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.
1851. Wrappers. pp 12. Correspondence between 1850-1. The grievance of the absentee holders of land orders. NZNB 1434.
Wellington: Government Printer, 1964. Full Calf / Gilt. pp. 114, frontis [portrait]. Fine full calf binding, gilt spine titles, marbled endpapers.
London: Charles Knight, 1832. Half Calf. 2 volumes. pp 520; 409. Vol2 frontispiece engraving. Half calf & marbled boards. Raised bands to spine. Marbled page edges. Some edgewear. Part of the series of publications from Charles Knight in The Library of Entertaining Knowledge, published under the auspices of The Society.....
London: Thomas Kelly, 1824. Half Calf. pp 512, engraved frontis and title page plus plates. Half calf and marbled boards, raised spine bands with gilt.
Washington, DC: Govt. Print. (for) Historical Publications Branch, Dept. Of Internal Affairs. 1900. Disbound. pp.60. Form 2100. Rare.
London: House of Commons, 1845. Unbound. pp 162. Period of FitzRoy's Governorship. Correspondence includes details of the disturbances at the Bay of Islands and New Plymouth, details of a native dispute in Tauranga, information on the New Zealand Company, a militia ordinance and more. Rare.
Auckland: NZ Government, 1861. Card Wrappers. pp 209. June to September 1861. Includes Maori land issues, "native insurrection" in Waikato and Waitara, railway and postal services. Blue card covers with cloth spine, some damage to spine but binding still firm. Internals very good.
London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1816. Half Morocco. x. pp 518. Bound in half morocco and marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt spine titles and decorations.
Wellington: Published for The Council of The Law Society of New Zealand, 1872. Sewn as Issued. pp 28. Sewn as issued. Some age darkening and small tear to top corner of front wrapper, otherwise good. An unsuccessful appeal by Smythies against his being struck off rolls on account of misconduct.....
Rimaru: Timaru Herald, 1887. Wrappers. pp. 81,112. Also includes Report and Narrative of the Trial of Thomas Hall and Margaret Graham Houston, charged with Attempting to Murder Kate Emily Hall. Front wrapper worn, missing rear wrapper, large folding port of the accused and court proceedings. Rare.
Edinburgh: Manners & Miller, 1794. Half Morroco. (2), titlepage, 92. Title page strengthened at inner margin. Finely bound half-crushed morocco, possibly by Baytons. Engraving 'The Pikes'. pp1-54, Trial of Robert Watt and pp 55-84 on the Trial of David Downies. pp 85-92 comprises the speech of Sir Hercules Langrishe in.....
Auckland: Provincial Government, 1859. Original Wrappers. pp.60, Balance sheet, revenue & expenditure statements. Interesting source material on items such as expenditure, land regulations, harbour endowments, etc. while Auckland was still the capital.
Dunedin: S. Lister, 1882. Original Printed Wrappers. Pp.(ii),16,(i); Contains advertising, Original printed wrappers, in fine condition.
London: Macmillan, 1988. Original Boards. pp.x, 1064. Illus, photos. Original dark blue half cloth and boards binding. Very good in very good d/w, as new. Heavy volume may require additional postage overseas.
London: Frederick Warne. Tree Calf. c. 1870. Frontispiece. Contemp tree calf & gilt. Marbled page edges and endpapers. Bookplates to endboards. Minor foxing to some pages A handsome copy.
Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1888. Half Calf. 2 Volumes. Half calf binding with raised bands and gilt titles to spines. Edgewear to leather. Pencil notations throughout the books. A handsome set.
Wellington: Evening Post, 1887. Original Printed Wrappers. pp. 16. In original grey paper wrappers, slightly worn, faded.
Wellington: Lyon and Blair, 1880. Original Wrappers. pp. 30, The act compelled every person in the Colony, who had a property worth more than L500, to pay a tax in proportion to his possessions. Otago, of all the provinces, returned the most revenue. This copy belonged to W.H.S. Roberts, Otago.....
London: Fullarton, 1859. Half Calf. 8 vols. Frontispiece portraits. Full contemporary calf. A fine looking set in early full blindstamped calf.
London: Stevens and Sons, 1870. 12 th Edition. Quarter Calf Spine. pp.cxxxi, 1391. Handsome calf and boards, gilt spine titles on red leather band. Small damage to lower edge front boards.Very heavy volume will require additional postage for overseas delivery.
London: Kendrick, 1860. 4th Edition. Half Calf. c. 1860. Vols. 1-5 (history up to 1785). Portrait plates. Contemporary half calf gilt. Early binding with gilt decorations.
Wellington: Edwards & Green, 1882. Cloth. pp. 31. Very nice copy in blue cloth binding of this rare publication of the text of this speech, delivered before the "Union Debating Society" at Wellington, NZ on November 15, 1882. Rare.
London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1912. Red cloth with black lettering. 293 pp. Bound in red cloth with black lettering. There is some fading to pages, with a small amount of foxing. There is a water stain to the back left corner, and marking on both covers. The spine is.....
New York: D. Appleton and Company. 1907. Various. Last Revision. Navy blue cloth with gold lettering. Six volumes: complete set. Each volume appears worn from the outside glance, but the inner contents are in good condition. Volume I. possesses a black and white lithographed plate of the author. There is.....
London: William Heinemann, 1897. 1st Edition. Hardcover. xv, 718, frontispiece, 3 plates, original red cloth, gilt emblem on front board. Comprehensive and classic account of privateering and the slave trade, both key ingredients of Liverpool's commercial success in the 18th and 19th centuries.