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. 160, coloured frontispiece and 5 plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, 4 folding charts at end plus endpaper chart, appendices, index; cr. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly marked; top edges blue; price-clipped dust wrapper; a little light foxing, heavier on outer leaves; B...... 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. 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
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
Pp. 240, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, text and endpaper maps, glossary, bibliography, gazetteer, index; med. 4to; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt, the lower board faintly scratched; dust wrapper; RD Press, Sydney, 1996. First Australian edition. *The peoples and cultural traditions of the Pacific region. 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
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
A bibliography of life on the gold fields of the South Island of New Zealand as described in books, pamphlets and official papers. Pp. [vi]+22, index, processed; sq. demy 8vo; printed paper wrappers, stapled, browned; library acquisition stamp on copyright page; Library School, National Library Service, Wellington, New Zealand, 1961..... 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
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 and creased, with a few small..... More
