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Paris: Libraire Havhette et Cie, 1886. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 folding map. Contemporary half morocco. Author's signed inscription on half fly. Much Australian & New Zealand content. A fine copy. More
Paris: Libraire Havhette et Cie, 1886. Hardcover. 2 vols. 8vo. 1 folding map. Contemporary half morocco. Author's signed inscription on half fly. Much Australian & New Zealand content. A fine copy. More
1832. No Binding. Water colour portrait of two sisters of the Dowdeswell Family. A Dowdeswell sister, Sarah Wall (nee Dowdeswell) and her husband Anthony Wall and their young family emigrated to New Zealand in 1841, settling in Porirua. This fine portrait of two Dowdeswell sisters is possibly that of two..... More
London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. Unbound. c1855. Original engraved map of the North Island of New Zealand, then known as New Ulster, many of Maori names misspelled Map size 430mm x 305mm, with mat, 570mm x 4450mm. More
Paris: Furne, 1839. 4to. Hardcover. 2 vols. 6 folding maps & 142 plates (showing several images) by de Sainson. Original brown calf & marbled boards. A very good complete set including two large maps of the voyage showing the track of the ship, a fine map of New Zealand, and..... More
1991. Soft cover. A near complete collection of rare book catalogues, missing a couple. From New Zealand's leading rare book dealer, published regularly from the 70s through to 1991, about 4 per year, while concentrating on rare New Zealand books, they cover different subjects, e.g.Cat 83 on New Zealand at..... More
Christchurch: E Wheeler & son. No Binding. Original photographic print of Colombo St in Christchurch. c1870s. Photograph 14 x 20 cm, mounted on card with re border around the print, 25 x 30 cm. Some foxing on the card. An attractive view up the street from the river... More
Christchurch: E Wheeler & son. No Binding. Original photograph. of the High St in Rangiora, showing a large building on the left, probably a hotel. View of the wide, largely empty street with a few pedestrians. c1870s. Photograph 14 x 20 cm, mounted on card, 25 x 30 cm. Some..... More
Christchurch: E Wheeler & son. No Binding. Original photographic print of Willis St, Wellington. c1870s. Photograph 14 x 20 cm, mounted on card with red border around the print, 25 x 30 cm. Some foxing on the card. An attractive view up the street with the building of the Evening..... More
London: Longman,Rees, 1832. 8vo. Half Calf. 7 original plates (2 folding). Plates foxed as is usual. Good complete copy.Contemporary early half calf and marbled boards. Cutting pasted on front end paper.Unusually clean and in good condition, including the folding plates. Key New Zealand work. More
No Binding. Hand-coloured lithograph of a Maori Chief c 1790s. The image shows a chief in a cloak holding a spear, with an axe in the foreground. 8 x 14.5 in mount 14 x 21.5 cm. More
No Binding. Photograph of the triangular junction of Grey St (Grey's Ave) and Queen St, Auckland, at the site where the Auckland Townhall will be built. c. 1880s. Image shows the fire bell tower that was erected around 1871 and the pine plantation that remained until the new town hall..... More
1888. No Binding. Four-sided ALS to Miss Katherine Holmes, replying to a request to draw an image of a Maori. ..."The drawing follows your sketch as nearly as maybe. I was uncertain whether you intended the figure to be a Maori or an ordinary allegorical creature. If I have committed..... More
Wellington: Bock & Cousins, 1889. 4to. Half Roan. pp. xviii,180, Complete with 40 highly coloured plates. Very good in original half roan, minor rubbing on spine. A very nice copy of one of the finest of all the works on New Zealand botany. Gives a general coverage of New Zealand..... More
Wanganui: Willis, 1890. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Original Cloth. pp. 164. 29 lithographed plates. Original green cloth, gilt. A good copy with clean plates in the deluxe binding with gilt vignette of ferns. More
London: Edward Stanford, 1856. 1st Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp. 358, vi, [3] of advts., frontispiece: nice folding map of NZ, original clothe. Showing wear on front joint. Containing an outline history of the country and description with chapters on regions, farming, domestic life and the voyage out. Including descriptions..... More
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 1st Edition. 4to. Orig. Cloth. pp xvi, 363. Frontis, complete with all plates and illustrations and folding map in rear pocket. Original yellow buckram with spine labels in calf. Some foxing on tissue guards, else good. Top ege gilt, otherwise untrimmed. An impressive volume containing..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1886. Third Edition. Royal 8vo. Early Half Calf. 8vo. Pp. xii, 396. Plates. Early half calf, gilt decorations on spine. Inscription to title page. A superb and handsome copy of this interesting work, including a description of Kawau Island and meeting Sir George Grey there. Content of..... More
London: Williams and Norgate, 1859. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp xvi, 266. Contemporary half calf with gilt on spine, gilt emblem on front cover. Cancelled library label on front end paper.Gilt numbers at top of spine. Very rare early account of life in New Zealand in the1850s, with much on..... More
Melbourne: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co., 1886. Folio. Original Wrappers. parts 33 an 34 complete. Each part in original paper wrappers. Content of NZ interest covers Wellington, with city views, French Pass, Nelson, Greymouth, four city views of Christchurch, Lyttleton, Timaru, glaciers, Port Chalmers, Dunedin. Many have been hand-coloured. More
Dunedin: Jolly, Conner Print. Small 8vo. Soft cover. pp.48, printed covers, with the front cover over-printed. Some tears to margins of the covers. The publication includes 3 pages of advertisements, including one posting a £50 reward for the conviction of anyone refilling the bottles of the American Hop Bitters Manufacturing..... More
Dunedin: Munro, Hutchinson & Co., 1874. Soft cover. pp 48, original printed covers, internal certifcate recording that Bro. A Develin was initiated into the Hope of Whangarei Lodge No. 66, on 26 VBebruary, 1889. The booklet outlines the constitutions of the Lodge, with a list of the Grand Lodge Officers..... More
Dunedin: Mathews, Baxter & Co. 8vo. Soft cover. 16 pp, oriinigal prined wrappers. Tract with numbered comments on a range of issues to do with Dunedin, from the First Rector of the High School of Otago. Interesting pamphlet in very good condition. More
London: Macmillan, 1883. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp. xiv, [1], 350, [6], 32 of advertisements. Contains frontispiece, maps (one folding). A relatively brief description of the author's journey to New Zealand followed by an extensive account of his climbing Mt Cook and other peaks while here. Small stain on front board..... More
London: John Murray, 1885. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.xiii,333. Complete with plates, illustrations, and the appendix on Maori music. Finely bound in contemporary half morocco with marble boards. The rare first edition of this iconic work published by Murray in London in 1885. An extremely handsome copy. More
Auckland: Brett, H, 1885. Second Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Orig. Cloth. pp.xxiii,255,199, Plates Illustrations. Inscription "Colonel Rookes with Sir G Grey's regards". Original cloth, The rare second edition, with text in English and Maori. Original binding slightly loose but holding. Internally, pages are darkened, foxed, some..... More