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has been done in the name of the adherents of the Native King.
Caption title, foolscap, 3 pages, blue paper, dated Government
House, Auckland 21 st May 1864. (no imprint Auckland 1861).
Governor Gore Browne’s demands and warnings to followers of
the Maori King. Bagnall 4055. Rare
$800 – $1600
454. Bunbury Thomas. Reminiscences of a Veteran.
Being Personal Military Adventures in Portugal, Spain, France,
Malta, New South Wales, Norfolk Island, New Zealand,
Andaman Islands, and India. Three volumes, octavo, original
purple gilt cloth, 3 plates, front endpaper of volume one inscribed
‘Captain John Eames, With C.M. Bunbury’s Kindest regards
Nov 1866’, spines faded, some smudging to covers of volume one.
London, Charles J Skeet 1861. In New Zealand in 1840-44, in
support of Hobson as the country’s first officer commanding,
a candid and informative record. Bagnall 767 Fergusson 7658
$300 – $600
455. Burrows Robert. Extracts From A Diary Kept By
The Rev R Burrows during Heke’s War In The North In 1845.
Octavo, grey paper covers, author’s signature mounted on title page,
Johannes Anderson’s copy, bound in linen backed boards. Auckland
1886
$100 – $250
456. Carey Lieutenant Colonel Robert. Narrative of the
Late War in New Zealand. Octavo, tinted lithograph frontispiece,
original blue impressed cloth, spine cover faded, slight wear to edges.
London, Richard Bentley, 1863. Account of the first Taranaki
War by Carey who succeeded General Pratt in command.
Bagnall 971
$300 – $500
457. Church Missionary Society, Memorial to His
Grace the Secretary of State for the Colonies together with
A Memorandum on New Zealand Affairs. Octavo, cover
title, Church Missionary House London 1861. Concern at the
consequences for the Maoris of the Taranaki Wars, new policy
of determining land titles and reminder of Maori rights under
the Treaty of Waitangi Bagnall 1141
$200 – $400
458. Clarke george. Remarks Upon a Pamphlet by James
Busby, commenting upon a pamphlet entitled The Taranaki
Question, by Sir William Martin Late Chief Justice Of New
Zealand. Octavo, back yellow wrapper, bound in leather backed
boards. Auckland, Philip Kunst, Auckland 1861. A defence of
the Taranaki Maori land title and criticism of Busby ‘Mr Busby
gives an Australian view of Aboriginal rights. He tells us that
the blacks had as little right or pretension to property as their
fellow wanderers the Kangaroos’ Bagnall 1275
$300 – $600
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459. Cowan James. The New Zealand Wars. A History
Of The Maori Campaigns And The Pioneering Period,
Two volumes, (1845–1864), (The Hau Hau Wars, 1864-
1872). Octavo, original red cloth, illustrations and plans, author’s
presentation copy to war veteran Major J.T. Large. First edition,
Wellington 1922-23
$200 – $400
460. Cowan James. The Adventures Of Kimble Bent.
Octavo, blue pictorial cloth, frontispiece map, illustrations, news
clippings re the shooting of Pakeha-Maori and deserter Louis Baker
mounted inside back cover. Whitcombe & Tombs 1911
$100 – $150
461. Featon John. The Waikato War. 1863-64. Octavo,
original green pebble grain cloth boards, 2 pages of advertisements,
folding map, owner’s stamp on front and back endpapers. Auckland,
John Henry Field, 1879. Written from his own impressions,
despatches, information from European combatants. A fine
standard source. Bagnall 1886
$100 – $200
462. Fox William. The War In New Zealand Auckland,
N.Z. – Sept, 4th, 1860. Octavo, cover title,
bound in gilt half calf, marbled boards. London, Williams &
Norgate 1860. Criticising Gore Browne’s decisions leading to
the first Taranaki war. Bagnall 2036
$200 – $300
463. Fox William. The War In New Zealand (by the)
Late Colonial Secretary And Native Minister Of The Colony.
Octavo, original dark green impressed cloth, frontispiece plan, folding
maps, small tear to margins on page xi of preface. London, Smith
Elder & Co 1866. A distinct work from the preceeding item in
which the author surveys critically the reasons for the origins
of the wars, their conduct, outlines military operations to the
Volkner killing and the 1865 east coast campaign. Bagnall
2037
$150 – $250
464. gilbert Thomas. New Zealand Settlers And
Soldiers; or, The War In Taranaki; being incidents in the life of
a settler. Octavo, original green cloth, tinted lithograph frontispiece
and five other lithographed plates, 24- page inserted terminal
advertisements, some spotting, poetry by author’s granddaughter
neatly tipped into front end papers. London, A.W. Bennett, 1861,
first edition. A graphic account of the outbreak of hostilities;
much documentation in the appendix. Bagnall 2103
$400 – $600
465. gorst Sir John Eldon. The Maori King; or the
Story of our Quarrel with the Natives of New Zealand. Octavo,
rebound in fine gilt panelled half calf, red label, frontispiece portrait,
folding map, 1 page of advertisements, lightly trimmed, some
staining to corners of front paper. London, Macmillan & Co 1864.
An outstanding, dispassionate, classic record of Maori and
Pakeha before the campaigns of 1863-64 Bagnall 2184
$200 – $300