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London, United Kingdom: Cassell, 1895. Contains descriptions of Mt Cook, Wellington, trip Wellington to Napier, Lake Wakatipu, trip Napier to Auckland, Maori Wars, various ports, Dunedin to Christchurch, Westcoast, the Sounds, Maori Legends etc. CONDITION Olive cloth with bright Gilt landscape and cultural scenes to boards and spine, bevelled edges, all edges gilt, nice frontis engraving with clean tissue guard,… Ler mais sobre este item

Palmerston North, New Zealand: Dunmore Press, 1995. Green bds, pp xii 532 with b/w plates and maps. Very bright and crisp with unworn DJ and minor spine fade. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, & Co, 1889. Author was the Canon of Lichfield Cathedral, Professor at Kings College London and Principle of Lichfield Theological College. Bishop Selwyn was Bishop of New Zealand (and Melanesia) from 1841 to 1869. He then returned to Lichfield were he served as Bishop until his death. CONDITION Purple cloth with gilt titles, pp xiv 498… Ler mais sobre este item

Nelson, New Zealand: Potton & Burton, 2004. George Valentine (1852-1890) was one of the foremost 19th century photographers to work in New Zealand. He was the leading photographer of the Pink and White Terraces, and also captures the aftermath of the 1886 Tarawera eruption. CONDITION Card wraps, 132 pages illus throughout. Unworn copy only fault is crease to front cnr.… Ler mais sobre este item

Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 2007. Recounts fifteen tales from 19th century Auckland - the stories of the tree on One Tree Hill, of a newspaper printed on a mangle, of two aborted duels, the mystery of a suicide, the voyage of an early immigrant ship, the wreck of the Orpheus, of how Ngati Whatua became the tangata whenua,… Ler mais sobre este item

Palmerston North, New Zealand: Dunmore Press, 1995. Mustard bds, pp xiv 386 with b/w plates and maps. Very bright and crisp with unworn DJ and minor spine fade. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Auckland, NZ: Auckland University Press, 2002. This book traces the Maori settlement of the Auckland Isthmus 800 yrs ago up to 1840. It uses parallel and often corrobative versions drawn from Maori oral traditions and Land Court records, and from the work of archaeologists and pre-historians. CONDITION Pictoral bds, pp 342 with many b/w and coloured illus. An extremely good… Ler mais sobre este item

Masterton, New Zealand: Palamontain & Petherick, 1927. Butler 1781-1841 built the Mission House in Kerikeri on the direction of Bishop Samuel Marsden and the auspices of the Church Missionary Society finished in 1822. Extracts deal mainly withhis work at the Bay of Islands with the last chapter on his time in Petone. pp 440 with 27 illus, mostly portrait with… Ler mais sobre este item

Auckland, New Zealand: David Bateman, 2018. Examines the British Library collections relating to Captain James Cook on the 250th anniversary of his Endeavour voyage. Written by leading experts with full colour illustrations throughout. Themes of cultural encounter and scientific discovery are interwoven with the personal stories of the key protagonists, including James Cook and Joseph Banks. The illustrations include drawings… Ler mais sobre este item

Auckland: Graphic, 1986. The protests organised by peace squadrons against the visits of the American nuclear powered warships `Truxtun', `Long Beach', Pintado' and `Haddo' to New Zealand. First edition written by political activist who helped set up HART and CARE. With photos by Gil Hanley, Doug Harris, the Author and others. CONDITION Card wraps, 60 pages with b/w photo illus.… Ler mais sobre este item

Wellington, New Zealand: Independent Newspapers Ltd, 1978. Remiscences from the 1930s forward, dated from text content. photos of notable events through out including some good war photograph CONDITION Orange Oblong 4to, stapled, 48 pages with photos. Creased top front cnr, a little faded and handled, internally crisp clean copy. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" -… Ler mais sobre este item

Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 2006. Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia, and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the 19th century who played a central role in overseeing the development of British colonies into self governing entities. He was also an obsessive collector of rare books and artefacts, which he… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney, Australia: Ure Smith, 1963. Maritime and gold mining history of the Australians and New Zealanders who migrated to the Californian gold fields from 1848 to 1851. CONDITION Nice production, White bds illustrated, fold out photo eps, 172 pages with 16 plate illus. Printed on nice hand made paper untrimmed, with gold metallic DJ. Name to verso of ffep, spine… Ler mais sobre este item

Auckland, New Zealand: David Bateman, 1990. History of marijuana and the culture of its use in each generation. CONDITION Card wraps, 184 pages. Scratch to cover top front, tea drip top edge, else moderatly handled though tight copy. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson , 1940. More than 200 illustrations together with a complete index and chronology. Orange Card wraps, with cartoon history, 64 pages.. Mostly crisp copy, top cnrs creased, slight soiled, newsprint pages toned to ends and edges.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1905. Red illus cloth with bright gilt spine title, 672 pages with illus through out. Copy has been in a damp environment as some stage causing wax to lift on bds o/w unworn, internally bright and crisp, Overweight. Re-Issue. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: The University Press, 2000. Contains articles on the Pacific islands 20th century, Apirana Nagatas thoughts on biculturalism, Muskets and the Mori Wars, 1918 flu epidemic and more. CONDITION 196 pages, unworn, appears unread.. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: T Nelson & Son, 1866. Author was the leading writer and illustrator of picturesque travel books during the early Victorian era. CONDITION BlackLeather with 5 raised bands to spine and gitl title, beautiful bds are decorated the heavily tooled embossing to both bds,bright gilt to all edges and blue silk ribbon marker, brown end pages, Pp x… Ler mais sobre este item

Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co, 1817. French man Louis Simond (1767-1831). This is noted for its very early illus done by the Author of the Welsh and the Scottish poor. CONDITION Vol 1 only. Ex University Library with only spine marking and filing details to verso of title page. Half Leather with Papered bds, Pp xiv 508 with 2 fold… Ler mais sobre este item

United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1957. Author was born in Hangzou (Quinsai) to Missioanry parents and was Professor of Sinai studies at Cambridge. Marco Polo visited Quinsai in the late 13th Century and recorded his impressioins. CONDITION Card wraps with French flaps, Pp xii [2] 92 with illus plates, plans and a map of the city. Copy shows mild handling… Ler mais sobre este item