SALE OF RARE BOOKS

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 50, 27 August 1938, Page 11

SALE OF RARE BOOKS

HISTORICAL WORKS

BISHOP WILLIAMS'S LIBRARY

The increasing interest of collectors in books relating to the early history of New Zealand was reflected by the large attendance at the sale by auction yesterday afternoon of the first portion of the library of the late Bishop Williams, Hawke's Bay. The catalogue contained many rare items. Among those present were representatives of public libraries, the Turnbull Library, Wellington, and the Hocken Library, Dunedin, as well as buyers from Australia. Prices realised included the follow* ing:—"Savage Life and Scenes," by Angas, £4; "Remarks Upon Official Documents relating to N.Z.," by John Beecham, £2 4s; Elsdon Best's "Tuhoe," £1 13s; "Articles on Maori Matters, including Maori Myth and Religion," by Elsdon Best, £3; Walter Brodie's "Remarks on the Past and Present State of N.Z.," £2 11s; "The New Zealand Portfolio," by H. S. Chapman, £2 Is; "Captain James Cook's Voyage to the Pacific," £5 10s; "Christianity, the Means of Civilisation," by Coates, Beecham, and Ellis, £1 7s 6d; Dieffenbach's "Travels in New Zealand," £4 15s; Domett's "Ranolf and Amohia," £2 3s; "Nine Months' Residence in N.Z.," by Earle, £2 10s; Fornander's "The Polynesian Race," £3 ss; "War in Taranaki," by Grayling, £3 10s; "Proverbial Sayings of the N.Z. Race," by G. Grey, £2 15s; "Journal of an Expedition Overland," by G. Grey, £3 12s 6d; "Maoria," by J. C. Johnstone, £1 2s; "Voyage in Search of La Perouse," by Labillardiere, £1 10s; "Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere," by John Callander, £3 11s. Great interest was shown in a splendid collection of rare early unbound pamphlets. "The N.Z. Government and The Maori War" brought 11s, "Aborigines of N.Z.," by Thos. Buddie, £1 17s 6d, and "Letter to Earl of Chichester," by J. Busby, 13s. A number of pamphlets by Busby realised from 8s to 13s each; Hugh Carleton's "Plain Facts Relative to the Late War, 1847," £1 7s; "A Page from the History of New Zealand," by Carleton, one at £1 17s and another at £2; "Working of Greenstone," by F. R. Chapman, £1 2s; Church Missionary Society Pamphlets realised from 5s to 17s each; "Plan of the New Zealand Association," by Coates Dandeson, £1 14s; "Present State of New Zealand Question," £1 12s; "Fiat Justitia," by W. Colenso, two at £1 5s each; "Maori Lesson Sheets," by W. Colenso, £1 ss; "Visit to Ruahine Range," by W. Colenso, £1 12s 6d; "Notes re Ahuriri Church," by W. Colenso, £1; "Jubilee Reunion, 1893," by J. Craig, 11s; "Important Judgments of the Native Land Court," by F. D. Fenton, £1 Is; R. Fitzroy's "Remarks on New Zealand," £1 10s; A. J. Johnston's "Notes on Maori Matters," 10s; "How to Colonise," by R. D. Mangles, £1; "Two Printed Letters to Church Missionary Society," by E. G. Marsh, £1 Is; Sir W. Martin's "Remarks on Notes Published for the New Zealand Government," £1 ss; "England and the New Zealanders," by the same writer, £3 ss; "The Taranaki Question, 1860," by Sir W. Martin, £2 2s 6d; the Rev. R. Maunsell's "Hints on Schools Amongst the Aborigines," Us; Thomas Moser's "Mahoe Leaves," 13s; Robert McNab's "Murihiku," £1 7s 6d; Letters from Settlers and Labouring Emigrants, New Zealand Company, 13s; New Zealand Church Almanacs brought from 2s to 16s each; New Zealand Government Memo on the Taranaki Question, £1; "Volcanic Eruption at Tarawera," by Percy Smith, £1 2s 6d; New Zealand Constitutional Act, with correspondence between Secretary of State and Governor-in-chief, 1853, £1 7s 6d; "Major Ropata Wahawaha," by Lieu-tenant-Colonel Porter, 14s; "Aureretanga," by G. W. Rusden, £2 2s 6d; Pamphlets by Bishop G. A. Selwyn brought from 5s to £1 6s each; "Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand," by Taylor, £1 2s 6d; "Narraitive of the Fighting on the East Coast," by'Tuta Nihoniho, £1 ss; "Murider in New Zealand of the Rev. C. S. jVolkner," 15s; "Origin of the New Zealand War," by "Veritas," £1 10s; j"A Journey in the Northern Island," by Wade, £2; and another copy by the same author, £1 14s; "Wesleyan Missionary Committee re Treaty of Waitangi," £1 2s 6d; "Leaves from The Writings," by R. Wakelin, 17s 6d; "Missionary Life and Work in New Zealand," by J. A. Wilson, £1 12s 6d; "Manawatu Purchase Completed," T. C. Williams, £1 11s; "Letter to the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone," by T. C. Williams, £2 6s; Reply by Henry Williams to Statement by the Rev. E. G. Marsh, £2 ss.