Primus. No Binding. 8 vividly coloured glass lantern slides of scenes of colonial Australia. Produced as part of the Primus Junior Lecturers' Series. The slides show graphic pictures of aborigines, hunting kangaroos, camp and bush life, shearing, mining, and views of Sydney harbour, and Melbourne government buildings. 8 x 8..... More
Wellington: New Zealand, 1946. Soft cover. pp. 36. Illustrated covers. May issue of the first year for this magazine. Cover illustration shows Wellington Heads by Radar. Includes advertisements, and articles on oscilloscopes, the mobile police radio, a proposed institute of radio technology, gossip column, etc. This important magazine went through..... More
New Zealand. No Binding. Large folded chart of a projection of the globe with New Zealand at its centre, showing how to obtain the azimuth from Wellington to any point on the map. Includes instruction - "place a straight edge to cut Wellington and the point and read the azimuth..... More
1918. No Binding. ALS thanking the recipient for sending a book "which I hope to read with great interest" and apologising for the delay in replying. 1 side of a single sheet of rice paper headed Savoy Hotel, London, October 2, 1918. 20 x 16 cm In 1918, the South..... More
London: Treacher and Co, 1829. 1st Edition. 8vo. Quarter Calf. pp.344. Frontispiece portrait and some text illustrations of cuts of meat etc.. Pages untrimmed. Later quarter calf and marbled boards. An attractive copy of the rare first edition. More
Raphael Tuck & Sons. No Binding. 13 chromolithograph postcards from the originals by A. Asti. Gilt edged. Mostly published by Raphael Tuck their Connoisseur Series. Each card is a coloured portrait of a young woman, a name (Gladys, Portia, Juliet, Daphne etc) on the back. 9 x 13 cm. R...... More
1935. No Binding. Signed slip with "Compliments, the 'St Moritz Skaters', Prof. E Corthesy J.D.A.S., Touring the World, New Zealand Tour 1935-6 & 7. Vera Paravicini." Includes newspaper cutting and a map showing their 'Wonders on Wheels' tour, and signed by Prof. Corthesy. The principals of the company were Edmund..... More
London: Warne, 1890. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. xlvi, 586, (4) booklist. Frontispiece & 180 illustrations. Original brown decorated cloth, recased. Neat gilt stamp on front board. A very good sound copy. More
No Binding. Signature of Alfred Smith from the bottom of a letter, included printed letterhead from the same sheet., Empire State, Inc. New York. Alfred E Smith, President. 13 x 21.5 cm. Smith (1873-1944) was the 42nd Governor of New York in two terms (1919-1920, 1923-1928). He was the Democratic..... More
London: Orr & Smith, 1836. New Edition. 12mo. Hardcover. pp xvi, 136, printed hard covers, re-backed with matching calf spine.Vignette on title page. Illustrations of fish and flies. Internally immaculate text with comprehensive sections on the zoology of fishes, and all thing on angling, including practical lessons on fishing for..... More
Christchurch: Canterbury Times, 1904. No Binding. 7 postcards showing different scenes associated with the Scott 1901-1904 Antarctic expedition. The B&W photographic prints show the Discovery and the Terra Nova moored in the ice, a tabular iceberg with caves, two cards of emperor penguins in their rookery, a Weddell seal emerging..... More
Eton College, 1783. Small 8vo. Hardcover. ppx1, 122 (ii) Greek; 92 (Latin). Original cloth binding with spine label. A copy of Aesop's Fables, first in Greek, and then in Latin, designed for scholars at Eton College. Title page: ????? ???????. Aesopi Fabulae Graeco-Latinae. Cum Novis , Necnon Versione Emendata.Editio, prioribus..... More
London: Riviere, 1908. 12mo. Hardcover. pp 44. Fine oasis morocco binding, beautifully detailed, joints showing a little wear. Beautiful example of art noveau binding. More
Soft cover. A group of 9 booklets, advertising and other ephemera, all printed in Auckland. Includes Rules of the NZ Institute of Mining Engineers, Catalogues of early NZ and Polynesian works from Kealys, and from the library of Vernon Brown, The Modern Genesis, by the Rev W Jellie, Overseas Regulations..... More
1936. No Binding. Original signed photograph of C J Barnett and A E Fagg walking out to start the English innings in the second test at Sydney, December, 1936. Both images signed by the batsmen. The photograph, 13.5 x 18 cm is accompanied by a printed caption below. All mounted..... More
No Binding. A large collection of approx. 70 original photographs from the estate of Bond James. They are associated with his activities in the Cook Islands, many with names on the back, such as Ararua School, Aitutaki, family pictures of Bond James, group photos, sunday school workers, mission house, village..... More
Paris: Fermin Didot, 1836. 8vo. Hardcover. 3 vols. Complete with 5 folding maps (plus additional duplicate map of Polynesia/Micronesia) & numerous engraved plates (some foxing). Original quarter roan (green), marbled boards. mInor fault at head of one volume. A very good, original set. More
No Binding. A collection of 26 coloured and B&W printed postcards of Maori architecture, including whares, food stores, villages, details of carvings, a war canoe, a haka being performed, etc. The scenes are from both tourist and regional areas such as Rotorua, Ruatoki, Pipriki, and Whanganui. Some cards with writing..... More
1980. No Binding. Three envelopes of correspondence with NZ historian Kenneth Wyn, from Willi Klause, Anni Banneke and H-J v. Cramon-Taubadel. Two of the three envelopes contain interesting photos of their war experience, colleagues and aircraft. Some have notes in German on the back. Several photos show extensive damage to..... More
Paris: Bachelier, 1855. Hardcover. pp 650. Full morocco binding with fine gilt emblem and decorations on the boards and spine. Notable for a fore-edge painting of the Chinese pagoda and bridge, in St James' Park, London, with a balloon in the sky. The Annual contains extensive data on lunar, meridonal..... More
No Binding. A collection of 17 coloured printed postcards of Maori cooking and washing in the thermal springs at Whakarewarewa and Ohinemutu, Rotorua. The images show different cooking methods, preparing a Christmas dinner, bathing in a 'brain pot', etc. Some cards with writing and addresses. 1930s and 40s. More
1890. No Binding. Original b&w photograph of George Street, Sydney showing fine detail of turn of late 19th C buildings, vehicles and women in the foreground. On the reverse is a photograph of The Treasury, Melbourne, from an elevated viewpoint, showing the classic building and it's surrounds. 20 x 15..... More
Coromandel, New Zealand: Coromandel Press, 1981. Michael Illingworth. Small 8vo. Soft cover. pp. 50. Introduction and 50 poems and 6 coloured illustrations from original paintings by Michael Illingworth. Cover illustrated with an Illingworth painting. Barrier and Illingworth were both associated with Coromandel writers and artists in the 1970s and 80s..... More
Paris: Fermin Didot, 1837. 8vo. Hardcover. 2 of 3 vols. Vols 1 and 3. Hundreds of plates with fold out map of the Pacific . Vol. 1 intact with good original binding. Vol 3 matches but missing front board. A presentation copy to the Cercle Francais Litereraire de Christchurch. An..... More
No Binding. Coloured portrait of McClintock dressed in polar clothes against an icy landscape. With a hand-written note and signature taken from the bottom of a letter: 'I am my Dear Sir Roderick, very sincerely yours, F.L. Mclintock.' 3.5 x 9 cm. Mounted in card 35.5 x 25 cm. McClintock..... More
