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Page One features ...

 

  • Basil Howard - Rakiura. Reed 1940. Signed by author.

    Three volumes by F.G. Hall-Jones
    Kelly of Inverkelly - Sthlnd Hist. Cmttee 1944
    Invercargill Pioneers - Sthlnd Hist Cmttee 1946
    King of the Bluff - Sthlnd Hist Cmttee 1943
    Robert McNab - The Old Whaling Days, W & T 1913.

  • Conan Fraser - Beyond the Roaring Forties, Govt. Printing Office 1986.

    Malcolm Ross - The West Coast Sounds of New Zealand, illustrated by R. Haweridge,Dn. J Wilkie nd.
  • Peter Chandler [ 2 books]
    Let There Be Light. Otago Central Electric Board 1986.
    Glenaray. Craig Ptg Co 1984.

    Eva Wilson -
    Titi Heritage. Craig Ptg co 1979
    Hakoro Ki Te Iwi. Times Ptg Co 1976.

  • Alfred Ginders – The Thermal Springs, Rotorua, New Zealand. Well: Govt Ptr 1885.

    Maggies Guide to the Hot Lakes, New Zealand. Brett Ptg Co 1905. Together with a postcard signed by Maggie Papakura.

  • Herries Beattie
    Collection of books including these 8 titles.

  • J.K. Baxter - Chosen Poems. Konkan Institute of Arts and Sciences 1958

    Jane Frame - Owls Do Cry - NY: George Braziller 1960

    Dan Davin - Cliffs of Fall. Ln: Nicholson and Watson 1945

  • The Boer War 1899 - 1902. The Diary a Volunteer who served in it. Arthur Sydney Luck of the Volunteer Units of the Sussex Regiment 1901-1902.

Page Two features ...

 

  • Jessie King -Glasgow the City of the West. Edin, Ln: T.N. Foulis.
  • R. J. Maclennan - Scottish Nursery Rhyme, illustrated by Louis Mackay. Ln: Andrew Melrose 1909.

  • Helen Bannerman - The Story of Little Black Sambo. Ln: Chatto & Windus 1950.
  • John W. Ivimey - Complete version of Ye Three Blind Mice. Ln & NY: Frederick Warne & Co. 1904.

  • May Gibbs - Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Sydney: Angus & Robertson (1918)
  • May Gibbs - Little Ragged Blossom and more about Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. Sydney: Angus & Robertson (1920)
  • May Gibbs - Nuttybub and Nittersing. Australia: Osboldstone & Co. (1923)
  • W.Heath Robinson [ Illustrator]
    Hans Andersen’s Fairy Tales. H & S for Booth’s ca 1920's.
  • J.M. Barrie – Peter pan. Illus by Arthur Rackham. Ln: Hodder & Stoughton nd.
  • Alphabet D'Histoire Naturelle, nd, (ca. 18th century)
  • Jonathon Swift – Gullivers Travels. Illus by Arthur Rackham. Ln: J. M. Dent 1909.
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Page Three features ...

 

  • Thomas Moore - Paradise and the Peri. Day & Son, 1860.

  • - illustration from the above

  • Mrs. Francis Sinclair - Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands. Ln: Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 1885.
  • Amelia B. Edwards - A Thousand Miles up the Nile. George Routledge & Sons 1889.
  • Louise Anne Meredith - Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania. Ln. Day & Son 1860.

  • Mons D’Anville - Complete Road of Ancient Geography . Ln: James Whittle and Richard Holmes Laurie 1815.
  • William Ellis – Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or Owhyhee... Ln: H. Fisher, Son, and P. Jackson 1826.

 


Page Four features ...

 

  • Lieutenant William Bligh – A New, Complete, and Authentic History of A Voyage to the South Seas.... for the purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit-Tree from the South Sea Islands to the West Indies...

  • Thos Boyle Murray – Pitcairn. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1857.
  • Walter Brodie – Pitcairn Island and the Islanders . Ln: Whittacker & Co 1851.
  • Rev R. Young
    New Zealand and Polynesia. Ln: John Mason 1858.
  • Rev Walter Lawry – Friendly and Feejee Islands. Ln: Charles Gilpin 1850
  • A.W. Howitt – The Native Tribes of South East Australia. Macmillan & Co 1904
    H. Basedow – The Australian Aboriginal. F.W. Preece 1925.
  • Walter E. Roth – Ethnological Studies Among the North West Central Queensland Aborigines. Brisbane: Govt Ptr 1897.
  • J.D. Woods – The Native Tribes of South Australia. Adelaide: E.W. Wigg & Son 1897
  • Spencer and Gillan – Across Australia. 2 volumes. Macmillan & Clo 1912.
    Spender and Gillan – The Arunta. Vol 1. Macmillan & Co 1927.

 


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Page Five features ...

 

  • E.W. Pickard - Trout Fishing in New Zealand in Wartime. G.P. Putnam's Sons 1940

    C.Alma Baker - Rough Guide to New Zealand Game Fishing. Robert Maclehose & Co 1937. Ptd for private circulation

  • Zane Grey - Tales of the Anglers Eldorado.
    H & S 1926

    Zane grey - Tales of Virgin Seas. Grossat & Dunlap 1925

    Zane Grey -Tales of Fresh Water Fishing. Hodder & Stoughton 1928

    Zane Grey - Tales of Tahitian Waters. Harper & Bros 1931

    Aim Morhardt - Zane Grey in the South Seas.George Houle 1986.Ltd ed.

  • F Carr Rollett - Angling in New Zealand. Whitcombe and Tombs

    G.W. Johns - Where the Rainblow Rise. Rotorua Printing House

  • T.E. Donne - Rod Fishing in New Zealand Waters. Seeley Service & Co 1927.
  • Thames Gold Mining Map - H. G. L. Kenrick, Mining Engineer, nd.
  • Plan - Piha Subdivision Plan.
  • 2 maps - Christchurch Water Supply Plan showing Proposed Source of Supply from River Waimakariri
    [detail from one plan]
  • Selection of New Zealand book plates by Hilda Taylor, Mervyn taylor etc.

 

 

 

 


Page Six features...

 

  • Rugby Programmes
    Souvenir Programme – Wellington Rugby Football Union & Clubs Ball in Honour of the Touring South African Team 1965
    Rugby International ... England V New Zealand. Twickenham, Nov 24th 1945.
  • All Blacks 1928 Souvenir. Printed by Lankshear's Ltd. Wellington

    Scrapbook - Lions Tour 1959 [ex Terry Mclean library ]

  • J.B. Hobbs – Cricket for Beginners. Ln: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd 1924.

  • Gilbert L. Jessop [ editor ]– Cricket by C.B. Fry, K.S. Ranjitsinhji. Ln: C. Arthur Pearson 1903.

  • J.N. Crawford – The Practical Cricketer. Ln: “Health and Strength” [1909]

  • H. Basedow – The Australian Aboriginal. F.W. Preece 1925.

  • W.W. Read Annals of Cricket. Ln: Sampson Low, Martson & Company 1896

  • Hon. E. Lyttelton – Cricket. Ln: George Bell & Sons 1890

  • Edmund B.V. Christian – At the Sign of The Wicket: Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith nd.

  • J.F. Peake – Statistics of New Zealand Cricket and Roll of Honour. ChCg: W & T 1924.

  • B.B. Wilson – Hints to Young Cricketers. England: Arthur Wigley nd.

  • Alan Kippax – Anti Bodyline. Sydney: The Sydney & Melbourne Pub Co 1933.

  • E.H.M. Baillie – The Sporting Globe Book 1928 – 29.

    A.W. Simpson [editor ] – The Australian Tour, Cricket 1948.

  • Peter West - Playfair Books

    Cricketers from New Zealand 1949

    Cricketers from West Indies 1950

    Cricketers from India 1952

    Cricketers from Australia 1953

  • Cricket – M.C.C. – New Zealand Tour 1935/1936
    14 Signatures of the English team from the 1935/1936 Australasian tour
  • The Laws of Croquet (illustration from) - Slazenger 1894.


 

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