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Catalogue No. 153 ART + OBJECT Rare Books 26 August 2020 AO1551FA Cat153 Rare Books cover.indd All Pages 4/08/20 3:12 PM 176 196 184 178 216 169 48 40 73 78 74 76 179 205 198 226_222 199 405 404 203 197 191 386 395 381 389 385 94 98 387 143 383 401 150 166 167 403 406 412 392 417 RARE BOOKS AUCTION 153 Wednesday 26 August 2020 at 12pm NZT VIEWING Sunday 23 August – 11.00am – 4.00pm Monday 24 August – 9.00am – 5.00pm Tuesday 25 August – 9.00am – 5.00pm Following on from the recent and highly-successful auction of the Peter Stratford Collection, Art + Object’s second Rare Book Auction for 2020 is a varied multi-vendor offering with several highlights including: a strong selection of Antarctic books and related items; a private collection of Children’s titles, illustrated by the great late 19th Century illustrators Willy Pogany, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and Walter Crane; a further collection of historic photographs relating to the Tarawera eruption from the Ron Keam collection; a strong Voyages and Travels section including ‘Voyages of Captain James Cook’, La Perouse’s – ‘A Voyage Round the World’, and Sydney Parkinson’s – ‘A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas’; A rare and early edition of Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’ (3rd edition 1861); J.R. R Tolkien’s – ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy (London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1955 & 1956, in dust jackets); A selection of collectible titles on angling by Zane Grey, W.H Spackman, Arthur Nichols, Sir Samuel Wilson and more; a Natural history section featuring W.L. Buller’s – ‘History of the Birds of New Zealand’ (2nd edition), and ‘British Game Birds and Wildfowl’ by Beverley R. Morris, London 1855. Maps and Charts include an early Bayley’s Chart of New Zealand; a Nelson plan of Taitapu Gold Estates Ltd. Please Note: I am now accepting entries for Art + Objects final sale of the year to be held in November. Entries for this sale are now being accepted. Pam Plumbly, Rare Books Consultant Phone: +64 9 354 4646 Mobile: +64 21 448 200 Email: [email protected] www.artandobject.co.nz Art and Object 3 Abbey Street Newton Auckland 1010 New Zealand 161 96 Cover Lot 391 ABSENTEE & PHONE BID FORM This completed and signed form authorises Art+Object to bid on my behalf at the Auction No. 153 above mentioned auction for the following lots up to prices indicated below. These Rare Books bids are to be executed at the lowest price levels possible. Wednesday 26 August 2020 12pm NZT 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 (20%) and GST on the buyers premium. I warrant also that I have read and understood and agree to comply with the conditions of sale as printed in the catalogue. Lot no. Lot Description Bid maximum in New Zealand dollars (for absentee bids only) Payment and Delivery: Art+Object will advise me as soon as is practical that I am I will arrange for collection or dispatch of my purchases. If Art+Object is the successful bidder of the lot or lots described above. instructed by me to arrange for packing and dispatch of goods I agree to pay any I agree to pay immediately on receipt of this advice. Payment will be by Eftpos, costs incurred by Art+Object. Note: Art+Object requests that these shipping cash (under $5000.00) or direct credit. I understand that there is a 2.5% arrangements are made prior to the auction date to ensure prompt delivery surcharge for payment by Visa or MasterCard credit cards. I understand that processing. payments over $10,000.00 must be made by direct credit to Art+Object’s bank account as shown on the invoice. 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 68345 Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141, New Zealand SUBJECT INDEX LOTS South Island 1 - 23 North Island 24 - 38 New Zealand 39 - 65 Pacific 66 - 70 Voyages 71 - 79 Geology and Gold Mining 80 - 92 Natural History 93 - 98 Government Papers and Publications 99 - 101 New Zealand Land Wars 102 - 104 Military 105 - 108 Maori History 109 - 131 Historic Documents 132 - 134 Early New Zealand Printings 135 - 138 Maritime 139 - 142 Maps, Engravings, Art 143 - 150 Missions 151 - 153 Art & Photography Books & Posters 154 - 163 Periodicals 164 - 168 Antarctica 169 - 226 Sport, Angling & Hunting 227 - 259 Postcards 260 - 265 Photographs 266 - 315 Literature 316 – 331 World History 332 – 336 Antiquarian Books & Bindings 337 – 340 Railway History 341 - 345 Automobiles 346 - 380 Children’s and Illustrated Books 381 - 418 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 Back end 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 Illus - Illustrated TNZI Transactions of the New Zealand Institute ND No date SUBJECT INDEX 3 early history. 90mm, original green cloth with black titles and SOUTH ISLAND HISTORIES steamship, near fine, DJ chips and short tears. $60 - $100 1 ADDERLEY, C.B. Extracts from Letters to John Robert Godley 8 FOX, WILLIAM [ASSOCIATION COPY] London: Savill and Edwards 1863. xvii, 314p, frontis [portrait]. Report on the Settlement of Nelson Sprinkle of foxing, 230mm, rebound with cloth spine, original in New Zealand, with statistical returns from 1843 to 1847. Smith, boards, and reinforced hinges. Scarce. Elder and Co, London 1849. 48p. Information and statistics very With the signature of W.S. Moorehouse on endpaper, William complete. Labour troubles, and how dealt with. 185mm, cover Sefton Moorehouse was second Superintendent of Canterbury title, foxing and chips ‘Inscription reads ‘Alfred Fell with Mr Pott’s Province. Complts Aug 18, 49’. Scarce. $60 - $100 Alfred Fell was one of Nelson’s early pioneers arriving there in 1842. Describes great destitution; many families living almost solely on potatoes. Cottage husbandry”--Hocken, p. 144. 2 BARKER, LADY Bagnall, 2032. Station Life in New Zealand. $150 - $250 London: Macmillan and Co 1871, new edition. xi, 238p, colour frontis. 184mm, original maroon cloth binding, cloth mottled, contents VG. With the book plate of Harold Clarke, Amuri. 9 HALL-JONES, FRED $40 - $60 King of the Bluff The Life and Times of Tuhawaiki [“Bloody Jack”]. Southland Historical Committee. O.D.T and Witness 1943. vii, 144p, 225mm, 3 BEATTIE, HERRIES bound in original dark blue pebble cloth, gilt spine titles, fine copy. The Pioneers Explore Otago[3 titles] Inscribed by Fred Hall Jones ‘To my Friend Frank Milner, Fred Hall Dunedin: ODT & Witness 1947.160p, illustrations, 215mm, original Jones, Xmas 1943’. pink paper covers, light fading, VG. Frank Milner was headmaster of Waitaki Boy’s High School who died 2. Otago Place Names. Dunedin: ODT & Witness 1948. in 1944 on the eve of his retirement. 120p,owner’s name pencilled on title page, 215mm, brown paper $200 - $300 covers, VG 3. Early Runholding in Otago. Dunedin: ODT & Witness 1947. 158p, 225mm, original green cloth, gilt titles fine. 10 HOUGHTON, JOHN $60 - $80 Memories of the Life of J.F.H. Wohlers, Missionary at Ruapuke, New Zealand. Dunedin: ODT and Witness 1895. vi, [1]l.,216p, frontis [portrait], contemporary owner’s name 4 BEATTIE, HERRIES [3 TITLES] verso frontis, inside hinge split, 220mm, original green cloth with Doubtful Sound gilt titles, VG. Its scenic Beauties, Its Tourist Attractions, Its Place in History, Its With the book plate of L. W. Field. Maori Legends. Dunedin: ODT & Witness 1955. 16p, illustrated $80 - $100 booklet, 215mm, paper covers, fine. 2.Majestic Manapouri. Descriptive Remarks, Historic Connection, Maori Association. Dunedin: ODT 1955. 16p, illustrated paper 11 LORD, E. IVEAGH covered booklet, fine. Old Westland [2 titles] 3. The Attractions of Te Anau. Dunedin: ODT 1955. 16p, illustrated, A Story of the Golden West Coast of New Zealand known to 215mm, original card covers VG. the Maori as Te Wai Pounamu. Aiuck: W & T [1939]. 258p, [10]p, $50 - $60 illustrated, fldg map. 90mm, green cloth, gilt titles, fine. DJ, rubbed and short tears. 2. A.J. Harrop - The Romance of Westland. The story of New 5 BEATTIE, HERRIES [3 TITLES] Zealands Golden Coast. Auckland: W & T 1923. viii, 187p, Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Country. illustrated, 90mm,. original green cloth, VG copy in torn DJ. Pioneer, Explorer, Sheeplifter. Story of a remarkable man. $60 - $70. Dunedin: ODT & Witness 1947. 113p, illustrated, 210mm, original paper covers, spine faded else fine. 2. Mackenzie the Sheep Stealer. Fresh Information Considered. 12 MAY, PHILIP ROSS [2 TITLES] Dunedin: ODT & Witness 1959. 32p, illustrated, 215mm, cream The West Coast Gold Rushes card covers, black titles, fine. ChCh: Pegasus 1962, first edition, signed and dated by author 3. The Moa - When Did it Become Extinct ? Maori traditions and on half titles.