Rare Book Auction 7 December 2016 AO1010FA Cat110 Rare Books cover.indd 1 17/11/16 5:25 PM 143 129 117 40 114 136, 137 113 133 163 224 162a 162 313 296 297 453 115 304 301 RARE BOOK AUCTION Wednesday 7th December at 12md VIEWING Sunday 4th December 11.00 - 16.00 Monday 5th December 09.00 - 17.30 Tuesday 6th December 09.00 - 17.30 Wednesday 7th morning of the sale. Our final sale for the year consists of 500 lots and features several important and interesting items these include: An extremely rare colonial watercolour of Charles Alexander Tylee [Whanganui] by Joseph Jenner Merrett. [1852] The exploration section features first editions by George French Angas, Captain James Cook, George Forster, David Collins, James Burney, Le Vaillant An important archive of photographs, original art work, printings, advertising and posters [1920’s – 1950’s] from Whitcombe and Tombs, one of New Zealand’s early printing houses. Rare early New Zealand almanacs and Directories. Report of the Inquiry into the Heretaunga Purchase. [1873] Walter L. Buller – A bound copy of pamphlets concerning the Horowhenua Block. Antarctic histories include Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ‘South’. [1919, 1st edition] Signed de Luxe edition of Zane Grey’s ‘Tales of the Anglers Eldorado New Zealand’. [1926] Photograph albums by Coxhead, Morris and the Burton Brothers. Collection of vintage childrens books including first editions by A.A. Milne & Beatrix Potter. David Gallagher – Why the All Blacks Triumphed [1906]. Sapper H. Moore-Jones – Sketches Made at Anzac . Complete set of ten framed prints with the original cloth folio case. Entries for our March 1917 sale include a collection of mountaineering and exploration books. Entries 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 Cover: Lot 68 339 Absentee & Phone Bid Form CatalogueAuction No. No . 95 110 Rare BookRare Auction Book Auction Wednesday 7 December at 12 noon 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. 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. 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Email [email protected], Telephone +64 9 354 4646, Freephone 0800 80 60 01 SUBJECT INDEX LOTS Regional History 1 - 38 New Zealand & Pacific History 39 - 120 New Zealand Almanacs 121 - 129 Natural History 130 - 154 Sport and Recreation 155 - 175 New Zealand Wars 176 - 188 Military History 189 - 202 Maori History 203 - 250 Biography 251 - 253 William Colenso & New Zealand Printings 254 - 264 Maps, Plans, Prints. 265 - 274 Photography 275 - 294 Polar and Sub Antarctic Islands 295 - 315 Maritime History 316 - 318 Newspapers and Periodicals 319 - 324 20th Century International literature 325 - 343 New Zealand Literature 344 - 359 Art 360 - 371 Children’s Books 372 - 395 Antiquarian Books & Bindings 396 - 406 Posters and Advertising 407 - 427 Bibliography & Printing 428 - 444 Tourism, Souvenirs, Catalogues 445 - 462 Postcards & Postal History 463 - 468 Science and Technology 469 - 473 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. 10 BUDE, EUGENE de REGIONAL HISTORY Notice sur la Province de Canterbury Nouvelle Zelande Geneva: Carey 1866. 22p folding map [Canterbury], 24.5cms, yellow paper covers, advert on back cover, text in French. At head of title 1 ADAMS, C. WARREN A.M.F. Flowers souvenir d’amitie. A scarce pamphlet, de Bude’s brief A Spring in the Canterbury Settlement. study of the province of Canterbury includes farming and emigration. London: Longman, Brown, Green etc 1853. viii, 92p, xip., 32p adverts, 100 - $200 frontis, 4 fldg plates, [one trimmed, no loss]. 21cms. Text has some soiling and light foxing, hinges cracked, bound in original blue cloth 11 BUTLER, SAMUEL with gilt titles, margins and spine discoloured, light wear. A First Year in the Canterbury Settlement Bagnall 41. London: Longman, Green, Longman etc 1863, first ed. x, 162p, 32p $150 [advs], frontis [fldg map]. 20cms, bound in original mauve cloth Mudie’s Library label on front board, spine faded, cloth spotted and 2 ANDREWS, MR E.K. with edge wear, book plate of Arch Clark on endpaper. Sound copy. Kaiapoi Diamond Jubilee 1858-1928 $200 - $400 ChCh: J.W. Baty 1918. 52p, illustrations and avertisements. 21.5cms, original paper covers, light soiling and name on cover. 12 CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION $50 Canterbury Papers. Information Concerning the Principles, Objects, Plans & Proceedings 3 BAGNALL, A.G. of the Founders of the Settlement of Canterbury in New Zealand. Wairarapa London: John W. Parker 1850. Series One to Twelve 23cms, in one An Historical Excursion. Masterton: Hedley’s Bookshop 1976. xvi, 607p, volume, with the original paper covers [ No.7. lacks front cover] No. 12 illustrated. 25cms, DJ, spine faded, VG. a later copy bound in with 4 folding plates. In a later half calf binding $40 - $60 with cloth boards, morocco title label. 4 BARLOW, P.W. $600 - $800 Kaipara 13 CARRINGTON, F.A. or Experiences of a Settler in North New Zealand. Ln: Sampson Low Harbour at New Plymouth etc 1889. xii, 219p, publishers adverts at end, frontis, illustrated. A Synoptical Account of the Making of the Harbour at New Plymouth. 19.5cms, in original green illustrated cloth, VG. For Private Circulation only. New Plymouth: Taranaki Herald 1888. 16p, $80 - $100 rubberstamp on title. 19.5cm, original paper covers. 5 BATHGATE, JOHN $80 - $100 An Illustrated Guide to Dunedin 14 COWAN, JAMES and its Industries with notices of several of the chief towns in Otago. The Story of Pelorus Jack Dn: Fergusson and Mitchell 1883. 176p, 44p of adverts at end, map of The White Dolphin of French Pass New Zealand. W & T 1930. Inscribed Dunedin, illustrated. 21cms, original paper covers. Scarce. by James Cowan and one other neat inscription.35p illus, map. $200 Original card covers, VG copy. 6 BATLEY, R.A.L. $40 - $50 Maowhango Valley and School. [Plus] 15 CYCLOPEDIAS OF NEW ZEALAND Diamond Jubilee Souvenir 1897-1957. Taihape 1958. 47p, papered Complete set of 6 Volumes. boards, VG. All published Christchurch: Cyclopedia Company 2. W.A.Q. - The Story of Hawera in Commemoration of the Hawera Volume 1. Wellington Provincial District [1897]; Volume 2. Auckland Industrial Exhibition. Caxton Printing Works 1904. Portraits, Provincial District [1902]; Volume 3. Canterbury [1903]; Volume adverts. original paper covers, VG. 4. Otago Southland [1905]; Volume 5. Nelson, Marlborough and 3. C.J. Roberts - Centennial History of Hawera and the Waimate Plains. Westland [1906]; Volume 6. Taranaki, Hawkes Bay, Wellington [1908] Hawera Star Pub Co 1939. Original green cloth VG. Condition varies, Volume 1. lacks spine strip, the remainder are all in 4. T.W. Downes - Old Whanganui. Hawera: W.Parkinson & Co 1915. xiv, original half calf bindings, Vols 4.5.