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
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
London: Prayer Book & Homily Society? 1851. 110 x 180 mm. Soft Cloth Binding. pp. 43. Rare early Maori language pamphlet, extracts from The Church of England, Book of Common Prayer. Dark brown stiffened cloth wrappers. Refs: Williams: 221. BIM: 405. More
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
London: Bible Society, 1858. 8vo. Original Calf. Pp. (4) 377. Rare early Maori language publication: Old Testament book Proverbs to Malachi. Original embossed purple cloth binding, spine faded. Double columns with vertical rules. Refs: Williams; 286. BIM: 470. Bagnall: 484. More
Napier: Daily Telegraph, 1897. 12mo. Soft cover. 31 pp, stiffened brown covers with title label. A tract "Truth in a Nutshell" of religious quotations. More
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
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
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
No Binding. Original engraving of a woman of New Zealand c.1800. 8 x15.5 cm in mount 20.5 x 25 cm. More
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
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
Lonodon: House of Commons, 1841. Folio. Printed Wrappers. pp 148. Papers relating to "the Protection of the Aborigines of New Zealand," "Charter for the Government of New Zealand as a separate colony," "New Zealand Land Bill", Treaty of Waitangi, establishing Auckland as seat of government, complete with folding panorama in..... More
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
Christchurch: Nag's Head Press, 1979. Facs. Reprint. 12mo. Orig. Cloth. pp. [5-21], Number 105 of 135 numbered copies, facsimile reprint of original document in the Mitchell Library, Sydney. Title label on front boards. In vellum wrapper as published. More
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
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
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
Wellington: Reed, Methuen, 1948. 8vo. Cloth. pp.xiv, 493, 26 plates 6 maps, Colenso printed the first works in Maori in Paihia. More
London: C.F. Kell, 1875. Unbound. A lithograph showing 14 scenes of Maori life with handwritten titles including 'Te Raku', 'Fishmonger', 'Maori Women going to a Hangi', 'Gathering Pipis.' Lithograph size 410mm x 295mm, with mat. 535mm x 415mm. More
Lyon: Colenso, 1840. 1st Edition. 12mo. Hardcover. 125 pp. Original brown buckram linen, spine hinges showing some wear but firm. Printed in two columns. The first printing of the Book of Common Prayer in Maori, printed at The Bay of Islands by Colenso. Maori ownership "NaWirimu Tamahana" written in ink..... 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