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580. Committee Of Land Purchasers, Canterbury
Association. The Mutual Relations between the Canterbury
Association and the Purchasers of Land in the Canterbury
Settlement briefly considered with a copious Appendix of
authentic Documents. By authority of a Committee of Landpurchasers
resident in England. Original cover title, frail and laid
down on heavy paper, 145 pages, top right of title page signed “H.S
Selfe 15 Torrington Sq”, the Association’s political agent in London.
Henry Selfe’s personal copy with very extensive annotations,
including lists of names, frank comments re Godley, Felix Wakefield
and others ‘a lie’. London, Savill & Edwards London 1853.
Hocken emphasises the importance of this ‘very rare and
important document ‘ A unique association item. Bagnall 1376
$800 – $1200
581. (Cotterill george). Literary Foundlings: Verse And
Prose Collected In Canterbury. New Zealand. Blue decorated
boards, signature of J.C. Anderson & notes tipped in. Christchurch
“Times” Office 1864. Bagnall 1441: (McKay Alexander).
The Canterbury Gilpin Or The Flight Of The Moa. Parts 1
& 11. Pink paper covers, cover title By Dinornous Sumnerensis,
Wellington 1880. A satire on von Haast. Bagnall 3288:
Canterbury Rhymes. Second Edition: Edited by W.P. Reeves.
Christchurch, “Lyttelton Times”1883, Bagnall 574
$80 – $160
582. Deans John. Pioneers of Canterbury Deans Letters
1840-1854. Octavo, cloth, frontispiece portrait, plates, dust
wrapper. Dunedin & Wellington, Reed (1937)
$50 – $100
583. Fitzgerald James E. The Pasturage Regulations of
the Canterbury Settlement. A Speech delivered at the meeting
of the Society Of Land Purchasers at Christchurch, July
28, 1851. With notes, octavo, cover title, 8 pages. Lyttelton, L.
Shrimpton (the first printer in Canterbury) 1851. Rare, does not
appear to be listed in any New Zealand bibliography.
$400 – $600
584. Fox William. Report on the Settlement of Nelson
(by the) late resident agent of the New Zealand Company, with
statistical returns from 1843-1847. Small octavo, grey paper
covers with company coat of arms, front wrapper & title page
spotted, linen backed boards, 1860s photograph of Fox mounted
inside front cover. London, Smith Elder 1849. Bagnall 2032
$300 – $500
585. Fuller Francis. Five Years residence in New Zealand;
or Observations on Colonisation (by) A resident of the
Province of Canterbury. Octavo, original blue cloth, some spotting
on first pages otherwise clean, wear to edges of spine cover. London,
Williams & Norgate 1859. Land prices, investment, squatting,
Canterbury problems etc. Bagnall 2071
$200 – $400
586. godley Charlotte. Letters from Early New Zealand,
printed for private circulation only. Octavo, cream cloth with
armorials, several letters from the Godley family loosely inserted.
71
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Plymouth 1936; godley John R. A Selection from the
Writings and Speeches. Octavo, original leather backed gilt cloth,
frontispiece portrait. Christchurch, Press Office 1863.
$300 – $500
587. Haast Julius von. Report of the Topographical and
Geological Exploration of the Western Districts of the Nelson
Province. Octavo, stiffened purple cloth, some marks on covers.
Nelson, C & J Elliott 1861. Important eight months walk and
the first scientific appraisal of the area. Bagnall 2401
$300 – $500
588. Haast Julius von. Sections of the principal
routes between the East and West Coasts of the Province
of Canterbury. Folding map, Mountains and Glaciers of the
Canterbury Province; Hector James. Expedition to the West
Coast of Otago, Discovery of a Pass from Martin’s Bay to Lake
Wakatipu. Octavo, paper covers. Royal Geographical Society
London 1864-66. (2)
$200 – $300
589. Haast Sir Julius von. Geology of the Provinces of
Canterbury and Westland, New Zealand.
A Report Comprising the Results of Official Explorations.
Thick octavo, folding frontispiece, maps, plates, diagrams, author’s
inscribed presentation copy & compliments slip, one map neatly
linen backed along folds, lightly trimmed, decorated gilt panelled half
calf, green linen boards, red label. Christchurch, Times Office 1879.
Haast’s scientific classic was written as a ‘final report’, Bagnall
2391
$500 – $800