Polynesia, or, an Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, including New Zealand ...
Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1843 (second edition)/ [1842]. More
Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1843 (second edition)/ [1842]. More
London, George Baxter, 1844. 'A scene connected with the Wesleyan Missionary Society and the Maories [sic]. Mr Waterhouse, general superintendent of that Society's Missions in Australia and Polynesia, is seen introducing to the natives Mr Creed (their new missionary) and his wife. The detail is wonderful and the colouring beautiful..... More
London, Richard Bentley, 1854. Malone, a ship's paymaster, was 'appointed to HMS "Fantome", going to the Australia and New Zealand station ... from 1850-53. Having seen all parts of the Australian colonies - having mixed in every society - and having formed an impartial judgment as to their several merits..... More
London, Gall and Inglis, [c.1873]. More
Wellington, Government Printer, 1884. 'With a view to encouraging the more extensive culture of Citrus fruits in the northern portion of New Zealand, and of aiding planters with reliable information on the subject, the author of this book was empowered by the New Zealand Government to visit New South Wales..... More
Dunedin, Arthur T. Keirle, 1890. The deluxe edition of poetical works by Bracken, published to commemorate New Zealand's Golden Jubilee. Thomas Bracken (circa 30 December 1841?-1898), was born in Ireland; he became an orphan in 1852. He 'was cared for by an aunt until about the age of 12, when..... More
Auckland, Upton, Williams and Norgate, 1892 (fourth edition). With the armorial bookplate of the New Zealand author and photo-historian, Frederic Hardwicke Knight and the contemporaneous ownership signature of John. W. Hay. Some photocopied ephemera is loosely inserted. More
Wellington, George Didsbury, Government Printer, May 1892. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the geology, botany and zoology of New Zealand. More
Wellington, John MacKay, Government Printer, June 1896. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the exploration, geology, botany and zoology of New Zealand. More
Invercargill, [The Author], 1899. More
Wellington, John McKay, Government Printer, June 1900. With many significant articles on Maori history and culture, and the geology, botany, zoology, and early printing of New Zealand. More
Melbourne, Pater, 1902. An independent account by the American evangelist of the whole missionary field "of Heathendom... in its actual condition, operations, modes of organization, instruction, and efforts, its different peculiarities, its needs, its difficulties..." Fiji, Tonga, New Zealand, Thursday and Friday Islands, New Guinea, the Phillipines and (naturally) Australia..... More
Klerksdorp, H.M. Guest, Printer and Publisher, Bookseller, Stationer, etc. 1902. The position of prime minister in New Zealand was known as premier until 1907. Robert Seddon (1845-1906) was premier from 1893; he died in office. He 'attracted much publicity for his outspokenness about the South African war: he visited South..... More
[Auckland], Messenger Print, [circa 1910?]. An early New Zealand edition of this much-reprinted Mormon tract, which appears to have been first published circa 1880. See 'A Mormon Bibliography, 1830-1930' (second edition, 2004): this item seems to be a variant of 5506c (not noting the rear cover catalogue). More
Adelaide, Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia (and printed by G. Hassell & Son), 1912 and 1918. More
London, Cassell, 1921. Dated 1921, and with the pencilled ownership details ('Athelney') and signature (all twice) of Edgar Bristow Hughes (1866-1951). On 9 acres 'Athelney' was built in 1858 by P. D. Prankerd; Herbert Bristow Hughes (1821-1892) bought the house for his wife in 1864; Edgar Bristow Hughes purchased the..... More
Sydney, Church Missionary Society, 1925. Not least, Maoris and Australian Aborigines. More
London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1927. An Auckland, New Zealand, setting. More
New York, Abercrombie, 1931. Loosely inserted is a typed letter on company letterhead, signed by company president Robert F. Abercrombie, to New Zealand sporting goods suppliers A. & W. McCarthy of Dunedin. Among other things he states that 'we furnished a good part of Commander Byrd's equipment for his Antarctic..... More
Dunedin, Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd and A.H. Reed for the Otago University Council, 1932 (first edition). Number 302 of 1000 copies, signed by the editor, John Rawson Elder. More
(Wellington), NZ Government ... 1933. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1934. With the ownership signature of Baron Sandford, and the loosely inserted original publisher's prospectus (folded once, and slightly torn at one corner). More
Melbourne, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [c1934] (second edition). More
[London, no imprint details], 1937. The entire programme looks to be the product of a well-meaning amateur. The text is obviously hand-set and hand-printed, and it is written in an engaging chatty style, commencing thus: 'Six war-blinded Australian ex-Servicemen will be in the contingent of Australians and New Zealanders who..... More
Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1939. Not least, Scandinavian migration to Queensland. More
London, Published for the Crime Club by Collins, 1942. The dustwrapper is unclipped but unpriced, indicating it is the Colonial Edition issue; the small ticket on the front pastedown of the contemporary Adelaide booksellers, F.W. Preece Ltd, proves the point. More
Auckland, printed for Miss I. Oldfield and C.R. Howell, [1945, circa June]. The second page is headlined 'An Atrocity at Home. The Case of Harold McAuley'. The leaflet decries the ill-treatment of McAuley, a 'Conscientious Objector who has been in Detention Camp or in Prison since January, 1942'. The title..... More
Wellington, The Beltane Book Bureau, 1948. NZ Collectors' Monographs Number 4; this unsigned edition was limited to 500 copies. Loosely inserted is a 1950 typed letter signed by David H. Graham, Lower Hutt, explaining the origins of an accompanying leaflet, 'Ex Libris. A Note describing the Bookplate of David H...... More
Wellington, Hicks, Smith & Wright, 1949. With the contemporary ownership signature of Brian Lewis Jones (a relative of the author; see page 159) and his two pencilled annotations. Together with: Philp Beveridge Mair: 'Shared Enthusiasm. The Story of Lord and Lady Beveridge, by her Son' (Surrey, Ascent Books Ltd, 1982;..... More
Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1950 (third impression)/ 1946. 'The incorrect pronunciation of Maori place names will inevitably cause the extinction of the Maori language'. More
Auckland, Whites Aviation Limited, [1950s]. More
London, British Museum, 1953. More
Wellington, Reed, 1954 (second edition)/ 1952. More
Auckland, The Pilgrim Press, 1956. More
Wellington, Glover/ Mermaid Press, 1957. More
Wellington, Glover/ Mermaid Press, 1957. More
Wellington, R.E. Owen, Government Printer, 1958. More
Auckland, Whites Aviation, 1960 (new, expanded, edition)/ [1957]. An important pictorial record; this expanded second edition boasts some 100 more pages of aerial views. Loosely inserted is a pamphlet, 'North Otago 1968. A Blueprint of Industrial Power and Potential' (Auckland, 1968), featuring large number of aerial photos by the author..... More
Christchurch, The Caxton Press, 1961. More
London/ Melbourne, University of London, the Athlone Press/ Melbourne University Press, 1964. With the original receipt made out to T.G.[H.] Strehlow loosely inserted. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology Number 27. More
London, Nicholas Kaye, 1964. More
Wellington, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1965. More
Christchurch, The Caxton Press, 1965. Loosely inserted are four leaves (ie, pp 5 - 12 describing the Caxton Press, evidently clipped and removed from a book. More
Wellington, Reed, 1966 (first edition). "The first complete and definitive study of the most magnificent of the wild creatures introduced to New Zealand" (in 1905; by 1923 they were so well established that the first shooting licences were issued). More
Wellington, A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1967/ 1963. More
London, MacDonald, 1967/ 1888 [second edition]/ 1873. More
Wellington, Reed, 1968. More
Wellington, Reed, 1969 (second edition)/ 1951 and 1969. More