The Mounted Riflemen in Sinai and Palestine, the Story of New Zealands Crusaders
Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1920. 8vo. Original Boards. pp. 175. Numerous illustrations & plates, folding map. Original stiffened paper d/w. Extremely rare. More
Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1920. 8vo. Original Boards. pp. 175. Numerous illustrations & plates, folding map. Original stiffened paper d/w. Extremely rare. More
London: J. & D. A. Darling, 1851. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.viii,302.Original dark green embossed cloth in beautiful condition. The author explains why New Zealand faiiled to attract emigrants and men of capital when it seemed to have so many advantages. NZNB 708a. More
Paris: Ch-Delagrave, 1830. LEVASSEUR, E. Unbound. c. 1830s. Orig, hand-coloured engraved French map of Oceania, depiciting Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Pacific Islands & South America. Plate No. 48 from 'Universal Atlas physical geography, politics, ancient & modern ...'. Image size 605mm x 36mm, full size, 510mm x 475mm. Freefloating &..... More
Paris: Desrai, Goujon, 1814. No Binding. Large hand-coloured map of South-east Asia, the China coast, Japan, the west coast of North and South America, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. The map has a dedication to the Comte d'Artois. New Zealand is labelled 'Fabieno-Mauwe' (North Isl.) and Tauai-Poenammoo' (South Isl.)..... More
Nelson: Buller News, 1875. No Binding. Broadsheet headed VR, "One Hundred Pounds Reward. Whereas on the morning of the 13th July, 1875, one Samuel Jamieson, disappeared....generally supposed to be drowned accidentally in Fox's River...there is now good reason to suspect that the said Samuel Jamieson was on the date aforesaid..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton. 1878. First Edition. 8vo. Original Pictorial Cloth. pp.viii, 503, Complete with frontis (port.), 16 plates, folded map. Orig decorated cloth binding. An unusually nice copy. An outline of Maori origins, legends and customs, work of the missions, European colonisation, and the land wars. An account of..... More
Burton Brothers. No Binding. Original photograph of the chiefs Rewi, Tawhana, Te Rangituataka, Taonui, Wetere te Herenga and Te Naunau. The names of the chiefs are written on the photograph along with title. A very rare and important composition of major chiefs gathered in the King Country, taken before a...... More
Dunedin: Burton Bros. 1885. No Binding. Original photograph. 20 x 15 cm mounted on card, 23 x 18 cm. Fine photograph of the residence of King Tawhiao in the Whatiwhatihoe Pa in the King Country. The image shows an old man with a young girl, and another girl drinking in..... More
Dunedin: Burton Bros. 1885. No Binding. Original photographic print, 20 x 15 cm mounted on card, 18 x 23 cm. Some spots of foxing. One of a number of photographs taken by Alfred Burton of scenes in the lower north-west of the North Island. More
Dunedin: Burton Bros. 1885. No Binding. Original photograph of the Maori village of Koriniti on the Whanganui River in 1885. The village was established in 1848 and named by the Whanganui missionary the Rev Richard Taylor. The image shows the village, with whares with raupo roofing, the front fence and..... More
Dunedin: Burton Bros. No Binding. B&W silver gelatin photograph of a large group of Maori, including men, women, children and babes in arms, in European dress, including military attire. The group is posed before a large whare at Waipahihi, on the eastern shores of Lake Taupo, now a suburb of..... More
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1885. No Binding. B&W silver gelatin photograph of a young Maori girl holding a baby wrapped in a blanket, standing beside a whare. Taken at Te Ariki, Lake Tarawera. Te Ariki was destroyed by the Tarawera eruption, June 10, 1886. Reverse has an image of the crater..... More
Dunedin: Burton Brothers, 1885. No Binding. Original photograph of Ngahui, smoking a pipe, and with a child on her back at Papakai in the King Country. 14.5 x 20 cm, mounted on card 24 x 26.5 cm. Some foxing on the card. An fine, evocative image of a Maori women..... More
Dunedin: Burton Bros. No Binding. B&W silver gelatin photograph of two Maori wahine in full cloaks, posed in front of a whare with fine carving. Taken in the King Country as part of a Burton Bros. series, c.1880s. On the revers is an early photograph of Dunedin taken from the..... More
Dunedin: Burton Bros. 1885. No Binding. Original photographic print, 14 x 20 cm mounted on card, 31 x 24 cm. Photograph of the Chief Te Heu Heu, in a fine cloak, holding a mere. Written in ink below the photograph is Te Heu Heu - Warrior. This is one of..... More
London: The Religious Tract Society, 1886. First Edition. 8vo. Original Decorated Cloth/Gilt. pp. 260. Frontispiece, illustrations. Original decorated cloth. An attractive copy with spectacular gilt illustrations on cover. More
No Binding. A collection of 13 sepia photographs of New Zealand's thermal region pre theTarawera eruption of 1886 showing the terraces etc,. Two photographs of early Whanganui. More
London: Williams & Norgate, 1881. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xii,359, folding map mainly showing a camping ground and the boundaries of Auckland. Original green cloth. Exploration amongst and trading with the Maoris. More
London: R. Madley, 1866. 8vo. Orig. Cloth. 3 vols (published 1866-75). Original cloth in blue (a little spotted), pink and red.A nice, sound, original set. Experiences and impressions of the Wellington region, the author was a successful politician in the General Assembly and Provincial councils. Good historical material. More
Christchurch: The Nag's Head Press, 1969. Sm 8vo. Cloth. pp 53. A hand-set limited edition of 200 copies. Very good in vg d/w. Nag's Head Press was New Zealand's most prolific private printer, known for their delightfully designed books and fine typography. Rare in mint condition. More
Lyon: Emmanuel Vitte, 1894. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. [8]. 285. [3] pp. Original quarter red roan and cloth boards with embossed emblem on front cover, and gilt decoration on spine. Book of services for the Catholic church, including hymns, illustrations, some text in Latin. Maori ownership written on verso of..... More
1867. No Binding. Double-sided hand-written page of minutes of the General Meeting the Auckland Gymnastics club, May 30, 1867. Signed as 'Confirmed, C Heaphy'. Major Von Tempsky was in the chair, and the minutes cover a discussion on membership and rental of the premises, plus a proposal from Heaphy that..... More
1885. No Binding. 7 photographs of atmospheric scenes in Christchurch. photographer not identified, but possibly Edmund Wheeler. The images show city buildings and parks, an aerial view of the town centre, etc. More