Rare Book Auction 19 August 2015 126 77 78 73 RARE BOOK AUCTION WEDNESDAY 19TH August 2015 Commencing at 12 noon. VIEWING Sunday 16th August, 11 am to 4.00pm, Monday, Tuesday prior to sale from 9.00am to 5.00pm and morning of the sale. Major Items for this sale are: • A rare and unique set of the 2nd edition of Sir Walter Lawry Buller’s A History of the Birds of New Zealand together with the Supplements, in their original grey printed wrappers as published and with the original book boxes. Provenance by family descent to Tony Keulemans, great, great grandson of the artist John Gerrard Keulemans. • John French Angas – The New Zealanders Illustrated [1847] bound into an important highly decorative arts and crafts full morocco, elaborately tooled binding. • A superb photograph album by Thomas Andrew in its original tapa cloth binding titled ‘Samoa’ circa 1900. • Early Francois Valentyn engravings showing the first images of New Zealand and the New Zealanders [1726]. • Early maps and engravings • Collection of children’s books including one inscribed and signed by Roald Dahl. Also of importance are a selection of first edition New Zealand and Regional histories, early and historic New Zealand photographs and documents; Central Otago gold mining documents, papers and maps; Angling books and a large collection of autographs and postcards; My final sale for the year will be held in late November. This sale includes Books from two important South Island Libraries featuring first edition New Zealand histories as well as Antarctic histories, and rare hunting and fishing titles. Entries for this important sale are invited. All Inquiries : Pam Plumbly Phone [09] 354 4646 Mobile 021 448 200 Email: [email protected] Art and Object 3 Abbey Street Newton Auckland 1141 Lot 439 Cover: Lot 439 Absentee & Phone Bid Form Auction No. 95 Rare Book Auction Wednesday 19 August at 12 noon This completed and signed form authorises ART+OBJECT to bid on my behalf at the above mentioned auction for the following lots up to prices indicated below. These bids are to be executed at the lowest price levels possible. Minimum acceptable bid is $20. I understand that if successful I will purchase the lot or lots at or below the prices listed on this form and the listed buyers premium for this sale (18.5%) and GST on the buyers premium. 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Please indicate as appropriate by ticking the box: PHONE BID ABSENTEE BID MR/MRS/MS FIRST NAME: SURNAME: ADDRESS: HOME PHONE: MOBILE: BUSINESS PHONE: EMAIL: Signed as agreed: To register for Absentee or Phone Bidding this form must be lodged with ART+OBJECT prior to the day of the auction in one of three ways:: 1. Email a printed, signed and scanned form to ART+OBJECT: [email protected] 2. Fax a completed form to ART+OBJECT: +64 9 354 4645 3. Post a form to ART+OBJECT, PO Box 68 345 Newton, Auckland 1145, New Zealand ART+OBJECT 3 Abbey Street, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand. Email [email protected], Telephone +64 9 354 4646, Freephone 0800 80 60 01 SUBJECT INDEX LOTS Postcards and Autographs 1 - 35 Regional History 36 - 69 New Zealand & Pacific History 70 - 118 Travel and Exploration 119 - 125 Natural History 126 - 140 Angling 141 - 157 Sport and Recreation 158 - 168 Biography 169 - 175 New Zealand Wars 176 - 180 Military History 181 - 202 Maori 202 - 231 Early N.Z. Documents & Maori Printings 232 - 245 Art 246 - 276 Maps & Plans 277 - 289 Janet Frame 290 - 310 Polar History 311 - 317 Maritime History 318 - 322 Newspapers & Periodicals 323 - 326 Gold mining 327 - 336 New Zealand Literature & Private Press 337 - 362 Prints, Engravings, Paintings 363 - 377 Children’s and illustrated Books 378 - 397 Antiquarian Books 398 - 403 Science and Technology 404 - 412 Bibliography 413 - 417 Early Tourism, Souvenirs, Postcards 418 - 437 Photography, 438 - 468 LOTTING INFORMATION Information on lots appear in the following sequence: Lot number, author, title, edition, publisher, date of publication, number of volumes, pagination (where applicable), Bagnall citation, condition, other notes, estimated price (for some lots only). ABBREVIATIONS & CITATIONS AEG – All edges gilt Rep – Reprint AF – With all faults SLF – slight foxing DJ – Dust jacket SA – Signed by author DJR – Dust jacket repaired TP – Title page EPs – Endpapers W & T – Whitcombe and Tombs FEP – Front end paper OUP – Oxford University Press BEP – Backend paper ODT & Witness- Otago Daily Times and Witness Frontis – Frontispiece PC – Paper/Card covers IA – Inscribed by author HMSO – Her Majesty’s Stationary Office HC – Half calf binding D.I.A. – Dept of Internal Affairs ND – No date TNZI – Transactions of the New Zealand Institute Please Note: Telephone bids are accepted on items over $500, we presume you have inspected the items or consulted the advice of staff regarding condition, please register in advance by contacting our office for this service. We accept no responsibility if for any reason we are unable to contact you during the auction. 14. ‘Yours very sincerely Louis Raemaekers’. - 1916. Louis Raemaekers POSTCARDS & AUTOGRAPHS [Cartoonist]. 15. ‘A Merry del Val.’ His Excellency Merry de Val [ Spanish Ambassador] Mar. 1918. 16. Yours very sincerely G. Boni.’ Professor G. Boni, Director of the 1 ALL BLACKS, [signatures] excavations in the Roman Forum and on the Palatine. 1916. Tour to England 1935 - 1936 17. John Galsworthy. [1918]. 28 signatures of the team and management on R.M.M.S Aorangi 18. A. Conan Doyle [1915]. Also 13 other writers and novelists. [1915- letterhead notepaper. 1918 $300 All signed on paper and laid on card with typed descriptions at the 2 AUSTRALIAN RUGBY LEAGUE, [signatures] base. Football Team in New Zealand 1935 $200-$300 Sheet of notepaper 22 x 18cms with 27 signatures. Includes the 7 BALLET AND SCREEN STARS, [circa 1950’s] majority of the team, the Manager, Captain and four visitors. Also Album of 83 Photographs. the 1935 Australian Rugby League team, ‘War Cry’ hand written and Album consist of 83 photographic images of ballet dancers, screen signed ‘Sincerely Yours Ray Stehr “War Cry” Leader, Kangaroos’ 1933, stars, and skating stars the majority with real signatures they include 34, 35’ two of Dame Margot Fonteyn, both signed; Robert Helpmann, $100 - $200 Australian dancer, choreographer, director and actor; Alicia Markova, 3 AUTOGRAPH ALBUM Britains first ballarine; Svetlana Berisova, British born prima ballarina The Beatles and Rolling Stones. [1960’s] who danced for more than 20 years; Violetta Elvin, Soviet ballarina An autograph album dating from New Zealand concerts in the 1960’s who danced for Sadler’s Wells; Elaine Fifield, first Australian to become containing what is believed to be the signatures of the Beatles, a ballarina of Sadler’s Wells; Mona Inglesby , director of International Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon and Ringo Star, the Ballet; Margaret Hill, British Ballarina, who was principal dancer with signatures are written in a black fibre type pen. Also signatures of the British Ballet. Maureen Forrester,Canadian Operatic Contralto; etc. Rolling Stones members, Bill Wyman, Keith Richardson, Brian Jones The photos are in an album, 23cms, some pages loose, images mostly and Charlie Watts. It also contains various other signatiures including clean some lightly faded, VG. Roy Orbison, Dinah Lee, Bobby Vee and others, these are all written in $200 blue ball point. 8 CREST ALBUM & CIGARETTE CARD, ALBUMS [2X] The vendor says the signatures were obtained by the father of the Album for Crests, Monograms Coats of Arms. young woman who made up the album. He worked in lighting and Ornamental Dies, etc. With ornamental Designs printed in colour for sound at the theatre where the artists appeared in Christchurch, New arranging the crests. Ln: W.Mack nd ca 1880’s. Zealand in the 1960’s. These autographs have not been authenticated. An album of British regimental crests, 31p, of which 24 have been $1500 - $2000 filled in. Loosely enclosed a list of the regiments and some loose 4 AUTOGRAPH BOOK, [1930’s] crests. Bound in a green cloth with decorative black and gilt. VG. Rare Sportsmens Signatures and other Two Cigarette Card Albums. Dignatories - 52 autographs of well known men and women, in 2. Will’s Cigarette Picture-Card Album with set of ‘The Reign of H.M. the 1930’s who were sportsmen, musicians, explorers, aviators, etc King George V’. [50 cards] they include the autographs of Don Bradman; Zane Grey; Fred Perry 3. Will’s Cigarette Picture-Card Album with set of Player’s ‘Uniforms of [golfer]; Frank Wilde [tennis player]; J.E. Lovelock [Athlete, together the Territorial Army’. [50 cards] with a signed letter]; 9 EXHIBITION Aviators, Kingsford Smith; P. Ulm and Gul L. Menzies and others Postcards Polar Explorers, Douglas Maswon; RE. Byrd and Lincoln Ellsworth. Fifteen postcards from various world exhibitions they include Felix Count Luckner [German Naval Officer; Auckland; 1906/07 NZ International Exhibition; and the Christchurch, Francis Chicester; Bledisoes [Governor General] etc.