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185. Beecham John. Remarks Upon the Latest Official
Documents Relating to New Zealand. With a Notice of a
Pamphlet by Samuel Hinds DD … One of the Committee of
the New Zealand Association. In a letter to a Friend. Octavo,
cover title, bound in gilt full calf. London, Hatchards (etc] 1838.
Strong criticism of the New Zealand Association’s plans for
colonisation. Bagnall 386
$200 – $400
186. Brown William. New Zealand and its Aborigines,
Trade and Resources of the Colony; and the advantages it now
presents as a field for emigration and investment of capital.
Octavo, original dark green cloth, some slight browning. London,
Smith Elder. 1845. Outlines Maori customs and social
attitudes, pungent critic of Hobson, Treaty of Waitangi and
Wakefield settlements. One of the first of the free enterprise
Aucklanders. Bagnall 708
$200 – $300
187. Busby James. The First Settlers in New Zealand,
and Their Treatment by the Government; A Speech delivered
…. August 1 st 1856, revised and enlarged. Octavo, cover title,
bound in red clot. Auckland, Williamson & Wilson Auckland
1856. Views on old unresolved land claims including his own at
Whangarei of 40, 000 acres. Bagnall 817.
$200 – $400
188. Busby James. A Letter to His Excellency Colonel
Thomas Gore Browne, Governor In Chief Of New Zealand,
on “Responsible Government”. Cover title. Auckland, Philip
Kunst 1857.Bagnall 824; Busby James. Illustrations of the
System Called Responsible Government. In A Letter To His
Excellency, Colonel Thomas Gore Browne …. , Original buff
paper covers spotted. Auckland, W.C.Wilson 1860. Strong
criticism of central and provincial government stemming from
Busby’s then rejected land claims. The pamphlet was the subject
of a libel action against the author., both bound as one, gilt
quarter calf. Bagnall 819 (2)
$300 – $400
189. Busby James. Our Colonial Empire and the Case of
New Zealand, By Her Majesty’s Resident at New Zealand fom
1832 To 1840 and a Settler There Since That Period. Octavo,
light brown paper covers, spine cover worn. London, Williams &
Norgate (1866.) Bagnall 827
$200 – $400
190. Busby James. The Case of Mr Busby Stated in an
Address Delivered at the Table of the House of Representatives
of the Colony of New Zealand on the 30th July, 1869. With an
appendix. Octavo, cover title. Auckland, William Atkin 1869. A
resolution had been passed approving recognition of Busby’s
Whangarei land claims. Bagnall 813
$200 – $400
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191. British Parliament. Parliamentary Papers Relating
To the Colony of New Zealand. Octavo, cover title, 108 pages,
modern gilt blue cloth. (London 1844). Extracts from the blue
books presented to the public under four headings in an
accessible shape by some one opposed to the New Zealand
Company Hocken page 116
$200 – $400
192. British Parliament. New Zealand. Further Papers
Relative to the Affairs of New Zealand. Correspondence with
Governor Grey in continuation of the Papers presented January
1847. Foolscap, 117 pages, blue printed paper wrappers. London,
William Clowes 1847
$200 – $400
193. British Parliament. Committee on New Zealand
1842-1844. Foolscap, lacking wrappers, outer pages frayed and
torn. London 1842-1844.
$100 – $200
194. Carlton Hugh. “A Page From The Early History of
New Zealand” by Metoikos. “Grudge not one against another,
brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the Judge standeth
before the door”. Quarto, cover title, ‘Mrs Williams The
Retreat’ written on title. Auckland: Printed For The Author,
By Williamson And Wilson. 1854. Also neatly tipped in:
Postscript to … by Metoikos. Being a short exposition of the
pusillanimous compliance of the Secretaries of the Church
Missionary Society, with the political intrigue of Sir George
Grey, Governor of New Zealand, set forth in his calumniatory
Despatches, to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Octavo,
(Auckland 1854.) Bagnall 982. Bound as one in green gilt quarter
calf. Carlton’s “powerful and convincing defence” of Henry
Williams from charges from Grey and the CMS regarding his
land purchases. Marianne Williams personal copy. Bagnall 981.
$800 – $1200
195. Carlton Hugh. The Life of Henry Williams,
Archdeacon Of Waimate. Two Volumes, octavo, original purple
gilt cloth, Volume 1. 2 maps, 3 plates one mounted, Volume 2. errata
slip, 3 plates, one mounted, the variation referred to in Bagnall
980 which lacks some mounted plates though including blank leaves
with captions, cracking along one joint of spine cover, cloth faded in
parts. Auckland, Upton & Co, Wilson & Horton 1874 – 1877.
An invaluable record of a man of great courage and strength. A
huge influence on early New Zealand history.
$150 – $250
196. Chamerovzow Louis Alex. The New Zealand
Question and the Rights of Aborigines. Octavo, original cloth,
covers time worn, faded, complete with appendices. London, T.C.
Newby 1848. Informed criticism of New Zealand Company
and British land policy. Strong sympathy with the Maori view
on land titles. Bagnall 1034
$800 – $1200