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autobiographical novel re life in Auckland province in the
1850s, shipping, timber etc Bagnall 245.
$300 – $600
427. Bracken Thomas. Lays and Lyrics. God’s
Own Country And Other Poems. Octavo, original boards,
advertisements front and back including W.& G Turnbull &
Co, Wellington facing the title. Wellington, Brown, Thomson
& Co 1893. Tipped in a 1 page autograph letter from author
to Mr Turnbull, Wellington, August 24th 1893 headed
“Confidential” pleading financial distress and asking for an
advance on the price of the advertisement “as I have my rent
to pay in the morning. I will insert your firm’s advertisement
in the best part of the book”, note “T Bracken, 24 August 93”
on reverse. Brown, Thomson & Co 1893. A rare Alexander
Turnbull of Turnbull Library fame association item. Bagnall
1235
$400 – $600
428. Chapman RH. Editor. Mihawhenua. The adventures
of a party of tourists amongst a tribe of Maoris discovered in
western Otago, New Zealand. Recorded by R.W.Brock. Octavo,
illustrated pink paper covers, linen backed boards. Dunedin, J.
Wilkie & Co 1888. Bagnall 1063
$100 – $300
429. Fairburn A.R.D. We New Zealanders An Informal
Essay. Cover title, Progressive Publishing Society Wellington
(1944): De Montalk, geoffrey W. Wild Oats A Sheaf Of
Poems, small quarto, purple felt covers, signed & numbered limited
edition, Christchurch The Author 1927 Bagnall D 251: De
Montalk geoffrey W. Against Cresswell. A Lampoon. Paper
covers, Maidment Press( London 1930) Bagnall D250
$200 – $400
430. History and Bibliography. Nos 1-3, 1948. Original
paper wrappers, Christchurch Willis & Aitken; Beltane Book
Bureau. N.Z. Collectors Monographs Nos 1-6. Two are
numbered editions signed by Lawlor and Anderson. Stiffened
paper covers, not dated.
$100 – $300
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431. K.J.H. Henry Ancrum. A Tale of the Last War
in New Zealand. by J.H.K. Two volumes in one, cloth, octavo.
London Tinsley Brothers 1872. A romance centred around the
Waikato campaign. Bagnall 2936
$800 – $1000
432. Lawlor Patrick A. Books and Bookmen New
Zealand And Overseas. Cloth, dust wrapper, frontispiece, plates,
signed and numbered limited edition, letter from author loosely
inserted. Whitcombe & Tombs Wellington 1954.
$100 – $200
433. New Zealand Ex Libris Society Brochures Nos 1-5,
1930 – 1938. Original stiffened paper covers, signed and numbered
limited editions with the bookplates and signatures of well known
literary and artistic figures. Rare [4]
$400 – $800
434. New Monthly Magazine. New Zealand Cookery-
Book. 12 page extract, paper covers. (London) 1849. An amusing
satire on New Zealand colonial and indigenous culinary style.;
Miller Mrs E.B. and Miss J.A. Miller. New Zealand School
Cookery Book. Red stiffened paper covers, 100 pages. Dunedin,
Mills Dick & Co (1900s). Not listed in NZ bibliographies. [2]
$200 – $400
435. Scott Robert H. Ngamihi: or the Maori Chief ’s
Daughter. A Tale of the War in New Zealand. Octavo, cloth,
portraits. Brisbane, E.A. Howard 1895. Bagnall S441: Mactier
Susie. The Far Countrie, a true story of domestic life at home
and in the bush. Octavo, paper cover. Paisley, J and R Parlane
1901. Bagnall M628
$200 – $400