peter maling (20 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: GOOD. 67 clean, unmarked, tight pages with creased upper corners and curled lower corners; lightly penciled price and initials and written name/date on front flyleaf; cover has creased corners and creases and tears at top back edge; wrap over cover is worn, creased, rubbed, and torn.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. This copy has some minor rubbing to the wraps, a small crease in the front cover and a pen inscription to the half title. Otherwise a very clean copy.

Stapled. Zustand: Good. Samuel Butler arrived in Canterbury in 1860 and spent two months exploring the upper reaches of Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers. He eventually took up several runs including Mesopotamia. Ex Library. Ex-library copy with hardback and dust jacket. 66 pages.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Reprint. Card covers, b&w illstns. Unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 66 pages. Cover worn.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 66 pages. d/j on light card covers.

1st edition. 8vo. 238pp. B/w. illustrations, maps, e.p. maps. Original cloth backed boards. Beige and black d/w. lettered in white and black, rubbed to edges. Limited edition of 750 copies. US$15.

Stapled. Zustand: Good. Samuel Butler arrived in Canterbury in 1860 and spent two months exploring the upper reaches of Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers. He eventually took up several runs including Mesopotamia. DJ. 66 pages.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 2nd Edition, Limited Edition. The Torlesse Papers 1848-51 Journal and Letters of Charles Obin Torlesse and the Foundation of Canterbury. Edited by Peter Maling. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. VERY SCARCE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION COPY of only 750 copies. Publisher: The Caxton Press, 2003. Softback in excellent condition with no owner inscriptions. Minor fading to spine. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good+. First Edition. Ex-library. Some library stamps, labels and markings. Moderate foxing to dust-jacket. A couple of 15mm tears to margins of dust-jacket.Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; 238, [2 (blank)] pages + plates. Blue patterned papered boards with blue cloth spine. Gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 221 x 139mm. "The journals and letters of Charles Torlesse, now published for the first time, throw fresh light on a period of New Zealand history that has been much neglected - the two years in Canterbury that led up to the arrival of the settlement's 'First Four Ships'. As a surveyor, working under the hasty-tempered Captain Thomas, young Torlesse had first-hand experience of the quarrels, financial troubles, and conflicting rumours that beset those who were preparing for the coming of the 'Canterbury Pilgrims'." - from dust-jacket blurb.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. private library liquidation. Book condition is Near fine. Green Cloth hard stamped gold lettering. Spine is lightly bumped No dj. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Wanderlust - The Life of a Pioneer New Zealand Airwoman. SIGNED BY AUTHOR PETER MALING. No owner inscriptions. VERY SCARCE. Very good hardback; binding firm; no jacket; minor marks; a little foxing to end-papers. 73 pages with photos. Author's note: "Mrs Aline Quin, the first New Zealand airwoman to make a trans-continental flight, is the last survivor of a Wairarapa family of six Barton sisters. This is some of her story, pieced together from many happy interviews and from the few letters to her family which her mother preserved. "Mabel Alexandra (Aline) Quin (nee Barton) 1899-1996, was born in Featherston. She was the first New Zealand woman to make a transcontinental flight (England to Nairobi). She flew in a Gypsy Moth (her own plane). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd Auckland 1999 VG+ (navy blue cloth w gilt title on spine and title and image on front board, sl worn) in VG+ DW (heavy card dw sl worn) Heavy item.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Historic Charts & Maps of New Zealand, 1642-1875 BY Peter Bromley Maling. Published by Reed, Auckland, 1999. Very Large Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 410x310mm. 316 pages, 141 colour and b/w plates, endpaper maps. Good condition. Binding is shaken so that page block is uneven but there are no loose pages. Some bumping to spine ends and corners, pages very good, minor marks, no inscriptions. Jacket has some rubbing and chipping, some scratches and marks. "The book is designed to tell the story of how New Zealand (Aotearoa) was "put on the map". Here will be found some of the results of the work of all those navigators who made worthwhile contributions to the charting of the coastlines of these islands". ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. Heavy book - will require extra postage costs outside of New Zealand. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 316 pages, 141 colour and b/w plates, endpaper maps.

None (illustrator). Early Sketches And Charts of Banks Peninsula 1770-1850 by Peter Bromley Maling. Publisher: AH & AW Reed Publishers Wellington NZ 1981, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION OF 500. Large hardback, quarter leather, gilt lettering and decoration, with a clam shell box. Binding firm, slight shelf-wear, minor marks, no inscriptions, pages excellent. Cloth on box is faded with a small mark to the lining, otherwise good. 40cm x 28.5cm. 104 pages, illustrated. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. HEAVY BOOK THAT WILL REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS OUTSIDE OF NEW ZEALAND.

Hardcover book. Zustand: Very good condition. Limited edition. 'The charting of New Zealand up to 1847 was, apart from the surveys of Cook and d'Urville, a haphazard. affair. [T]his work is to tell the story of this charting by reproducing many of the early charts with a synopsis of their historical background. The selection of each plate has been made on the basis of its historical significance, geographical importance, and the quality and the availability of the original.' Folio, 134pp, (2) index, blue and maroon boards, gilt title on spine, deco on cover, with protective plastic cover and housed in blue slipcase. Number 151 of 500 copies. Book in fine condition, slipcase dusty.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Early Charts of New Zealand 1542-1851 by Peter Bromley Maling. Publisher: A. H. and A. W. Reed, Wellington, Auckland, Sydney and Melbourne, 1969. Limited Edition No. 242 of 500 Copies. Large hardback in slipcase, navy cloth boards with maroon leather to spine and corners, gilt titles to spine and gilt design to front cover. Covers have some minor marks, no inscriptions, binding firm, some minor marks. Slipcase has minor marks with a chip/scuff to front. 136 pages, illustrated.

Leather. Zustand: Fine. None (illustrator). A large limited edition detailing various charts and artwork of Banks Peninsula, New Zealand, in a clamshell box. Banks peninsula is on the South Island of New Zealand, with an area of around 440 square miles. Captain Cook was the first European to sight the peninsula, and traditionally it is used for fishing and farming.Written by Peter Bromley Maling (1912-2006), a Christchurch-based historian, geolographer, ornithologist and photographer.This is a limited edition, number 445 of 500 printed.Profusely illustrated with both colour and black and white plates.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In a quarter crushed morocco binding. Externally lovely. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Clamshell box has slight spotting to the exterior but otherwise lovely. Fine. book.

Leather. Zustand: Near Fine. None (illustrator). A large limited edition detailing various early maps, diagrams and charts of New Zealand, in a slipcase. Consists of facsimile maps of New Zealand as created by various pioneers and explorers, dating from the mid sixteenth century until the mid nineteenth century. Written by Peter Bromley Maling (1912-2006), a Christchurch-based historian, geolographer, ornithologist and photographer.In a slipcase with gilt detail to the cover.This is a limited edition, number 420 of 500 printed.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition, he served as base commander at Halley, Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration. In a half morocco binding. Externally lovely. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound, pages bright and clean. Near Fine. book.