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Turnbull Library Record, Volume I, Issue 2, 1 November 1967, Cover Page

THE FRIENDS OF THE TURNBULL LIBRARY

The Society known as the Friends of the Turnbull Library was established in 1939. The objects of the Society are to promote interest in the Alexander Turnbull Library, to assist in the extension of its collections, and to be a means of interchange of information relating to English literature, to the history, literature, and art of New Zealand and the Pacific, and to all matters of interest to book-lovers. The Society carries out its objects chiefly by means of periodic meetings and the production of publications, of which the Turnbull Library Record is the main one. Correspondence and enquiries regarding membership should be addressed to the Secretary, The Friends of the Turnbull Library, Alexander Turnbull Library, Box 8016, Wellington.

OFFICERS President: Canon N. Williams Immediate Past President: Mr Denis Glover Secretary: Miss M. Walton Treasurer: Mr S. Beeby

COMMITTEE Mr J. Berry, Mr C. R. H. Taylor, Mr A. S. Helm Mr J. Traue, Mr B. Jones

Record Editor: Mr A. G. Bagnall, Chief Librarian

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM THE ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY

Published for the Library by the Government Printer: McCORMICK, E. H. Tasman and New Zealand: a bibliographical study. (Bulletin number 14) 1959. 72p, plates 75c. MARKHAM, Edward New Zealand or Recollections of edited with an introduction by E. H. McCormick. (Monograph series, number 1) 1963. ii4p illus. (some plates in colour) 53.00. BEST, A. D. W. The Journal of Ensign Best, 1837-1843, edited with an introduction and notes by Nancy M. Taylor, (Monograph series, number 2) 1966. 465 P plates (col. fronds.) $3.50.

Published by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board: The FOX PRINTS 1965 issued in 1966 in an edition of 2,500 numbered copies of each of three reproductions in colour from watercolours by Sir William Fox, sometime Premier of New Zealand. This is the third in the Library’s annual series of sets of prints. Two scenes are in the Lake Rotoiti and the Matakitaki areas of Nelson in 1846: the third is of Otaraia Pa on the Ruamahanga River in the Wairarapa, in 1847. The coloured surface of each print measures approximately 9 x 12 inches. The reproductions sell at $2 each, singly or in sets, with a descriptive leaflet.

FOX, Sir William A Porto folio of Six Views, taken from the original watercolours, three being in the Turnbull collections, three in the Wilkie Loan Collection of Fox watercolours; with an accompanying brochure by Dr E. H. McCormick. The views cover Kaiteriteri, 1846; Lake Rotoroa, 1846; the Tiraumea river, 1846; Tuakau, Lower Waikato, 1864; Hokitika, 1872; and Pohaturoa rock, Taupo, 1874. The portfolio measures approximately x inches, overall. The edition is of 2,000 copies. The prints are not sold singly. The price is SIO.OO a set.

The BARRAUD PRINTS 1967: in an edition of 2,500 numbered copies of each of three reproductions in colour from watercolours by C. D. Barraud. The views are of Wellington (from Brooklyn) 1861; On Lake Papaitonga, Horowhenua, ca. 1863; and The Barracks, Bluff Hill, Napier, ca. 1864. They are expected to be available in mid-December. The sets will be available in a folder with a page of notes. Sold singly or in sets, the prints will cost $2.00 each.

Published by the Friends of the Turnbull Library: Captain James Cook’s chart of New Zealand (1769-70), reproduced from the original in the British Museum by courtesy of the Trustees. Approximately 14 x 14 inches. Price 20c.

Set in ‘Monotype’ io pt and 12 pt Bembo and printed by the Pelorus Press Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand