Auckland
L. D. Nathan & Co Ltd, 1840. Paperback. The early days of Auckland, with written descriptions and rare photographs.
history
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. 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.
The Education of the Maori - From the "Star"
1898. No binding.
History and Bibliography
1948. paperback. historical and bibliographical of New Zealand.
Patea. Correspondence Relative to Native Disturbances at Patea. Presented to Both Houses of The General Assembly, by Command of His Excellency.
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.
Royal NZ Airforce display, Rongatai
welligton: NZAF welfare fund, 1938. Soft cover. pp 84. Illustrated souvenir with images of aircraft and related adverts. Arare and very interesting item.
Official history of the New Zealand Engineers During the Great War 1914-1919 : a Record of the Work Carried Out By the Field Companies, Field Troops, Signal Troop, And Wireless Troop, During the Operations in Samoa (1914-15); Egypt, Gallipoli, Sinai ...
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.....
The Colonist : a Work on the Past and Present Position of the Colony of Naew Zealand.
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.
28 (Maori) Battalion. Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945
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.
The Life and Times of Patuone
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.....
The War Effort of New Zealand : a Popular History of (a) Minor Campaigns in Which New Zealanders Took Part ; (b) Services Not Fully Dealt with in the Campaign Volumes ; (c) the Work at the Bases.
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.....
The History of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919.
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.....
New Zealand settlers and soldiers
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.....
The New Zealand Gazette
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.
Hindsight
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.....
Photography in New Zealand
Dunedin, N. Z. : J. McIndoe, 1971. first. hardcover. photographers / topographical photographers. Postcards / portraits / Press. Genre: Bibliography, Illustrated, text.
The New Annual Army List, and Militia List, For 1863 (being the Twenty Fouth Annual volume)
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.
Description of the Battle of Orakau
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.
Dance of the Peacocks -New Zealanders in Exile in the Time of Hitler and Mao Te-Tung
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.....
Supplement To the Souvenir Programme
Ruatoria, New Zealand: Ngarimu V.C. Institute Programme, 1943. Soft cover.
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45; Divisional Cavalry
Wellington: War History Branch, Dept. Of Internal Affairs. 1963. Cloth. pp. 445. Frontispiece. Numerous Plates, Folding Maps and Diagrams. Spine faded, else good.
Bateman New Zealand Encyclopedia
New Zealand: 1984. Fourth. This encyclopedia is now well established as the reference on New Zealand for home, school, workplace and library. A compact, everyday reference to a multitude of subjects, with information arranged alphabetically, the fourth edition has been updated and expanded with 30 percent more information.
Early Stations of Hawke's Bay
AH & AW Reed, 1970. hardcover. This history book is to a very large extent bound up with the founding and the fortunes of the first great sheep-stations in the Hawkes Bay region, of New Zealand.