Australia.
No Binding. Original Italian engraving under the title of Australia, of a native man and girl of New Zealand (upper) and of a dance before the queen in the friendly Isles (Tahiti) (lower) c.1800. 14 x 24 cm in mount 28 x 36 cm. More
Maori
Hi Inoi Mo Te Kareti
New Zealand: Te Rau Press, 1898. 90 x 88mm. Unbound. pp. 1. Early Maori language leaftlet: Prayer for Te Rau College, Gisborne. (School for Maori candidates for Anglican ministry). Refs: Williams: 977. BIM 1506. More
Maori figures, thermal scenery and village. Glass slides
No Binding. 3 8 x 8 cm glass slides showing images of four Maori guides at the Papakura geyser, Rotorua, an engraving of two Maori figures outside a whare with notable carvings, and an image of the chief Tamati Waka Nene (glass cracked). Unusual presented in this format. More
Muger de la bahia Dusky en la nueba Zelanda
No Binding. Original engraving of a woman in Dusky Bay in the South Island of New Zealand c.1800. 8 x15.5 cm in mount 20.5 x 25 cm. More
Muger de la nueva Zelanda
No Binding. Original engraving of a woman of New Zealand c.1800. 8 x15.5 cm in mount 20.5 x 25 cm. More
Paihaka, its past and present aspect.
NZ Graphic, 1897. Folio. Original Boards. one double-sided leaf, 3 columns, detailing aspects of Parihaka, the prophet Te Whiti, with 3 images of Parihaka, as it appeared when surrounded by the volunteers in 1881, Te Whiti's dining hall, and Parihaka at the present time (1897). A page from the NZ..... More
Report From the Select Committee on New Zealand; Together with The Minutes of Evidence Taken Before Them, and An Appendix, and Index. Ordered by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 3 August 1840.
London: House of Commons, 1840. Folio. Printed Wrappers. pp 207. Original printed blue wrappers, showing minor wear. Water stain to front wrapper and flyleaf. Binding firm and internally clean and tight. Witnesses examined by the Select Committee include Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Charles Enderby, Alexander Busby. A fascinating early insight into..... More
Sketch of Maori and European men in a canoe
No Binding. B&W cartoon showing a Maori in lemon squeezer hat, with a cooking pot beind him, paddling a European man. The canoe is named 'Arawa', and the inference of the cartoon is of a native man paddling the European with his eye on a meal. 15 x 27 cm..... More
Waihi, Lake Taupo, Auckland, N.Z.
No Binding. Coloured lithograph of a water colour of a Maori settlement on the shores of Lake Taupo. c. 1890. 30 x 22.5 cm in mount 42 x 36 cm. In excellent condition. More
Waka Regatta
1912. No Binding. Two b&w original photographs of a heavily carved waka and 13 crew coming ashore in a regatta. A second photograph shows a man on the shore in a cloak and holding a taiaha. On the margin at the top 'Old Regatta Days" and under the single figure..... More
Maori Music : With its Polynesian Background
New Plymouth: Thomas Avery and Sons, 1934. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Pictorial Cloth. pp. x,483. Plates, illustrations,,music. An intensive study of maori music. Fine original binding. Unusual to have such a fine copy in dust wrapper. Scarce. NZNB 451. More
Three Maori wahine
Auckland: Iles. No Binding. Original photographic print of three young Maori women posing in traditional dress. From the studio of Arthur Isles, who operated largely from Rotorua and Thames, but in this case the photograph is labelled Auckland. 14 x 19.5 cm, mounted on card 17.5 x 27 cm... More
William Colenso, Printer, Missionary, Botanist, Explorer and Politician : His Life and Journeys
Wellington: Reed, Methuen, 1948. 8vo. Cloth. pp.xiv, 493, 26 plates 6 maps, Colenso printed the first works in Maori in Paihia. In near mint condition with fine d/w. Unusual in such fine condition. NZNB B25. More
Great Chiefs at Whare-Komiti-Haerehuka-King Country
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
King Tawhiao's residence, Whatiwhatihoe pa
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
Koriniti Village in 1885, Whanganui
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
Large group of Maori at Waipahihi, Lake Taupo.
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
Ngahui, at Papakai
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
Portrait of two Maori wahine, King Country
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
Te Heu Heu, at Tokaanu, King Country
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
Wetere Te Rerenga, Great Mokau Chief.
Dunedin: Burton Brothers. No Binding. Original B&W full length photograph of the Chief, clothed in a blanket. Wetere was implicated in the attack on Pukeruhe in 1869 which resulted in the death of the missionary the Rev John Whitely and garrison staff and their families. On the reverse is an..... More
Te Katikihama a Te Hahi. Na te Wiremu i ta ki te perehi ki Te Rau
Gisborne, NZ: 1907. 110 x 140mm. Original Wrappers. pp. 11. Early Maori language pamphlet Church of England Catechism pamphlet. Paper cover with title and 6 point star illustration, stapled & uncut. Ref: Sommerville: A.D. Suppl. to Williams, 1068. More
Me penei ano, e koe. Tirohia tau mahi me Tau...
New Zealand: Colenso, 1847. 58mm x 77mm. Unbound. c. 1847. Rare early Maori language pamphlet. Class ticket for use by Hawke's Bay Mission. 1 sheet. Text was printed on 1 sheet (58 x 77mm) then folded & pasted on both sides of a card. Refs: Williams: 163. BIM: 332. Bagnall..... More
He Kupu Wakatupato, Na te Aroha Pono
Paihia: 1842. T Allom, W H Bartlett, and H M'Culloch. 121 x 197mm. Unbound. pp. 8 (2 page blank). Early Maori language pamphlet: Description of a service used by the Bishop of London for the reception of three priests from the Roman Church, published by Colenso under his antipapist pseudonym..... More