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147. Wade William R. A Journey in the Northern Island
of New Zealand; intersperses with various information relative
to the country and people. Octavo, light orange boards backed with
original spine cover and title label. George Rolwegan, Hobart
Town, 1842. A present day rarity with great textual value.
Bagnall 5770 Fergusson 3530
$800 – $1200
148. Wakefield Edward Jerningham. Adventure in
New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844; With some account of the
beginning of the British colonisation of the Islands. Octavo, two
volumes, rebound in fine gilt panelled half calf, marbled boards, red
& black labels, folding map laid down on linen, front and back end
papers spotted, lightly trimmed. London John Murray 1845. The
most readable and spontaneous narrative of English settlement.
Bagnall 5819
$800 – $1200
149. Wakefield Edward Jerningham. Illustrations to
“Adventure in New Zealand” by Edward Jerningham Wakefield
Esqre. (coloured vignette; View of Mount Egmont and the
Sugar Loaf Islands.) Lithographed from original drawings
taken on the spot by Mrs Wicksteed, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr
John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S.C.Brees and Captain
Mein Smith R.A. Oblong folio, 15 tinted lithographs including 5
folding panoramas and three hand coloured botanical plates by Miss
King, The crease’s of two panoramas neatly strengthened with tape
on verso, original pictorial title page, fragile and laid down on tissue,
slight sprinkling of foxing on one margin, bound in deep green gilt
cloth. London, Smith Elder 1845. Bagnall 5820
Wakefield’s Illustrations have no equal as a pictorial record of
the early New Zealand Company settlements
$6000 – $10 000
The New Zealand Company,
Emigration, Wakefield Settlements
150. Bright John. Handbook for Emigrants, and others…
New Zealand its State and Prospects previous and subsequent
to the proclamation of Her Majesty’s authority; also Remarks
on the Climate and Colonies of the Australian Continent.
Octavo, original gilt cloth, corrigenda slip. London 1841 The
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author lived for a period at Kororareka and witnessed Hobson’s
arrival and the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. Bagnall 657
$500 – $1000
151. Brodie Walter. Remarks on the Past and Present
State of New Zealand, the question of land-claims, the New
Zealand Land Company, indigenous exports and hints on
emigration, the result of five years residence in the colony.
Octavo, original gilt cloth, unopened. London 1845. An early
settler with land interests in the Bay of Islands and Doubtless
Bay. Bagnall 677
$400 – $600
152. Chapman Henry S. The New Zealand Portfolio;
embracing a series of papers on subjects of importance to the
colonists. Octavo, original decorated cloth, 2 frontispiece plates,
light spotting around margins. London, Smith & Elder 1843.
Bagnall 1055
$600 – $1200
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153. Clayden Arthur. The England of the Pacific. Octavo,
plates, half calf, boards.1879. Bagnall 1282; Berry J. New
Zealand as a Field for Emigration. Octavo, half calf boards,
folding map. London 1879. Bagnall 420: All About New
Zealand. Original gilt cloth, octavo, covers worn. Glasgow (1873)
Bagnall 94 (3)
$200 – $400