Maling Peter (38 results)

Paperback. Condition: 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. Condition: 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.

Super octavo stapled wrappers (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo stapled wrappers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

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

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

Paperback. Condition: 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.

Super octavo, stapled light card covers (VG) in d/w (SCRUFFY, front flap missing); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

EX LIBRARY, super octavo, heavy card covers (VG) in d/w (SCRUFFY, front flap missing); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Publication No. 1. 64 pages. With colour and black and white illustrations . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: History; New Zealand; History; Inventory No: 219899.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. 66p (2p) Reprint edition with corrections With map and illustrations, the life at Mesopotamia Station, includes Butler's 'Forest Creek' manuscript and his letters to Tripp and Acland.

hardcover octavo (VG), d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Stapled. Condition: 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. Condition: 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).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First Edition. 66 pages, National Hist Places Trust Pub No.1.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First Edition. 66 pages, National Hist Places Trust Pub No.1.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. First Edition. 66 pages, National Hist Places Trust Pub No.1.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 238 pages, ltd edition / 750 copies, ex-library cancelled, still a very clean copy, the journals and letters of Charles Torlesse.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: 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. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: 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. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 316 pages, 141 colour and b/w plates, endpaper maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Limited. 238p D-J (rubbing around extremities, in protective plastic) Paper over boards, blue cloth spine, gilt titles Limited edition, journals and letters concerning the foundation of the Canterbury Settlement in New Zealand, with maps and illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. None (illustrator). Limited Edition. 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. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First Edition. 40cm x 28.5cm. 104 pages, illustrations, maps, some colour, some tipped in. Quarter leather, gilt lettering and decoration, clamshell folder. Pre-1850, though mostly 1838-50 sketches and maps of Banks Peninsula, on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, by French and British visitors to the region. Limited edition of 500 copies, of which this is number 388. Book is in Fine Condition. Moderate discolouration and minor soiling to clamshell with 3 small rubs to one edge. Category: Exploration; Geography & Maps. ISBN: 0589010301. ISBN/EAN: 9780589010300. Inventory No: 0020095.

Hb. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Clean dark blue cloth on boards with silver title and silver half-circle map. Very faint small smudge to the fore-edge. Nice clean contents. Coloured maps & charts. Binding is As New. Red ribbon bookmarker. 316p Dj: faint touch of a little rubbing and couple of small faint smudges. Large folio: 380 x 280 mm / 2 kgs.