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. 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
. 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
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, 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
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
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
Complete in four volumes, comprising: Volume I: The New Zealanders at Gallipoli, by Major Fred Waite. With an introduction to the series by Sir James Allen and prefaces by Generals Sir Ian Hamilton and Sir William Birdwood. Pp. xx+332(last blank, colophon), numerous text illustrations and maps, multi-folding coloured map at..... More
Volume I: The pioneering years (1840-1861). Illustrated by H. C. Berry. Pp. x+230, title page vignette, 32 plates, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; green papered boards, lettered in black, the edges and spine lightly faded, spine extremities and top fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, foxed and worn, edges rubbed..... More
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