Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd, 1843 (second edition)/ [1842]. More about Polynesia, or, an Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, including New...
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 about Three Years' Cruise in the Australasian Colonies
London, Gall and Inglis, [c.1873]. More about Waihoura, or the New Zealand Girl
Nelson, Printed by R. Lucas & Son, 'Evening Mail' Office, for the Publisher, H.D. Jackson, [1890, first edition]. More about The Maungatapu Mountain Murders. Being a Narrative of the Murder of Five Men between the...
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 about A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language
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 about Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1891. Vol. XXIV (Seventh of New Series
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 about Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1895. Vol. XXVIII (Eleventh of New Series
Edinburgh, MacNiven and Wallance, 1899. More about Presbyterianism in the Colonies, with Special Reference to the Principles and Influence of the...
Invercargill, [The Author], 1899. More about My Life and Lays
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 about Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1899. Vol. XXXII (Fifteenth of New Series
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 about Ocean and Isle
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1908. More about The New Zealand Shipping Company's Pocket-Book. An Interesting Guide for Passengers by the...
[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 about The Plan of Salvation as taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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Adelaide, Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia (and printed by G. Hassell & Son), 1912 and 1918. More about Outline Catalogue of Australasian Tokens, including Surcharged and Cast Tokens. [Together with]...
Sydney, Church Missionary Society, 1925. Not least, Maoris and Australian Aborigines. More about A History of the Church Missionary Society in Australia and Tasmania
London, Ward, Lock & Co., 1927. An Auckland, New Zealand, setting. More about When I Was Seven
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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 about David T. Abercrombie Co., Camp Outfits [cover title
(Wellington), NZ Government ... 1933. More about New Zealand. Scenic Playground of the Pacific
[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 about Souvenir of the Programme of the Australians and New Zealanders at St Paul's Service March to...
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 about Death and the Dancing Footman
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 about 'He hasn't a Belsen Horror Camp, but he does his best with Mount Eden Prison'
Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1949. The author was 'Captain of the Fiji team touring New Zealand, 1948'. Loosely inserted is the original 1948 hand-written receipt for the book. More about Cricket in the Fiji Islands
Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs, 1949. The author was 'Captain of the Fiji team touring New Zealand, 1948'. More about Cricket in the Fiji Islands
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 about Maori Pronunciation and the Evolution of Written Maori
Wellington, Reed, 1954 (second edition)/ 1952. More about Deer Hunter. The Experiences of a New Zealand Stalker
Auckland, The Pilgrim Press, 1956. More about Immanuel's Land. Stories
Wellington, Glover/ Mermaid Press, 1957. More about The Iron Breadboard. Studies in New Zealand Writing
Wellington, Glover/ Mermaid Press, 1957. More about Since Then
Wellington, R.E. Owen, Government Printer, 1958. More about Crown Colony Government in New Zealand
Christchurch, The Caxton Press, 1961. More about The Halting Place
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 about A New Maori Migration: Rural and Urban Relations in Northern New Zealand
London, Nicholas Kaye, 1964. More about The Legend of Lovelock
Wellington, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 1965. More about The English Vocabulary and Sentence Structure of Maori Children
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 about Settler and Stranger. Poems by
Wellington, Turnbull Library, 1966. With the ownership signature of [Professor] David SAUNDERS. A Turnbull Library Monograph. More about The Journal of Ensign Best 1837-1843. Edited, and with an Introduction and Notes, by Nancy M. TAYLOR
London, Longmans, Green and Co, 1966. The author was Reader in English at Adelaide University, so it is no surprise to find that the ownership signature of T.G.H. Strehlow, and his inscription 'University of Adelaide 29 March, 1966' is followed by the autograph of the author, inscribed 'Adelaide, 4 May... More about The English Language in Australia and New Zealand
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 about Wapiti in New Zealand. A History of the Fiordland Herd
Wellington, A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1967/ 1963. More about Treasury of Maori Folklore
London, MacDonald, 1967/ 1888 [second edition]/ 1873. More about Buller's Birds of New Zealand.. edited and brought up to date by E.G. Turbott
Wellington, Government Printer for the Historical Publications Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs, 1968. More about The Shadow of the Land. A Study of British Policy and Racial Conflict in New Zealand 1832 - 1852
Wellington, Reed, 1968. More about Game Animals in New Zealand
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969 [facsimile edition]/ 1847 [second edition]. With chapters on the Aborigines of South Australia (39 pages plus an illustration and 2 plates) and New South Wales (24 pages plus a 10-page appendix with 2 tinted plates). Peade A184: 1116 sets. More about Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand. Being an Artist's Impressions of Countries...
Wellington, Reed, 1969 (second edition)/ 1951 and 1969. More about Captain Cook in New Zealand. Extracts from the Journals of Captain James Cook Giving a Full...
Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969 (facsimile edition, with biographical comment and index new to this edition)/ 1847 [second edition]. More about Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand. Being an Artist's Impressions of Countries...
Wellington, Reed, 1970 (first edition). More about Hunt the Far Mountain
Wellington, A.H. and A.W. Reed, 1971. More about Intensive Care. A Novel
Wellington, Newrick, 1973 (facsimile edition)/ 1909. One of 1,250 numbered copies. Offered together with a fine copy of the 1975 facsimile reprint edition of the 1927 Supplement, compiled by A.H. Johnstone (octavo, iv, 74 pages: limited to 1000 numbered copies). More about A Bibliography of the Literature relating to New Zealand
Wellington, Newrick, 1973 (facsimile edition)/ 1909. Number 1038 of 1,250 numbered copies. Offered together with a slightly marked and rubbed copy of the 1975 facsimile reprint edition of the 1927 Supplement, compiled by A.H. Johnstone (octavo, iv, 74 pages: number 370 of 1000 copies). More about A Bibliography of the Literature relating to New Zealand
