ALBUM of New Zealand Views
[No Imprint], 1885. Original Decorated Cloth. c.1885. 20 illustrations on leaf 18 x 136cm folded to 18 x 14cm. Cover title. Decorated blue cloth boards, stamped on final leaf: Glaser, Leipzig. Bagnall: 71.
Early New Zealand
All About New Zealand. Being A Complete Record of Colonial Life
Glasgow: Porteous Brothers, 1875. Original Cloth. pp 220 + adverts. Undated, c1870s. Green blindstamped cloth with gilt titles. An introduction for prospective immigrants made up of largely unacknowledged extracts from published material on the country.
All About New Zealand. Being A Complete Record of Colonial Life
Glasgow: Porteous Brothers, 1875. Original Cloth. pp 220 + adverts [8]. Undated, c1870s. Original blue blindstamped cloth with gilt titles. Some wear. An introduction for prospective immigrants made up of largely unacknowledged extracts from published material on the country. A good copy.
AUSTRALASIAN Colonies. New Zealand Handbook, with Map
London: Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1890. First Edition. Original Printed Wrappers. pp. 36. Numerous charts and diagrams. Map (folding). Slight chipping of front wrapper, back wrapper missing.
Bond's Almanac
Waikato: Waikato Illustrated Advertisements, 1893. No Binding. pp 41-220. Lacking covers. Almanac and adversing publication for the Waikato and surrounding districts for the year 1893. Includes numerous articles and monthly guides on gardening and orchards, farming, district descriptions (e.g. Rotorus, Matamata), Government legislation, data on farm production, custom's tariffs etc......
Chatham Islands. Further Papers Relative to The Custody and Escape of The Chatham Islands Prisoners. Return to an Order Of The House of Representatives, of the 18th August, 1868.
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.
Chatham Islands. Papers Relative to Prisoners and Guard at Chatham Islands. Presented to Both Houses of the General Assembly, By Command of His Excellency.
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.
Chatham Islands. Papers Relative to the Escape Of The Maori Prisoners from the Chatham Islands. Presented to Both Houses of The General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.
Wellington: 1868. Unbound. pp 13. Official statements of those who were witness to the escape of 298 Maori prisoners from the Chatham Islands, tables detailing money and arms taken by fugitives, letter in Maori from Te Kooti. Rare.
Chatham Islands. Return of the Instructions and Authorities under Which the Native Prisoners Were sent to The Chatham Islands. Return to an Order of the House of Representatives of The 23rd July, 1868.
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.
City of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Engravings
1875. Unbound. c. 1875. Original engravings showing two panoramic views of the City of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand (text continues: ...see page 386). Size of image 660mm x 475mm, with mat, 660mm x 475mm. An attractive engraving.
A Compendium of Ordinances, Acts, and Orders in Council, affecting the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand.
Auckland: NZ Government, 1864. Hardcover. pp.208, full leather binding. Comprising legislation on justice, land management and purchase, regional government. Auckland printing. NZNB 4078.
Cook's First and Second Voyages
James Cundee. Hardcover. pp 403, frontispiece, 9 plates, 8vo, original calf boards, re-spined. Lacking title page and contents. c. 1820. Popular account of the first two voyages with engravings.
Coromandel Gold Diggings, New Zealand. The harbour and gold district of coromandel
1865. No Binding. 31 x 66 cm. Interesting hand-coloured panorama. Mount has minor damage.
Correspondence Between the New Zealand Company's Land Purchasers and Earl Grey
1851. Wrappers. pp 12. Correspondence between 1850-1. The grievance of the absentee holders of land orders. NZNB 1434.
Correspondence Between the Wesleyan Missionary Committee and the Right Honourable Earl Grey on the Apprehended Infringement of the Treaty of Waitangi
London: Wesleyan Missionary Society, 1848. Original Wrappers. pp.36. Original wrappers with small tear to front wrapper. Bagnall 5983.
CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND Vol. 1 Wellington Provincial District.
Wellington: Cyclopedia Company, 1897. Hardcover. pp.xxvii,1525. Illustrations. Lacks title page, preface leaf worn, both original boards present but detached. Could be recased. A wealth of valuable historical, commercial and biographical information, not to be found elsewhere. A good working copy with all the information described above.
CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND. Wellington City Edition.
Wellington: Cyclopedia Company, 1897. Rebound. pp.992. Illustrations.Tidy rebound in nice cloth, city edition plus districts, omits preface and prelims indices of Provincial edition. Includes the districts such as Carterton, Masterton, Greytown, Lower Hutt, Featherston etc. A wonderful wealth of information, not found elsewhere on business/commercial history, merchants etc.
CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW ZEALAND. Wellington City Edition.
Wellington: Cyclopedia Company, 1897. Rebound. pp.773. Illustrations.Early cloth binding, with title page. City edition, omits preface and prelims indices of Provincial edition. A wonderful wealth of information, not found elsewhere on business/commercial history, merchants etc.
Excursion fares and timetables to the Lake District, Southern Alps and Hanmer Hot Springs
Wellington: Government Printer, 1889. Soft cover. 15 pp, double-page map, original lithograph wrappers, stained.Tourist pamphlet including descriptions of the major lakes and resorts in the South Island, and railway timetables and fares.
A Family in Dusk Bay, New Zealand Engraving
1794. Unbound. c. 1794. Size of image 205mm x 334mm, with mat, 355mm x 470mm. Very good early New Zealand engraving showing an idyllic scene with seven figures, from Cook's second voyage.
From Distant Villages -the lives and times of Croatian settlers in New Zealand, 1858-1958
Pharos, 2008. Hard cover. Very rare The story of Croatian settlement in New Zealand is presented in these pages as a mix of articles, biographies, documents and photographs. It is not a formal chronological history. I offer glimpses of the past through the lives of pioneer settlers, events of.....
Gezigt in Een Verschanst Dorp van Nieuw-Zeeland Engraving
Amsterdam: 1795. Unbound. Original engraving from Dutch edition of Cook's voyages depicting a Maori pa site on Motuara Island at the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound at the tip of the South Island of New Zealand. Image size 205mm x 345mm, full size 415mm x 565mm.
Hauhau. Petitions from East Coast Natives Relative to Their Lands. (Return to an Address of The House of Representatives, Dated 29th July, 1868.)
Wellington: 1868. Unbound. pp 13. In English and Maori. Relates to the confiscation of land as punishment for the Hauhaus uprising. Includes lists of Maori signatures and their land areas. Papers sewn as issued. Rare.
He Katikihama hei Whakaako I nga Tangata Katoa e Kawea Mai ana kia Whakaukia e te Pihopa.
1850. 1st Edition. Soft cover. pp 8. No title page or date. Brown paper covers. A revised translation of the Church Catechism, likely published in 1850 to accompany three catechisms published with the same imprint in the previous year (Williams 204). Also in Hocken (513).
He kohikohinga no nga inoi i roto i te pukapuka o nga inoinga, me era atu tikanga, i whakaritea e te Hahi o Ingarani, mo te minitatanga o nga hakarameta, o era atu ritenga hoki a te Hahi...
New Zealand: Prayer Book & Homily Society? 1851. 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.