 4to; red art. leather, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip and portions of panels..... More
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
Iron Horses to Wakatipu, and Shipping on the Lake. Pp. x+118, mounted coloured photograph as frontispiece, text illustrations including maps, 2 folding ship plans, appendices, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; light grey boards, lettered in black, fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper worn and rubbed, small closed tears and silverfish damage to..... More
Pp. 192, frontispiece portrait; bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly foxed on flaps and reverse, edges lightly rubbed and split, small chip to top edge of front panel, the backstrip and top edge of front panel faded; edges of leaves lightly foxed; A. H. & A. W...... More
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
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
A History of the Nelson Harbour Board to 1978. Pp. viii+304, text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, appendices, bibliography and notes, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed; edges of leaves a trifle browned; Nelson Harbour Board, Port Nelson, N.Z., 1979. First edition..... More
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 with tissue guard..... More
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
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
A Bibliographical Study. Foreword by C. R. H. Taylor. Pp. 72, frontispiece, 4 plates, bibliography, table of locations, references to sources, index; med. 8vo; printed stiff grey paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled, edges a trifle faded and creased, with small coloured sticker initialled in ink on reverse of lower wrapper;..... More
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
Pp. [32], illustrations and figures; small cr. 4to; printed stiff paper wrappers, lightly soiled; Department of Zoology, Victoria University, Wellington, 1968. More