Pioneers of Canterbury. Deans Letters 1840-1854.
Dunedin: A H and A W Reed, 1938. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 312, including tipped in newspaper article on the letters of the Deans brothers, and pencilled note and annotations. C R Straubel's copy. More
Dunedin: A H and A W Reed, 1938. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 312, including tipped in newspaper article on the letters of the Deans brothers, and pencilled note and annotations. C R Straubel's copy. More
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery & Co, 1887. 8vo. Half Morocco. English language edition. With plates including frontispiece. Contemporary half morocco gilt binding with marbled edges. Gilt stamp on front board. Very handsome binding and copy. More
Edinburgh: Cadell, 1805. 4to. Hardcover. Pp. 912. Contemp full calf. Very good. More
London: Stoneham, 1890. 8vo. Hardcover. c.1890. Frontispiece. Contemp half calf. More
London: Tonson, 1726. Small 8vo. Hardcover. 3 vols. Contemp half oasis morocco. sm 8vo. More
No Binding. Signed slip and photograph of Admiral Charles Beresford, the major naval figure and politician in the second half of the19th C up until his retirement in 1911. Photo 11 x 15 cm; slip 9.5 x 4 cm. More
London: Admiraty Charts, Hydrographic Office, 1857. No Binding. Original survey map of the southern coast of the Middle (South) Island, Foveaux Strait, and Stewart Island. Inset of the Snares. The map shows soundings, the survey based on that of Capt. Stokes and Commander Richards on the Acheron, in the years..... More
London: Admiraty Charts, Hydrographic Office, 1857. No Binding. Original survey map of Kawhia Harbour. The map shows soundings and coastal features from the coast east to the upper reaches of the Awarua River, based on the survey of Commander Drury on the HMS Pandora in1854. Heavy card with a few..... More
London: Admiralty Charts, Hydrographic Office, 1864. No Binding. Original linen-backed survey map of the west coast of the North Island from the Manukau Harbour south to Taranaki, showing the Waikato River, Kawhia and other coastal features. Insets of Waikato River outlet, Aotea Harbour, and New Plymouth. The insets include landscape..... More
London: Admiraty Charts, Hydrographic Office, 1861. No Binding. Original survey map of the Port Pegasus coastal region of Stewart Island. Insets include Port Pegasus anchorage, Port Adventure and Lord's River. The map shows soundings, the survey based on that of Capt. Stokes on the Acheron, in the years 1849 to..... More
London: Admiraty Charts, Hydrographic Office, 1851. No Binding. Original survey map of Whangarei (Wangari) Harbour. The map shows soundings and coastal features from Bream Head west to Limestone Island, based on the survey of Capt. Stokes on the Acheron, in 1849. Heavy card with mostly minor tears on edges, all..... More
London: Admiralty Charts, Hydrographic Office, 1857. No Binding. Original survey map of Whaingaroa Harbour (Raglan) on the west coast of the North Island.Shows survey soundings, relief of the coastal area, Maori villages, Wesleyan mission station, and other features of interest, including a profile of the entrance to the harbour. The..... More
London: Routledge, 1857. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. Rare 1st Edition. Illustrations by John Gilbert. Contemporary half calf gilt. Fine binding, A handsome copy. More
Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1934. 8vo. Cloth. 8vo. Plates. Contemporary original cloth. A good complete copy in original cloth. More
1935. No Binding. Singe sheet of signatures of prominent New Zealand journalists and writers, dated 1935. They include the novelist Alan Mulgan, Hedda Dyson, editor of New Zealand Woman's Weekly, E V Dumbleton, later editor of the Auckland Star, J Douglas Carpenter, and 6 others. 17 x 22 cm... More
[No Imprint], 1888. First Edition. 8vo. Original Decorated Boards. c.1888. 45 engravings from photographic views on leaf 18 x 163 cm folded to 18 x 13.5cm. Orig decorated blue paper-covered boards with Australian coat of arms above title and "Entered at Stationers' Hall" at foot of title. Printed in Germany..... More
[No Imprint], 1888. First Edition. 8vo. Original Decorated Boards. c.1888. 12 engravings from photographic views on leaf 18 x 163 cm folded to 18 x 13.5cm. Orig decorated red paper-covered boards Views of cities, harbours and thermal regions. Notice on rear end paper 'from photographs taken by R H Bartlett..... More
London: Methuen, 1898. 4to Oblong. Original Cloth. pp. xvi, 308. Frontispiece, 8 plates & 1 map. Original cloth. Occasional foxing. A good complete copy in the original cloth. More
Whangarei: Alderton & Wyatt, 1898. 4to. Hardcover. pp. 124. Profusely illustrated with images of Auckland's scenes, landmarks, businesses and more. Includes a fold-out double-sided panorama of photos of Auckland City, Suburbs and Harbour, bound in the front of the volume. Also contains portraits of notable Aucklanders, advertising matter and text..... More
1923. No Binding. Hand-written letter signed "Alec Waugh", on Chapman & Hall's letterhead paper, 11, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, W.C.2., dated 1.3..23. The letter is addressed to "Dear Grubb", publisher with Chapman and Hall, thanking him for sending a copy of the American edition of Georgian Stories 1922. Along with..... More
Oxford: William Turner for Robert Allot, 1630. Folio. Hardcover. Pp. 267, [16], 357. Original early calf, neatly re-cased with newer spine label. Title page neatly repaired. A rare English translation of a popular contemporary novel, describing in the first person, the adventures of a street urchin growing into adulthood, More
London: Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. 1873. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. pp.xv, 326, Original blue decorated cloth, all edges gilt, a remarkably good copy. Complete with frontispiece, folding map, plans, illustrations. Extremely rare in such good condition. This rare work is a sequel..... More
Remigius Guedon, 1549. 12mo. Hardcover. pp 662. Original calf, without titlepage,but the publishers device laiddown instead. very early repairs to spine, front board detached and the binding such that text block is split in half, but repairable. A Latin translation of the 12 books of Traliano's Therapeutika and his book..... More
1899. No Binding. 11 photographs mostly from Alf Hosking, Bruton's Studio, of Boer War scenes, mounted on 3 cards 27 x 35 cm. These include: "Arrival of 1st New Zealand contingent, November 1899", showing New Zealand troops and horses on the Capetown docks; "They leave Cape Town for the front"..... More
1896. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. No Binding. Signed thank-you card from Alfred Austin, addressed from Swinford Manor, Ashford, Kent, dated Jan. 1896, signed in ink. Inside is a poem from the minor poet and wine dealer John Fountain Tattersall, celebrating the appointment of Austin as Poet Laureate..... More