The Lively Capital Auckland 1840-1865
by Una Platts
A colourful and idiosyncratic account of the 25 years during which Auckland was the capital of New Zealand. Portrait painter and art historian Una Platts evoked the spirit of pioneer Auckland through paintings, drawings and maps of the time. The book also includes passenger lists for the Anna [...]

Oxford: Bruno Cassirer
First Edition
4to. Decorative Cloth.
70pp text plus colour plates
orange decorative cloth cover

 The Life of Captain James Cook.
by J. C. Beaglehole
 
 
The 2nd impression of the biography of Cook published to accompany Beaglehole’s ground-breaking edition of Cook’s Journals.  
 

London: A. & C. Black, 1974. 8vo. Cloth. . Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket.
ISBN: 0713613823.
 xi, 760 pp, B/W plates, maps. Light foxing to page edges, DJ price-clipped [...]

Pacific Commandos: New Zealanders and Fijians in Action: A History of Southern Independent Commando and First Commando Fiji Generals.

by Colin R. Larsen.

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1946. First Edition.

8vo. Cloth. 161pp, B/W plates.

Bookplate from the Library of A. H. & A. W. Reed on ffep, 2 clippings of reviews [...]

Sydney Parkinson Artist of Cook’s Endeavour Voyage.
Edited by D. J. Carr
Sydney Parkinson was the young chief artist on James Cook’s first voyage in the Endeavour. He died on that voyage aged just 26. In just over two years Parkinson had produced hundreds of drawings of plants and animals. This was the first book to begin [...]

Encounters With Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People 1778-1941.
by David W.Forbes. University of Hawaii Press, 1992.
In this book David Forbes frames the context for the thousands of art works inspired by Hawaii, and presents a selection of the finest paintings, prints and drawings.
86pp, colour & B/W plates, maps.
ISBN 0824814460
$65
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Atlas of the South Pacific
Published by the Government Printing Office in 1978, this definitive atlas of the South Pacific has had only two printings. This is the first edition with 20 full-page map plates plus gazetteer at the back.
ISBN 047701500X
$185.00
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