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289. Colenso William. Fifty Years Ago in New Zealand; a
commemoration, a plain and true story. Octavo, grey paper covers
“Sir J.D. Hooker K.C.S.I, with the Author’s kindest regards”
hand written on top margin, plates. Napier, R.C. Harding 1888.
Colenso’s own account of the introduction of the C.M.S. press,
the technical difficulties, the translation of the New Testament.
Bagnall 1319
$200 – $400
290. Colenso William. Ko Te A-Nui A Wi. Willie’s First
English Book. Written for young Maoris who can read their
own Maori tongue and who wish to learn the English language.
Parts 1 & 2, octavo, original cloth, Colenso’s signature mounted at
bottom of preface, titles and text in Maori & English. Wellingtom/
Poneke, G. Didsbury 1872. BM 770. An elementary grammar to
teach English to Maori children. Part 3 was never published.
$400 – $600
291. Colenso William. Primer, with the Ten
Commandments. 16 pages, coarse brown paper covers. Mihonare,
Weteriana, Mangungu. 1844 A Wesleyan reprint of Colenso’s
primer first published in 1839. BM 200
$200 – $400
292. Colenso William. He Pukapuka Aroha.Tract
describing the blessings of religion. Grey paper covers,
(illustration Moses lifting the serpent), caption title, written
under the pseudonym ‘Aroho Pono’ (True Love). Paihia 1839
BM 60; Colenso William. Hahi O Roma. Dialogues on a
further six errors of the Church of Rome. Caption title, ( R.S.
Waterhouse and Bros) Hopataone (Hobart Town) 1840. BM 77;
Te Tangata i mate. Two stories with a moral purpose. Green
stiffened cloth, note inside cover by bibliographer H.W.Williams
‘Translated by Mrs Colenso’. Auckland, Henry Hill 1873. BM
806 (3)
$500 – $800
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293. Colenso William. Class or communion ticket for use
by the Hawke’s Bay mission. Me penei ano, e koe … on verso
E ta, kite koe. The two parts were divided and placed on the front
and back of a card. Two examples; uncut and mounted., (no imprint,
Waitangi, Heretaunga: Printed at the Waitangi Mission Station
Press? 1847 ) BM 332 rare
$150 – $300
294. Cooper george Sisson. Journal of an Expedition
Overland from Auckland to Taranaki, by way of Rotorua,
Taupo, and the West Coast, undertaken in the Summer of
1849-50, by His Excellency the Governor-In-Chief of New
Zealand. Octavo, original cloth with title label, half title, Journey
to Taranaki, Haerenga ki Taranaki, English and Maori texts on
alternate pages, some fractures and chipping to spine pine cover
otherwise good condition. Auckland, Williamson & Wilson
1851. Account of a journey overland with Sir George Grey
from Auckland as far as Taupo. Grey had intended to climb
Mount Ngauruhoe but permission was disputed. Written by his
Assistant Private Secretary and translated by C.O.B. Davis. BM
408 Bagnall 1409 Important and very rare
$800 – $1600
295. Cotton William C. Ko Nga Pi; Bee-keeping and the
making of honey. Octavo, cover title, coarse brown paper covers.
St John’s College Press 1849 (Purewa). Cotton was chaplain to
Bishop Selwyn and wrote several treatises on bees in English.
Rare. BM 375
$400 – $800
296. The Culture Of The Tobacco Plant, Mahinga
Tupeka, translated by order of H.E. Sir George Grey, Governor
… for the information of the Maori race. John White R.M.
translator. Octavo, pink paper covers, lithograph of tobacco plants,
two title pages, text Maori & English. Auckland, W.C. Wilson
1867. BM 712
$400 – $800