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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  10 Dec 2014 ~ 12noon (NZ time)
• Lot #:
  46
• Lot Description:
  Great Britain Colonial Office - Papers relative to the affairs of New Zealand : [presented by her majesty's command]
  [London] : Ordered to be printed [for H.M.S.O.], 1845. 4to. iv, 162 p. Rebound. Blue cloth boards, new endpapers. Chiefly relating to Lord Stanley and Govenor Fitzroy. Scarce. Bound together with 'Copies or extracts of despatches from the Govenor of New Zealand, received since those last presented to Parliament - (14 march 1845, sess paper, No. 131). Also with 'Copies or extracts of despatches from the Govenor of New Zealand, received since those last presented to Parliament - (22 April 1845, sess paper, No. 247') ; 'Copies of letters from Mr. Shortland, late Acting Governor, and Mr. Busby, late Resident of New Zealand, to Lord Stanley and Mr. G. Hope' and 'Copies or extracts of correspondence relative to an attack on the British settlement at the Bay of Islands by the natives of New Zealand'. The latter includes a sketch of Kororaeka. All with light wear. A very scarce collection. G+.
• Estimate:
  NZ$500 - 500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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