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1 Hocken, T. M. A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to New Zealand
Wellington Newrick Associates 1973 First Edition Original Cloth Near Fine with no dust jacket 
Xii, 619 pages. No signatures or stamps. No. 1222 of a limited edition of 1250 copies. "The literature relating to New Zealand is not only unusually interesting but is unusually extensive. "; 8vo 
Price: 45.83 NZD
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2 Hocken, T. M. A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to New Zealand
Wellington John Mackay, Government Printer 1909 First Edition Original Cloth Very Good with no dust jacket 
Some rubbing to cloth at ends of spine. Joints and hinges intact. No tears or chips to cloth. No signatures. A nice copy.; First printing. xii, 619 pages. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 241 x 151mm. "The literature relating to New Zealand is not only unusually interesting but is unusually extensive." - from the Introduction. ; 8vo 
Price: 84.60 NZD
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3 Hocken, T. M. A Bibliography of the Literature Relating to New Zealand
Wellington John Mackay, Government Printer 1909 First Edition Original Cloth Very Good- with no dust jacket 
Joints and hinges intact. No tears or chips to cloth. A nice copy.; First printing. xii, 619 pages. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 239 x 156mm. "The literature relating to New Zealand is not only unusually interesting but is unusually extensive." - from the Introduction. Former owner's name "E. Dunbar Bryant" on title page, and initials on front endpaper. This copy has has some newspaper clippings from the 1930s and 1940s relating to rare book auctions sales pasted to the endpapers and included loosely. The rear endpaper has clippings about the sale of Mr L. M. Grace's library in 1934, which included Lee and Kendall's Grammar, White's Ancient History of the Maori, Buller's Birds of New Zealand, and a Maori "Bible" printed in Sydney in 1833 (this would have been extracts only as a complete bible in Maori was not published until 1868). ; 8vo 
Price: 94.00 NZD
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4 Hocken, T. M. The Early History of New Zealand. Being a Series of Lectures Delivered Before the Otago Institute: Also a Lecturette on the Maoris of the South Island
Wellington John Mackay, Government Printer 1914 First Edition Hardcover Good with no dust jacket 
Previous owner's signature "A. W. Ross 21/6/34". Moderate rubbing to cloth at ends of spine and at corners of boards. A few small marks to boards. A couple of small 1/4" tears to cloth at ends of spine.; xi, [1], 280 pages+ frontispiece. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 212 x 137mm. Published posthumously. Includes a Memoir of the author by George Fenwick and a 2 page list of "The Works of Dr. T. M. Hocken". Not to be confused with the same author's similarly titled but different work "Contributions to the Early History of New Zealand". Selected contents: The Unknown Southern Land; Missionary Work; The New Zealand Company and Edward Gibbon Wakefield; The British and French race for Akaroa; Trouble between the Races; Maori War-dance; Continuation of the War; More Troops from New South Wales; Recall of Governor Fitzroy and Appointment of Captain Grey; Settlement of Otago; Early Whaling-stations; Severe trials for the Colonists; Change of Government in England; Struggles of the Company; Church of England Settlement; Claims of the French Company; Rise and Growth of the New Zealand Constitution; The Whence of the Maori; Greenstone; Tribal Fights; The Wairau Massacre; Acquirement of the Natives' Land. [Reference: Bagnall H1004 - "Aspects of New Zealand history down to the passing of the Constituion Act".] ; 12mo 
Price: 82.25 NZD
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