ANTIQUARIAN BOOK

Cowan, James
The New Zealand Wars (2 Vols) r/p 1955, red cloth, DJ, jackets sunned, Vol I poor, else G. BP of Allan Todd.

Craik, George L
The New Zealanders The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Charles Knight, Pall Mall, London, first edition, 1830, illus including frontis map, original blind stamped green cloth, spine, sunned and split to upper joint, else G

Cresswell, John C. M.
Collection of 500/600 Postcards, photos of Maori Guides, Whakarewarewa, Buried Village, Waimungu, Orakei-Korako and Taupo A wonderful and rare collection of albums put together and accumulated of 30 years by John Cresswell, culminating in the book The Hot Lakes Guide, which comes with this lot. 99% of the guides are identified and named, the only such existing record, together with unpublished whakapapa showing the relationship to each other. All the famous guides such as Rangi and Bella are included together with many now forgotten or lesser known guides at work from 1860-1990.
A truly unique collection.

13 Cruise, Richard A. (Capt In The 84th Regt. Foot)
Journal of a Ten Months Residence in New Zealand Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, And Brown, London, first edition, 1823, illus including colour frontis, also 8pp intro of other works, BP of Alwyn Keith Warren, half green calf, 5 raised spine bands, mrbld EP’s. a near fine copy.

The Cyclopaedia Of New Zealand, Vol 1, Wellington
Wellington Provincial District. The Cyclopaedia Company, Wellington, first edition, 1897, brown cloth, binding loose.

Dieffenbach, Ernst
Travels In New Zealand (2 Vols) Capper Press, Christchurch, r/p 1974, maroon cloth, DJ, BP of Allan Todd

Duncan, Russell
Early Walks In New Zealand Up to 1850 (compiled from the travellers journal), to which is added some excursions to Ruapehu and Tongariro made between the years 1889-98 by the compiler. Whitcombe And Tombs Limited, first edition, 1918, light blue cloth, G+

Earle, Augustus
A Narrative of a Nine Months Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Together with A Journal Of A Residence in Tristan D’Acuna An Island Situated Between South America And The Cape Of Good Hope. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, London, first edition, 1832, with engraved ports and folding plates, finely bound in half green calf, raised spine bands, & gilt dec cmpts, mrbld covers, FEP’S, a very nice copy.

Earle, Augustus
A Narrative of a Nine Months Residence in New Zealand in 1827 Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, first ed, 1909, green cloth, together with, New Zealand Rulers And Statesmen 1840-1885, first ed, 1886, green cloth, and Some Account Of New Zealand by John Savage, 1807, Hocken Library, Facsimile, No 1, 1966, printed pic wrap

Sir George Grey & Others
Rare 1840/50s Wellington Earthquake Related Reports
A collection of reports and documents relating to the 1848 Wellington earthquake and subsequent rebuilding, including a letter from Governor George Grey to Earl Grey enquiring as to the possibility of financial help from the Parliament of Britain, also reports and views on a new concrete from France, also building owners claim figures etc, also a few more modern documents from the early to mid 20th century.

Travers, W. L. T.
New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive The Illustrations by C. D. Barraud. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, London, 1877, elephant folio, chromolitho plates, many detached, half morocco, cloth gilt.

Gudgeon, Thomas Wayth
The Defenders Of New Zealand H Brett, Auckland, first edition, 1837, half burgundy morocco, dec red cloth gilt, front spine joint loose.

Gudgeon, Thomas Wayth
The Defenders Of New Zealand Being A Short Biography Of Colonists Who Distinguished Themselves In Upholding Her Majesty’s Supremacy In These Islands. H Brett, Publisher, Auckland, 1887, half burgundy morocco, pictorial cloth gilt, spine re-backed.

Hammond, Rev. T. G.
The Story of Aotea Lyttelton Times Co, Ltd, 1924, khaki cloth with Maori portrait to cover, together with, Sorrows And Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist by H Guthrie-Smith, signed limited edition, No 524/1000, 1936

Hill, Richard S.
Policing the Colonial Frontier (2 Volumes) The History Of Policing In New Zealand, together with, The Colonial Frontier Tamed. All with DJ, and BP of Allan Todd, A fine set

The Imperial Album Of New Zealand Scenery (2 Vols)
Vol I published by Gordon & Gotch, Vol 2 by McKee & Co and Wheeler & Son, ND c1900, red cloth, Vol I prelims missing, 1st extent page pp3, Vol 2, page 208 missing and part of 308, covers poor

Lays, Thomson W.
Early History of New Zealand Brett’s Historical Series, From Earliest Times To 1840, by R A A Sherrin. From 1840 To 1845, by J. H. Wallace. H Brett, Publisher, Auckland, 1890, half red morocco, red cloth gilt, spine poor, FX

Loughnan, R. A.
The First Gold Discoveries in New Zealand John Mackay, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1906, nicely rebound in cloth with title in green gilt

Lush, Vicesmus
The New Zealand Hymnal 1871 An interesting Victorian NZ hymnal, with a written inscription by the Rev. Vicesmus Lush, the first Vicar of Thames. It is inscribed on the front endpaper to Miss Caroline Francis Blake thanking her for her attendance and help in the church choir, and is dated May 1871, the hymnal is bound in full burgundy morocco with a brass clasp

Marjoribanks, Alexander
Travels in New Zealand With a frontis map of the country, Smith, Elder, And Co, Cornhill, London, first edition, 1846, original blind stamped red cloth, with gilt title and price (4/6).

Martin, Sir William
Notes on Sir William Martin’s Pamphlet Entitled The Taranaki Question, 1861 Hocken Library Facsimile No 8, 1968, black cloth with DJ, together with The Taranaki Question, Hocken Library Facsimile No 3, printed wrappers, both near fine copies, BP of Allan Todd

Maxwell, Peter
Frontier - The Battle for the North Island of New Zealand 1860-1872 Celebrity Books, 2000, soft covers, F

McHutcheson, William
Camp-Life In Fiordland New Zealand A Tale Of The Sutherland Hills. George Didsbury, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1892, published by Lyon & Blair, Wellington, signed by author on title page to Jas K Logan, With the Author’s Compliments & a guid new year tae yin an a, brown cloth, gilt title

McLean & Archibald, Wellington Two vintage catalogues Illustrated Price Lists for Tools and General Hardware, 29 Willis Street, No 19, December, 1928 and sixth edition, 1912.

McNab, Robert
Historical Records Of New Zealand (2 Vols) John Mackay, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1908, finely bound in full red morocco, a fine set

Nicholas, John Liddiard, Esq
Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand (2 Vols) Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815 In Company With The Rev. Samuel Marsden. Printed For James Black And Son, London, first edition, 1877, finely bound in full calf, 5 raised spine bands and gilt dec cmpts, mrbld EP’s and fore-edges FEP and frontis of Vol 1 clipped, and FEP and HT of Vol II also clipped, both front boards detached, else G+. Rare.

New Zealand Government Education Reports, 1903 three disbound folders from AJHR.

The New Zealand Theatre & Motion Picture (2 Vols) An Illustrated Monthly, devoted primarily to the best interests of the Stage, Screen and Platform, c1915-20, both bound in blue cloth

The Official Record New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, 1885
George Didsbury, Govt Printer, Wgtn, 1886, blue cloth gilt

An Old Colonialist (William Todd Pratt)
Colonial Experiences In New Zealand Chapman & Hall, London, 1877, folding frontis map of South Island New Zealand, original blind stamped cloth, together with Datus - A Chronology of New Zealand from the Time of the Moa by George Finn, 4th ed, and The Six Colonies of New Zealand by William Fox, Hocken Library Facsimile No 12, and The Hand-Book to the Suburban And Rural Districts of the Otago Settlement, Hocken Library Facsimile No 2.

An Old Identity
The Old Identities Mills Dick & Co, Dunedin, first edition, 1879, original blind stamped purple cloth gilt with later leather spine, together with, New Zealand Her Commerce & Resources by G. W. Griffin, 1884, green cloth

A Pakeha Maori
Old New Zealand A Tale Of The Good Old Times and A History Of The War In The North Against The Chief Heke, In The Year 1845, Richard Bentley And Son, London, first edition, 1876, tipped in ephemera and BP, dec cloth, together with New Zealand Today (1884-1887) by John Bradshaw, first edition, 1888, green cloth.

Polack, J. S.
Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders (2 Vols) With Notes Corroborative Of Their Habits, Usages, etc and Remarks To Intending Emigrants, with numerous cuts drawn on wood, Vol I with folding frontis map, finely bound in half burgundy cloth, marbled EP’S, BP of Allan Todd & Sir Lewis S. Stucley.

Polack, J. S.
New Zealand Being A Narrative of Travels and Adventures (2 Vols) During A Residence In That Country Between The Years 1831 And 1837. Richard Bentley, London, first edition, 1838, plates as required, green cloth, spines rebacked. A clean and tight set

Polack, J. S.
New Zealand (2 Volumes) Being A Narrative of Travels and Adventures During A Residence In That Country Between The Years 1831 And 1837. Richard Bentley, London, first edition, 1838, illus with frontis, folding map and plates as required, half green calf, mrbld brds, raised spine bands. Signature of Henry Pepper, Charlton, 1842.

Reeves, William Pember (Editor)
Canterbury Rhymes Second edition with notes and an appendix. Printed by the “Lyttelton Times”, Company Limited, Christchurch, 1883, 133pp, printed paper wraps, cover edges nibbled, some FX.

Reeves, William Pember (Editor)
Canterbury Rhymes Second edition with notes and an appendix. Printed by the “Lyttelton Times”, Company Limited, Christchurch, 1883, 133pp, printed paper wraps, cover edges nibbled, some FX.

Saunders, Alfred
History of New Zealand (2 Volumes) Volume I, 1642-1861, Vol II, 1642-1893, Volume I, Whitcombe And Tombs Limited, Volume II, Smith, Anthony, Sellars, & Co, Ltd, , c1896 & 1899, green cloth, ex owners name in ink to FEP’S

Scholefield, Guy H.
The Richmond-Atkinson Papers (2 Volumes) R E Owen, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1960, black cloth, DJ.

Scholefield, Guy H.
The Richmond-Atkinson Papers (2 Volumes) R E Owen, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1960, black cloth, DJ.

Scholefield, Guy H.
The Richmond-Atkinson Papers (2 Volumes) R E Owen, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1960, black cloth, DJ.

Todd, Allan
Todds In Tears Toil & Triumph The Story of a Family From Seventeenth Century Scotland To Twentieth Century New Zealand, 2nd edition 2015, folio, softcovers. Also, The University On The Hill - The History Of Todd Park by Neil Penman, both very fine copies

Turner, Samuel
My Climbing Adventures In Four Continents With 74 illustrations, T Fisher Unwin, first edition, 1911, blue cloth

Wakefield, Edward Jerningham
Adventure In New Zealand From 1839 to 1844 (2 Vols) With Some Account Of The Beginning Of The British Colonization Of The Islands. John Murray, London, first edition, 1845, with large folding map (detached), half tan calf, mrbld brds, EP’s and fore-edges, signature of Thomas Carrington to FEP.

Wakefield, Edward
New Zealand Illustrated The Story of New Zealand and Descriptions of its Cities And Towns, 1967 facsimile ed oblong folio, pictorial boards, G+

Wallace, J Howard
Manual of New Zealand History Edwards & Green, Wellington, first edition, 1886, green cloth, BP of Allan Todd

Williams, William
A Dictionary Of The New Zealand Language And A Concise Grammar to which is added A Selection Of Colloquial Sentences. Second edition, Williams And Norgate, London, 1852, original blind stamped blue cloth, stamp of Edward Stanford, renowned booksellers of Charing Cross to FEP. Also, Sketches of Early Colonization in New Zealand And Its Phases Of Contact With The Maori Race by Te Manuwiri, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Christchurch, first edition, ND, pictorial boards. New Zealand Centennial 1840-1940 booklet and a minor poetical volume

Yate, Rev. William
An Account of New Zealand And of the Formation and Progress of The Church Missionary Society’s Mission In The Northern Island. Seeley And Burnside, London, first edition, 1835, frontis port engraving of the Rev S Marsden, rebound brown cloth, a fine copy

Further Papers Relative To The Affairs Of New Zealand, 1850
Presented by both Houses of Parliament by Command of his Majesty, 14th August, 1850. Printed by William Clowes And Sons, London, 1850, folio, bound in blue cloth, a fine copy.

Further Papers Relative To The Affairs Of New Zealand, 1850
bound in blue cloth, folio, a fine copy.

Further Papers Relative To The Affairs Of New Zealand, 1850
bound in blue cloth, folio, a fine copy.

Further Papers Relative To The Affairs Of New Zealand, 1851
bound in blue cloth, folio, a fine copy.

1879-1904 Royal Commission Report on Education
On university of NZ and its relation to the secondary schools of the colony, plus the 2nd annual report of the Minister of Education and 3 other education papers, also 1904 education reports, ca . 425pp, incl native schools, 39pp, 8 B & W photos.

Coal Mining, (6 Folders) 6 reports on the inspection of coal mines in NZ, noting accidents, production, staffing, ventilation, etc, 1882, 1901, 1902, 1907, 1908, 1909 with nice folding colour plans of Buller and Grey coalfields, several B & W photos, plans of collieries (West Coast), disbound from AJHR.

Forestry (4 Folders) State Forestry Reports, 1906, including photos and 2 large maps, timber milling, 1908, state nurseries, plantations, incl photos, 1913, state nurseries & plantations, photos and 4 coloured plans, and 1913 Royal Commission on forestry, 165pp plus 7 photos & 4 large folding maps.

Railways (2 Folders) Railways & Public Works 1887, incl, North Taranaki & B & W plan, also, Bluff & Timaru harbours with B & W plans, approx 100pp of text and tables, plus a report on railways 1918, approx 250pp of text and tables and 2 large folding coloured maps on one sheet with the N.I. on one side S.I. on the other (some foxing).

Railways (2 Folders) Railways & Public Works 1887, incl, North Taranaki & B & W plan, also, Bluff & Timaru harbours with B & W plans, approx 100pp of text and tables, plus a report on railways 1918, approx 250pp of text and tables and 2 large folding coloured maps on one sheet with the N.I. on one side S.I. on the other (some foxing).

Marine (4 Folders) Marine Dept annual report 1880, 27pp of text and lighthouse map in colour and B & W wreck chart, plus an annual report 1881, 16pp of text, B & W wreck chart (foxing), and an 1881 New Plymouth Harbour Board enquiry, 55pp, plus 2 other papers. An 1887 Import/Export and shipping returns, 2 x 1897 B & W plans of Farewell Spit and Cape Palliser Lighthouse with 2 B 7 W photographs

Manufacturing Reports (2 Folders) The Industries Committee report & evidence 1919, 359pp, comprising interesting evidence on a wide variety of NZ industries, also 1887 Industries and Manufacturers Committee, 11pp, 3 reports from 1878, 1886, 1887 on the employment of females

NZ Govt Reports, Military & Defence (8 Folders)
Including, Armed Constabulary, Volunteer Forces, Medals, 1875, 1876, 1881, 1887 Naval & Military land claims and reports on NZ Forces, 1902-1904, reports relating to South African Wars & Defence, and 1906 Public School Cadets

Maori Papers (8 Folders) Several Maori related reports & papers, 1875 & 1876, including land sales, East Coast Election, petitions, 1887 Native Reserves, accounts & petitions, 1902 land sales, petitions, 1904, 1906 loans, 1907, 223pp of text & tables, plus 7 folding plans, 2 maps including Whanganui, King Country & Coastal Hawkes Bay.

Pacific Islands (5 Folders) Pacific & NZ interest reports, 1886 reports including, Rarotonga, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides, New Guinea, approx 165pp of text. 1902, 1904 & 1905 Cook Islands & Niue, 66pp. & 112pp, 101pp, plus B & W photo. 1876 Coleman Phillip’s petition re trading scheme with Polynesia, 29pp

Agriculture (7 Folders) 1872-1916, including, rabbit nuisance in Southland, introduction of Salmon ova, beetroot sugar in NZ, sheep returns, etc

Post & Telegraph (5 Folders) including, mail routes, cables and 5 folding maps of telegraph lines in various years

Health (5 Folders) 1876-1902, assorted reports & papers including, lunatic asylums, hospitals, friendly societies & private benefit societies established for mutual assurance against sickness & death, old age pensions etc

Surveys Of New Zealand (7 Folders) Including, public surveys, magnetic surveys, land transactions, 1876-1908, including, 6 large folding coloured maps, also reports on NZ scenery preservation & public domains, with maps & photographs c1906-1908

Education (2 Folders) 1887 & 1907 annual reports including, native schools, inspections etc, 1907 includes several photos of native schools, plus report and photos of public school cadets

Eight New Zealand Historical Related Booklets The Trial of the Maungatapu Murderers in Nelson in 1866, published by R. W. Stiles, Nelson, 1924, spine taped. The Paremata Barracks. War In The Tussock. Tasman And New Zealand. The Greenock Cut, The Story Of Greenock’s Water Supply. The Records Of The New Zealand Historic places Trust. A Brief Narrative Of A New Zealand Chief. The Waimate Mission Station

Selection of Photography Booklets Nineteenth Century New Zealand Photographs (2 copies), New Zealand A Roadside Camera, Kodakery A Magazine for Amateur Photographers, for December, 1926, and February, 1927

Four NZ Historical Volumes Von Tempsky Adventurer by W. T. Parham. Albertland - The last organised British settlement in New Zealand An Account of brave endeavour, disappointment, and achievement North of Auckland, on the shores of the Kaipara Harbour by J. L. Borrows. The Brown Frontier - New Zealand 1806-1877 by C. W. Vennell. Coasts of Treachery by Eugene Grayland, all DJ and BP of Allan Todd

Four Pioneering/Historical Volumes Tales of Pioneer Women, second and revised edition, 1940, DJ. The Dickie Pioneers To New Zealand And Their Descendants, blue cloth. Isle Of The Glowing Skies by Gertrude Dempsey, 1951. From Tasman To Marsden by Robert McNab, City Of Dunedin New Zealand Jubilee Of The Civic Government 1865-1915, printed wraps

Four Cook, D’Urville Related Volumes Duperrey’s Visit To New Zealand In 1824 edited by Andrew Sharp, with DJ. Dusky Bay - In The Steps Of Captain Cook and Port Preservation - The Story Of Preservation Inlet And The Solander Grounds, both vols by Charles & Neil Begg, and New Zealand 1826-1827 From the French of Dumont D’Urville

Samuel Butler, Von Tempsky, Ensign Best Etc, (4) Samuel Butler at Mesopotamia by Peter Bromley Maling, 1960, softcover. Von Tempsky Adventurer, a biography. Journal Of Ensign Best edited by Nancy M Taylor. Cork of War, Ngati Toa and the British Mission an historical narrative by Ray Grover

Samuel Butler, Von Tempsky, Ensign Best Etc, (4) Samuel Butler at Mesopotamia by Peter Bromley Maling, 1960, softcover. Von Tempsky Adventurer, a biography. Journal Of Ensign Best edited by Nancy M Taylor. Cork of War, Ngati Toa and the British Mission an historical narrative by Ray Grover

Four NZ Related Volumes - New Zealand As It Is by John Bradshaw, first edition, 1883, half calf. Lays of the Land of the Maori and Moa by Thomas Bracken, first edition, 1884. Goldseekers & Bushrangers In New Zealand and Glimpses Of Old New Zealand, both by John Rawson Elder

Nine NZ Historical & Biographical Volumes - The Seddons. The Severed Hand or The Howard Mystery. Octavius Hadfield (2) Diary Of The Kirk Years. At Home In New Zealand. A History Of New Zealand Life. John A Lee - Political Notebooks. L. P. Leary Q.C. - Not Entirely Legal

Six NZ Historical, Legal & Biographical Volumes - Bethunes Gully - How I Obtained it and What I Did With It by J. B. Thomson, Broad Bay, June 1950, printed wraps. John Jones Of Otago - Whaler, Coloniser, Shipowner, Merchant by Alfred Eccles and A. H. Reed, 1949, BP of Allan Todd, plus other owners sig, red cloth, DJ. Brother Wohlers A Biography by Sheila Natusch, DJ, and BP. Murders On Maunga-Tapu by Frank Clune, gold cloth. The Trial of Minnie Dean by J. O. P. Watt, DJ, FEP clipped upper right. The Ordeal Of William Larnach by Hardwicke Knight, softcover, BP

Six NZ Historical Related Volumes - The Journal of Henry Sewell, (2 Vols), Great Days in New Zealand Exploration by John Pascoe, Trail Blazers in New Zealand, Pictures of Southern New Zealand, Augustus Earle in New Zealand

Small Carton of Historical & Regional Volumes Including, The Letters and Journals of Samuel Marsden 1765-1838, , The New Zealand Wars by James Belich, Letters from the Battlefield, booklets on Wellington, Tawa, Porirua, etc

Carton of NZ Books & Booklets including historical and regional volumes, general topics etc

Bathgate, Alex
Picturesque Dunedin or Dunedin and Its Neighbourhood In 1890, with a short historical account of the city and its principal institutions, illus. Mills, Dick And Co, Octagon, Dunedin, first edition, 1890, cloth gilt, sunned

Beattie, James Herries
The Southern Runs Southland Times Co, Ltd, 1979, turquoise cloth, DJ, together with The Southern Districts Of New Zealand by Edward Shortland and The Story Of Early Dunedin by A. H. Reed, signed copy, ex libris

Carkeek, W. C.The Kapiti Coast Maori Tribal Names and Place Names of the Paekakariki District, first edition, 1965, DJ, together with a volume on Wellington and another relating to Manawatu

Carrick, Ro (Compiled & Edited)
Historical Records of New Zealand Prior To 1840 The Otago Daily Times And Witness Newspapers Company, Limited, Dunedin, first edition, 1903, navy blue cloth, BP of Allan Todd, ex owners sig to FEP & TP

Cowan, James
The Tongariro National Park New Zealand Its Topography, Geology, Alpine And Volcanic Features, History And Maori Folk-Lore, first edition 1927, red cloth, together with, Mackenzie Of The Mackenzie Country - Story Of The Famous Sheep-Lifter by Herries Beattie

Cowan, James
Down The Years In The Maniototo Capper Press reprint, 1978, together with East Of The Pillar Rock - A History of the Strath Taieri and Macraes Districts by H. M. Thompson, Capper Press, 1977, Northern Approaches - A History of the Waitati, Waikouaiti, Palmerston, Dunback, Moeraki, Hampden and surrounding districts by C. W. S. Moore, Capper Press, 1978, all DJ and BP of Allan Todd,

Cowan, James
Down The Years In The Maniototo Capper Press reprint, 1978, together with East Of The Pillar Rock - A History of the Strath Taieri and Macraes Districts by H. M. Thompson, Capper Press, 1977, Northern Approaches - A History of the Waitati, Waikouaiti, Palmerston, Dunback, Moeraki, Hampden and surrounding districts by C. W. S. Moore, Capper Press, 1978, all DJ and BP of Allan Todd,

Guthrie-Smith, H.
Tutira The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station, fourth edition, Reed, Wellington, 1969, beige cloth, DJ., tipped in biography of the author

Hardwicke Knight
Otago Cavalcade (Complete Set of 7 Volumes) 1980s reprints covering 1901-1905, 1906-1910, 1911-1915, 1916-1920, 1921-1925, 1926-1930 and 1931-1935, all pictorial softcovers

Herries Beattie, James
Otago Place Names As Bestowed by the Pakeha and Jotted down by Herries Beattie. Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co, Ltd, Dunedin, 1948, printed wrappers, together with St. Kilda The first hundred years by H. J. A. Aitken, softcovers. In Search of Central Otago by G Hugh Sumpter, light blue cloth. Fifty Years Syne, 1898

History of Wellington Post-Office and its Buildings Illustrations and Decorations by the late Archd G Anderson. Printed by John Mackay, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1913, printed pictorial wrappers with red cloth outer covers. BP of Allan Todd

Holcroft, M. H.
Old Invercargill John McIndoe, Dunedin, first edition, 1976, DJ, together with, 5 South Island regional booklets

Howard, Basil
Rakiura A History of Stewart Island New Zealand, A. H. Reed & A. W. Reed, Dunedin, April, 1940, black cloth, DJ, BP of Allan Todd

Mackay, Joseph Angus
Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z. J. G. Mackay, Gisborne, light blue cloth with DJ, a fine copy. BP of Allan Todd

May, Philip Ross
Gold Town Pegasus, black cloth, pictorial DJ. The story of Ross, the “Ballarat of Westland”

Mayhew, W. R.
Tuapeka The Land And Its People A Social History of the Borough of Lawrence and its Surrounding Districts, Capper Press reprint, 1977, together with Port Chalmers - Gateway to Otago by H Bowman, Capper Press, 1978, both with DJ, and BP of Allan Todd

McKenzie, Alice
Pioneers of Martins Bay Life In New Zealand’s Most Remote Settlement, r/p 1970, with DJ, together with Sons Of France A Forgotten Influence on New Zealand History by Mary Catherine Goulter

McLintock, A. H.

McNab, Robert
Murihiku And The Southern Islands A History of The West Coast Sounds, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island, The Snares, Bounty, Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Islands From 1770 to 1829. William Smith, Printer, Invercargill, first edition, 1907, signed and inscribed by the author on FEP to the Rev A Chodowski, who was Rabbi of the Hebrew Synagogue, Dunedin, BP of Allan Todd & Thomas Gill, stamp to TP, with DJ

Olssen, Erik
A History Of Otago John McIndoe, 1984, DJ. Together with, Historic Sheep Stations Of New Zealand by Colin Wheeler, Otago Peninsula, A Local History by Hardwicke Knight, second edition, 1979, softcovers, Stories Of Murchison Earthquake, 17th June, 1929. Index Names to Otago Place-Names by Griffiths & Swete

Pybus, T. A.
It Happened In Otakou A Centennial Souvenir booklet 1840 - 1940, “Star” print Dunedin, printed wrappers

Roberts, C. J.
Centennial History of Hawera and the Waimate Plains The Hawera Star Publishing Company, Limited, Hawera, 1939, green cloth

Sorrell, Paul (Editor)
The Cyclopedia of Otago & Southland (2 Vol Set) Dunedin City Council, first edition, 1999, blue cloth with slipcase

Sumpter, D. J. & Lewis, J. J.
Faith And Toil, The Story Of Tokomairiro Capper Press reprint, 1978, together with, Run, Estate And Farm - A History of the Kakanui and Waireka Valleys, North Otago by W. H. Scotter, Capper Press, 1978, both with DJ, and BP of Allan Todd

Tanner Brothers Ltd (Wellington)

Thomson, Jane
Southern People A Dictionary Of Otago Southland Biography, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Otago and Southland, Longacre Press in association with Dunedin City Council, a fine copy, together with, Dunedin Churches Past And Present by Charles Groot, and The Story Of Otago

Ward, Louis E.
Early Wellington r/p, green cloth gilt, together with The Kapiti Coast by W. C. Karkeek, Capper Press reprint, 1978, and The making of Wellington 1800-1914, edited by David Hamer & Roberta Nicolls

Wilson, John (Ed)
Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago dealing in the main with Clutha and Neighbouring Districts. J Wilkie & Co, Limited, Dunedin, first edition, 1912, green cloth, general wear, together with The Pioneering Days of Southern Maoriland by M. A. Rugby Pratt, blue cloth, DJ

Wilson, John (Ed)
Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago J Wilkie & Co, Limited, Dunedin, first edition, 1912, green cloth, newspaper cuttings and signature of A. M. Corbett, Gore, 1913, and BP of Allan Todd, to FEP. Together with Medical Practice in Otago and Southland in the Early Days by Robert Valpy Fulton, first edition, 1922, green cloth

Six Otago & Dunedin Related Historical Booklets - Otago Seventieth Anniversary 1848-1918, edited by Rev. Alex Whyte. Those Who Came First - A History of the Kennard Family in New Zealand from 1840 to 1967 by O. M. Kennard. Gabriels Gully and Dunedin in 1861. Maoris and Settlers in South Otago by Fred Waite. Letters From Otago 1848-1849. Records of the Gore and Surrounding Districts Early Settlers Association, March, 1927

Four Otago Related Volumes - Early Adventures In Otago by Edmund Smith, edited by W Downie Stewart, with signature of both to TP first edition, 1940, BP of Allan Todd & George Whitefield Armitage, DJ. A History of Gore And Surrounding Districts by Herries Beattie, sig to cover and insc on TP. Otago Place Names by Herriers Beattie, 1948. Old Coaching Days in Otago & Southland by E. M. Lovell-Smith, Capper Press reprint, 1976, DJ

Four Otago Volumes - The Otago Of Our Mothers by Eileen L Soper, Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1948. The Story Of Early Dunedin by A. H. Reed. A History of Gore And Surrounding Districts by Herries Beattie. Pioneering In South Otago by Hon. Fred Waite, with numerous pasted in newspaper cuttings, photos, etc, BP and insc to FEP

Five Otago Volumes - Early Runholding In Otago by Herries Beattie, first edition 1947, signed by the author, green cloth. Early Days In Otago by Robert Gilkison, owners sig to TP, green cloth, Ferguslie to Hawthorne - The story of the development of North East Valley by Carole Hendry, printed wraps. Mr Surveyor Thomson Early Days In Otago And Southland by John Hall-Jones, green cloth, DJ. Land Of Many Hills - A History of Arthurton, Benio, Pukerau and Otaraia-Kaiwera by Paula Dickie, green cloth, DJ, signed and inscribed by the author. All with BP of Allan Todd

Four Otago Historical Volumes - Early Days In Dunedin by Robert Gilkison, 1938. Pioneering In Otago - The Recollections Of William Ayson Set Down In His 97th Year, signed limited edition 475/500. A Great Coloniser - Rev. Dr Thomas Burns, Pioneer Minister Of Otago, 1929. Synod Of Otago And Southland Centennial Commemoration And Thanksgiving Service, 1953. All blue cloth, BP of Allan Todd, tipped in newspaper cuttings and ephemera to some

Three Otago Related Volumes - Historical Southland by John Hall-Jones, first edition, 1945. Kelly Of Inverkelly - The Story Of Settlement In 1824-1860, Including the Founding of Invercargill and the Life Story of its First Citizen by F. G. Hall-Jones, first edition, 1944, and The Pioneers Of Otago by Herries Beattie, first edition, 1947, all blue cloth with BP

Four Otago/Southland Volumes - The Face Of Otago by B. J. Garnier, Otago Centennial Historical Publications, 1948. Crusts - a Settlers Fare due South by L. J. Kennaway, Capper Press reprint. Beyond The Skippers Road by Terri Macnicol, all above with DJ. The Road From Saddle Hill by F. O. Bennett, first edition, 1982, softcover

Tweleve Booklets on South Island Goldmining, Otago etc including, Gold, Quartz and Cyanide - The story of Barewood Reef. St Bathans. Dunedin Then. Balclutha to Molyneaux Bay. Pavillioned In Splendour - George O’Brien’s Vision of Colonial New Zealand. The Kaitanga Mine Disaster of 1879. Gold Trails of the West Coast, New Zealand’s Last Gold Rush, etc, all softcovers

Three Otago Volumes - Beyond The Blue Mountains - A History of the West Otago District by F. W. G. Miller, first ed, 1954, also, Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago by compiler and editor, John Wilson, first edition, 1912, and Pioneer Recollections - Dealing chiefly with the Early Days of the Mataura Valley, collected by Herries Beattie, 1911

Three Otago/Southland Volumes - A History of Croydon Bush From The Past to The Present by Paula Dickie, signed and inscribed by the author, together with Annals Of Early Dunedin - Chronicles of the Eighteen-Sixties by A. H. Reed, and Centenary of Invercargill Municipality 1871-1971

Four South Island Related Volumes - History of Northern Southland by G. A. Hamilton, 1952, printed wraps. Pioneers Of Martins Bay by Alice McKenzie, r/p, 1952, DJ. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement by Samuel Butler, r/p 1964, DJ. Early Fiordland by John Hall-Jones, first ed, 1968, DJ. All with BP of Allan Todd

Eight Wellington/Kapiti Related Volumes - Wellington Harbour, Pat Lawlors Wellington The Birth Of A City, Tawa Flat And The Old Porirua road, Kapiti Diary, etc

Seven Volumes on Tawa, Wellington Soft and hardcover volumes

Four Wellington Related Volumes - Edwardian Wellington - Photographs By Joseph Zachariah by William Main, On The Edge Of Our City - A Pictorial History by J. M. & B. M. Kenneally, Bragge’s Wellington and the Wairarapa by William Main, and Historic Kelburn

Four NZ Regional Volumes - Petone - Progress and Prosperity History And Traditions From Farms To Factories 1840-1940, together with, Wages And Working Hours in New Zealand, 1897-1919, published by Marcus F Marks, Govt Printer, Wellington, 1920. NZ Business Index book. No Road for his Coach - Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand,Eagle Books, No 75. Our Country - A Brief Survey of NZ History and Civics

Three NZ Regional Volumes - History Of & Guide To The Wanganui River by T. W. Downes by The Wanganui Herald Newspaper Company Limited, 1921, pictorial printed card wrappers. The Wanganui Story by M. J. G. Smart & A. P. Bates, and New Zealand Cities - Auckland by James Cowan

Nine New Zealand Regional Volumes - Pioneering In South Otago, A Spring In The Canterbury Settlement, The Wanganui Story, The City Of The Strait, A Centennial History Of Tauranga, Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road, Aorangi The Story of Mount Cook, Old Taranaki And Its Mountain, Tales of Old New Plymouth

Selection of NZ Tourist Albums/Brochures Including, Victory Souvenir 1939-1945, with the compliments of Union Jack Club, Christchurch, Souvenir Issue The Hawkes Bay Tribune Emergency Earthquake Edition. Rotorua Wonderland Of The World. Old Auckland. New Zealand Scenic Playground Of The World, and 5 others

Fourteen New Zealand Tourist Booklets - Souvenir of HRH The Prince of Wales Visit To New Zealand, Reception In Auckland, April 1920. New Zealand’s Wonderland - Weird, Magnificent Beyond Compare, published by A. J. Iles, Rotorua. The Avon, Christchurch, New Zealand, Canterbury, Christchurch. Petone Foreshore. Views Of Wellington Hutt Valley And The Bays, Whites Aviation booklets etc

Seven Modern NZ Tourist Booklets - The Way We Were - Auckland - South & East, Auckland - North Shore/Waitakere, Taranaki/Wanganui, Waikato, New Zealand Photographers A Selection by Hardwicke Knight, The and Now - Canterbury, Otago & Southland, and Pictures From The Past - Waikato

Five Modern New Zealand Tourist/Regional Booklets - The Way We Were - Christchurch, Waikato, Canterbury, also, Then and Now - Canterbury, Otago & Southland, and, Taranaki, East Coast, Hawkes Bay, Wanganui & Manawatu

Three Booklets On The 1931 Napier/Hawkes Bay Earthquake Etc Souvenir Booklet of The New Napier. Fifteen Pages Of Special Quake Photographs taken at the scene of the great disaster. The Full Story of the Great Earthquake Disaster, all with printed wraps, 1931. Also, New Zealand Photographers A Selection by Hardwicke Knight. Facing An Era - Postcard Portraits From A Century Ago by William Main. Fares

Selection Of NZ Tourist Booklets - New Zealand Country And People, 1946. NZ- Scenic Playground Of The Pacific. The Maori. The Imperial Album of New Zealand Scenery, Parts 17, 20 & 21, 1895/96. Beginnings by Paul Titchener - A History of the North Shore of Auckland. Auckland from the Air, by Wilson & Horton, Ltd. Pictorial New Zealand Photographic Studies, by Whitcombe & Tombs etc

Selection Of NZ Tourist Booklets - Pre and post war, including, Rotorua, Napier Earthquake, New Plymouth, Hastings And Hawkes Bay Glimpses of Gore, Patea, etc

Selection Of NZ Tourist Booklets - Pre and post war examples, including, Knox church Dunedin, Oamaru Harbour, Sydenham, Christchurch, Atea Nireaha Putara, Auckland 1900, Palmerston North Surrounds, Focus on Ashburton, Tarawera Eruption, etc

Selection Of NZ Tourist Booklets Including, Brett’s Pictorial Guide to the Hot Lakes, c1910, Reconstruction Ten Months After New Zealand’s Greatest Disaster, Hawkes Bay Earthquakes and Fires, 1931, Eastward Ho, Along New Zealand’s Finest Routes For Scenic Grandeur, Programme of the Opening of the Town Hall of the City of Auckland by His Excellency the Governor, 1911, Picturesque Rambles Round Wellington, and a group of c1950s to 1970s booklets

Seven Vintage New Zealand Tourist Booklets - In And Around Dunedin N.Z.by Tanner Bros, Ltd. Waitomo Caves and Ferner Exhibition 1939-1940. Auckland, 51 Artistic Views by the Brett Printing Company. Wellington The Empire City Illustrated, by Ferguson Ltd. The Wonderland of Rotorua, 60 Select and Exclusive Photographs. New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition Souvenir Photographic View Album, Dunedin, 1925-26

Eight Vintage NZ Tourist Booklets - Scenes From Maoriland, Tourist Series No 2, by Frank Duncan & Co, Auckland. Views of Auckland, Farmer’s Union Trading Co.’s, also by Duncan. Views Otago and Southland by Joseph Braithwaite, Dunedin. The Arcade Album Of Auckland Views by Wildman & Arey, sole agents for Josiah Martin’s celebrated photos.75 Scenic Gems of the Thermal District of New Zealand, by Pratt & Co, Rotorua. Scenes from New Zealand South Island, 12 Artistic Views In Art Sepia. Souvenir Of Wanganui, N.Z.by Tanner Brothers, Wellington. New Zealand, issued by the NZ Govt Department of Tourist and Health Resorts, c1905-10

Six Vintage NZ Tourist Booklets - 56 Choice Photographs of Rotorua the wonderland of New Zealand by Blencoe and Le Grice. Otago Centennial Celebrations 1948 Official Pictorial Record. 40 Photographic Views of Auckland The Queen City Of New Zealand. 75 Photographic Gems of Dunedin, NZ.by Tanner Bros, Ltd, Wellington. And 2 copies of How New Zealand’s Greatest Disaster Shattered Hastings, Earthquakes and Fires, February 3rd, 1931

Six Vintage NZ Tourist Booklets - Wellington NZ 12 Artistic Views, tipped in sepia photos. Dunedin 21 Artistic Views, Tourist Series No 20. Blenheim 25 Artistic Views Tourist Series No 10. New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition 1925-6, Special Pictorial History. New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition Dunedin

Six Vintage New Zealand Tourist Booklets - Picturesque Views of Milton, Otago, New Zealand, published by Robert Robertson, Milton. C1899. 43 Views Illustrating Auckland City and Suburbs, Gold Medal Series, Fergusson Ltd. Views of Cambridge, Waikato, by Lionel Isherwood, c1905. From City to City Views of the North Island Main Trunk Railway, by W Beattie & Co, Auckland. Souvenir of Wellington by Tanner Bros, Ltd . Auckland The Queen City Of New Zealand,

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Maori Place-Names also, Personal Names and Names of Colours, Weapons, and Natural Objects. Published by the Polynesian Society of New Zealand, Wellington, 1942, signed inscription by the author to FEP, red cloth, together with, Polynesian Literature - Maori Poetry (Waiata and Tangi), edited by J. C. Andersen, Thomas Avery & Sons, Limited, New Plymouth, 1946, printed wraps.