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L. D. Nathan & Co Ltd, 1840. Paperback. The early days of Auckland, with written descriptions and rare photographs.
L. D. Nathan & Co Ltd, 1840. Paperback. The early days of Auckland, with written descriptions and rare photographs.
Wellington: 1868. Unbound. pp 5. Further correspondence relating to the escape of the Maori prisoners from the Chatham Islands. An important part of early New Zealand history. Rare.
Wellington: 1868. Unbound. pp 27. Details on the arrangements made for the Maori prisoners taken to the Chatham Islands. Includes lists of the prisoners' names. Rare and in very god condition. Unbound but holding.
Wellington: 1868. Unbound. pp 11. Arrangements for dealing with the Maori prisoners taken to the Chatham Islands. Important part of early New Zealand history and relationships with Maori. Rare.
1948. paperback. historical and bibliographical of New Zealand.
Wellington: 1868. Unbound. pp 53. Accounts of crime, other disturbances and Maori uprising detailed in correspondence by the Resident Magistrate. Includes some correspondence in Maori. Features major historical figures such as Von Tempsky, Holt, Hori Kingi, etc. Rare document in very good condition.
welligton: NZAF welfare fund, 1938. Soft cover. pp 84. Illustrated souvenir with images of aircraft and related adverts. Arare and very interesting item.
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1954. Illustrations supplied by Tudor Collins and the New Zealand Forest Service, J. H. Abernethy, and Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd. Second Edition (1954). Edition of 1,500 books. Hardback. Bound in green cloth. Fading to cloth boards. Slight water damage to rear board. Hollow.....
Wellington: A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1975. Various. Facsimile Edition. Hardback with dust jacket. 393 pp. This is a 1975 facsimile of Sir A.H. Reed's 'The Story of Northland', complete with its original dust jacket. Apart from some light markings on the dust jacket, the book is in immaculate condition. There.....
Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe. 1927. Original Pictorial Cloth. pp. 314. Plates, maps. Original Pictorial Cloth. Cover and spine have title: History of the New Zealand Engineers, N.Z.E.F., 1914-1919. Bagnall A531. A detailed history of the Engineers and the campaigns they were involved in. The seizure of Samoa in August.....
Christchurch: J. T. Smith, 1881. Original Cloth. pp.486. . Concerned mainly with economic and political issues. Ex -lib, spinemarked red cloth binding, rubbed but sound.
Wellington,1956: War History Branch, Dept. Of Internal Affairs. 1956. 1st Edition. Original Cloth. pp.xvi,514, Plates, Folding maps. Good copy of this important work.
1876. First. 141 pp. Original mounted photograph frontispiece portrait. (12mo) original stiff printed wrappers. With his father and brother, Patuone was one of the first Maori to have contact with the Europeans when James Cook's ship visited in 1769. The author was a close friend of Patuone in his later.....
Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1923. Original Cloth. pp. xxii, 276. 8vo. Illustrations, map. Official history of New Zealand's effort in the Great War, vol. IV. Original cloth. An account of army nurses, hospitals, hospital ships, dental corps, veterinary corps, finance, the seizure and occupation of Samoa etc. Bagnall O65. Nice.....
New Zealand: The Capper Press, 1980. Reprint 1980. Hardback. Paper bound. Gilt title on spine. Laminated pictorial dust jacket. Head and tail bands. Binding tight. Reprint by Capper Press, New Zealand. Originally published 1856 by Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts on Paternoster Row, London. Original printing by William Brendon.....
Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1921. Original Cloth. pp.vii,364. Plates (portraits), 25 maps (24 folded). Damp damage on front edges of both boards, otherwise good. A record of the doings of the Canterbury Regiment from its enrolment to its disbandment. Consists mainly of a compilation of the War Diaries of the.....
London: A.W. Bennett, 1861. First. Hardcover. 19 cm, vi, 220 pp, frontis and plates, publisher's catalogue at rear, blind-stamped cloth over boards with gilt titling at spine - very short closed tears at head and tail of spine. Front gutter cracking. Very good condition with some fairly mild foxing in.....
Auckland: Government printer, 1864. No Binding. No. 49, Dec 17, 1864. A proclamation by Grey offering to grant a pardon to all natives engaged in the 'present rebellion' and the return of their land.
OneTree House Ltd, 2019. Hindsight: Pivotal Moments in New Zealand's History by Mandy Hager. This is an engaging and incredibly practical book for a high school student learning about New Zealand history, or really for anyone with an interest in people, how they interact, and what they are willing to.....
Dunedin, N. Z. : J. McIndoe, 1971. first. hardcover. photographers / topographical photographers. Postcards / portraits / Press. Genre: Bibliography, Illustrated, text.
New Zealand: Quadrant Press / Kaiwaka & Districts Historical Society (1990), 1990. Various. Paperback with green pictorial cover featuring two black and white photographs. Slim volume of captioned black and white photographs of the Northland settlement of Kaiwaka and surrounds, compiled by the Kaiwaka & Districts Historical Society as part.....
London: John Murray, 1863. Original Cloth/gilt. pp. [6], 659, [6]. Includes advertising. Maori war content. Original decorated cloth binding, front boards detached, lacks rear boards. Interior intact.
Wellington: Government Printer, 1888. No Binding. 14 pp, genealogical table, original printed blue wrappers. Account by Hitiri Te Paerata interpreted by Gilbert Mair. Nice copy of important and scarce account of the significant battle of the Waikato campaign, fought on 2 April, 1864.
Random House NZ, 2004. paperback. This story is based on letters, diaries and interviews in several countries. It is the story of a group of Rhodes scholars, five young men -James Bertram, Geoffrey Cox, Dan Davin, Ian Milner, John Mulgan -caught up in the turmoil of their times: Spain, Hitler's.....
New Zealand: A. H & A. W Reed, 1970. Various. First. Hardback. Black binding paper with silver foil stamped author name and title on spine. Gloss laminated dust jacket. Two-colour map of New Zealand printed on endpapers. Mysteries, ghosts, and urban legends of New Zealand collected and related by New.....