aRt+oBJect RaRe Book auction WeDneSDaY 3 DeceMBeR the sale will be held on the 3rd of December 2014. commencing at 12 noon. Viewing Sunday 30th november , 11.00am to 4.00pm Monday, tuesday, 9.00am to 5.00pm and the morning of the sale.
our first sale for 2015 will be held in april. it will feature an important collection of books on trout fishing. entries are now invited for this sale.
Final RaRe Book auction FoR 2014 this sale includes rare new Zealand Pamphlets and early Maori printings from the original collection of Sir James alexander Young who was mayor of Hamilton 1909-1912 and who represented the Waikato and Hamilton electorates from 1911–1935. other major items are: • Joseph Banks’s Florilegium – new Zealand Section. Parts XXXXVii. alecto Historical editions in association with the British Museum. 1st edition 1980-1980. • Sir Walter lowry Buller – a History of the Birds of new Zealand. 1888 2nd edition together with Supplement to the Birds of new Zealand. 1905, two volumes. • two rare hand coloured lithographs of their Majesties king Rheo Rhio and Queen tamehamalu of the Sandwich islands [1824]. it also features rare and antiquarian books including those by niccolo Machiavelli les Discours and le Prince [1571]; Daniel Defoe’s He korero tipuna Pakeha no Mua ko Ropitini kuruho… “the life and times of Robinson crusoe” [1852]; abraham Rademaker’s Spiegal Van amsterdams bound with 4 others. leonardus Schenk 1728-1736. other important items include a rare and early original ink plan of central auckland showing Fort Britomart, the Flagstaff and proposed areas of reclaimation as well as historic photographs of the same area.
Cover: Lot 82
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