Portrait of a young Maori girl
No Binding. A fine photograph of a young Maori girl in a cloak with headress. 14 x 19.5 on 27 x17.5 mount. More
No Binding. A fine photograph of a young Maori girl in a cloak with headress. 14 x 19.5 on 27 x17.5 mount. More
Auckland: Josiah Martin. No Binding. B&W photograph of 3 Maori, men with full moko and in traditional cloaks, two wahine in cloaks and two children with a flax cloak around them. Arranged on a decorated background of native plants. Martin was an internationally recognised photographer known for his topographical and..... More
Josiah Martin. No Binding. B&W photograph of a group of Maori, with children standing in a hot pool, and adults standing behind them. The image is set in the Whakawerawera village in the thermal area of Rotorua. On the reverse is an early photograph of Dunedin in winter, taken from..... More
POneke (Wellington): NZ Governemnt, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 5-225 pp, original printed front cover, stained, bound in original suede binding, text only p5-264. Extremely rare item. More
London: Sampson, Low,Marston..... 1884. 3rd Edition. 8vo. Original Decorated Cloth. pp.xx,379,32, Complete with frontispiece, plates, illustrations, 1 folded map. Original pictorial red cloth with pale staining. Contains advertising matter. An account of travels through the central North Island.The author travelled through the King Country immediately it had been opened up..... More
Dunedin: John Mcindoe, 1971. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. pp 196. Plates, illustrations. Important reference work. More
No Binding. Single leaf engraving of a Maori VHief in a traditional cloak, holding an axe, with figures and stockade in the background. c 1870. slight foxing in one corner. 18.5 x 26 cm. More
Auckland: Brett, H, 1923. Royal 8vo. Decorative Cloth. pp.viii,120, Frontispiece Illustrations. Stories of the Hauhau campaigns, Maori legends associated with the thermal regions and the Bay of Plenty, etc. and English visitors to these area. Original green decorated cloth. Minor discolouration of extremities. A very good copy of this rare..... More
Auckland: Robert J. Creighton & Alfred Scales, 1863. Second Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xiv, 239. A very good copy in original, very clean cloth of the second, Auckland, edition An account of early life in New Zealand by Maning ("Pakeha Maori") who arrived in Hokianga in 1833 and lived and..... More
Auckland: Robert J. Creighton & Alfred Scales, 1863. First Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xiv, 239. An account of early life in New Zealand by Maning ("Pakeha Maori") who arrived in Hokianga in 1833 and lived and traded among the Maoris there. He identified completely with the Ngapuhi and married the..... More
Auckland: Robert J. Creighton & Alfred Scales, 1863. First Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.xiv, 239. An account of early life in New Zealand by Maning ("Pakeha Maori") who arrived in Hokianga in 1833 and lived and traded among the Maoris there. He identified completely with the Ngapuhi and married the..... More
London: Smith, Elder, 1863. 1st UK Edition. 8vo. Orig.cloth. pp.viii,216, 52. Original brown decorated cloth boards, in excellent condition. An account of life in New Zealand by Maning ("Pakeha Maori") who arrived in Hokianga in 1833 and lived and traded among the Maoris there. He identified completely with the Ngapuhi..... More
No Binding. Very rare original etching of Maori woman and carvings. Finely executed. image 11 x 15 cm on leaf 15.5 x 21 cm. More
Hardcover. A set of 30 boxes prepared for Maori pamphlets, each numbered as of the Williams reference number.Slightly different sizes according to the pamphlets they used to hold. Half red morocco and red cloth, gilt printed "Printed Maori" and decorations on the spines .Very sturdy and useful for the collector..... More
No Binding. Glass slide with photographic image of the Maori Chief Mahuta te Tako. He was a cousin of the Maori King Tawhaio and fought against the British in theTaranaki and Waikato wars in the 1860s. The image is a studio photograph probably taken in the 1890s, by the photographer..... More
Auckland: Josiah Martin. No Binding. Original photograph., 15 x 20.5 cm mounted on card, 23 x 29.5 cm. Two small blemishes above the main images. Photograph of two Waharoa. These are carved entrance ways to pas or maraes, and each shows a Maori figure with very fine carving. Josiah Martin..... More
London: Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, 1882. Hardcover. iv, 118 pp. Original blue cloth, gilt title on front cover. An outline of scripture history originally written by Lady Martin and translated into Maori by W Williams. Very good clean copy. Williams 600. More
Auckland: Heron, Kidd & Seffen, 1862. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. pp xiv, 168 pp, original cloth showing some wear but sound. This copy belonged to Chas. Ward, dated Taranaki 1866 in his hand writing. Includes inscription: 'Given to Robert Ward, Wellington, 1868; subsequently owned by Arthur Grenville Ward and Arthur Wakefield..... More
1865. No Binding. ALS from McLean to Lieutenant Tuke ordering troops to protect the Ngaruroro Gorge area, near Patea - "watch the proceedings of any parties of natives passing." 3 sides of heavy purple paper. Dated Napier 21st Dec 1865. Edmund Tuke (1826-1901) was commissioned into the militia at Napier..... More
London: John Murray, 1871. Second Edition. 8vo. Original Cloth. pp.x,(2),374. Frontispiece, illustrations, fne coloured maps, complete. Original green pictorial cloth board. Minor discolouration on spine. Describes the end of the Waikato War. Valuable information on the Maori and the Geography.Unusually clean inside for this book. More
Wellington: McKee & Co., 1900. First Edition. Folio. Card Wrappers. pp.xvi,510 (2). Frontispiece (portrait), illustrations. Excellent information. Contemporary half morocco, front joint showing a little wear, but a handsome copy. Contains a wealth of information of Maori and settlers, several photographs on each page, a much underrated work. NZNB M1994..... More
No Binding. Signed signature in pencil on slip 'Nawi Kira, Whaka, Rotorua'. Nawi Kira from Whakarewarewa was a prominent women national swimming champion in the 1930s. 9 x 5.5 cm. More
Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Government, 1920. 137 x 213mm. Boards, Card. pp. 7. Early Maori language pamphlet: Preventive measures for tuberculosis issued by the Department of Health. Stapled.Bagnall N1456. Note: Not in Somerville. More
Akarana (Auckland), NZ: John Williamson, 1847. 105 x 172mm. Original Wrappers. pp. 36. Rare early Maori language pamphlet, selections from 'The Annals of the Christian Church' (London, 1841), translated by Thomas Buddle. Blue paper covers. Some staining on front cover and hole on back cover, otherwise very good condition. Refs..... More
London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 8vo. Hardcover. 2 Vols, pp.xii,403; vi,441. Complete with plates and folding map. Original boards with spines with some minor chipping and wear,and original paper titling labels, and internally the plates are near fine without staining or foxing. Because it has never been rebound, it has the..... More