Ruth M Allan (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: As new. First Edition. A SOMETHING ELSE READER edited by Dick Higgins with pieces by Eleanor Antin, George Brecht, Pol Bury, Augusto de Campos, Clark Coolidge, Philip Corner, William Brisbane Dick, Robert Filliou, Albert M. Fine, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Hugh Fox, Buckminster Fuller, Eugen Gomringer, Brion Gysin, Richard Hamilton, Al Hansen, Jan J. Herman, Dick Higgins, Åke Hodell, Ray Johnson, Allan Kaprow, Kitasono Katue, Bengt af Klintberg, Alison Knowles, Richard Kostelanetz, Ruth Krauss, Jackson Mac Low, Robert K. Macadam, Toby MacLennan, Hansjörg Mayer, Charles McIlvaine, Richard Meltzer, Manfred Mohr, Claes Oldenburg, Pauline Oliveros, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, Charles Platt, Bern Porter, Dieter Roth, Aram Saroyan, Tomas Schmit, Carolee Schneemann, Mary Ellen Solt, Daniel Spoerri, Gertrude Stein, André Thomkins, Wolf Vostell, and Emmett Williams. 368 pages, paper with stiff cover. BLACK AND WHITE REPRODUCTIONS. As new.…

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with a pen name and missing a dust jacket . From Maori occupation through to modern times.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with the ownership inscription of Nelon Hunting Author Newton McConockie. The jacket has major problems. From Maori occupation through to modern times.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with a slightly edge nicked jacket. From Maori occupation through to modern times. Small chip to the jacket. Some light tape stains to the end papers.

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii+458pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, stamps to fep., light scuffing and soiling to boards) in d/w (VG, usual markings, plastic covered with adhesive strips).

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st. Nelson province has a history as diverse as its terrain, beauty, coastal gems, rugged hill country and also the fruits of its land that stem from the efforts of its early settlers. They faced many difficulties and hardships when initiating this productive and appealing environment. When the time came to prepare a history of Nelson city and its provincial regions, based on that early settlement, the completion of the volume also faced a diverse set of factors. In 1951 the Nelson City Council decided such a history should be prepared and commissioned Ruth Allan, an academic with a strong interest and deep knowledge of NZ histrory, to compile the book. However, she died in March 1958, a few days before reaching her 40th birthday. Examination of the material she had gathered found a number of very long chapters, with several others begun but incomplete, in addition there were drafts and "amended" drafts, copious research notes and a comprehensive card index bibliography. Although there was this reservoir of material, it was also obvious that it was insufficient to produce the planned history, but it was decided work should proceed and Professor J C Beaglehole of Victoria University was appointed to oversee and edit the history. Ruth Allan's friends and associates familiar with her work on the book and her plans for its presentation co-operated on the task and an additional chapter on the exploration of the province was produced by Nancy M Taylor while Pamela Cocks completed another chapter dealing with issues arising over the allocation of land between the initial settlers and the New Zealand Company, the settlement organisers. Thus, eventually what is a very fine NZ pioneering history was completed --- a tribute to the original author and all those whose combined skills and efforts brought about this success. The completed volume of "Nelson" comprised 13 chapters covering differing aspects of "early settlement" including the area's pre-European Maori background, planning for the settlement and the arrival; of the first settlers from Britain, early urban and rural developments, the land problems, the Wairau Massacre and its aftermath, "lean years " that faced the settlers with another on later arriving German settlers. Basically, the history covers the period from the early 1840s when the New Zealand Company developed its plans for Nelson, to the earlry years of the 1850s by which time the settlers were well settled but serious questions regarding land ownership and distribution were still being worked through when the Company ceased operations, surrendered its charters, with the Crown assuming responsibility for the Company's affairs. Despite the difficulties faced in completing the text, "Nelson" turned out to be a substantial and well crafted volume. First edition 1965 produced by Reed for the Nelson City Council, 458 pages including bibliography and index. Illustrated with b/w photos and art, document reproductions plan and maps --- frontis and 27 illustration through the text block --- map end-papers. Brown hard covers with gilt spine titles are VG+, text block is excellent, no inscriptions. Wrap-round colour art DJ by Charles Heaphy. showing ships in Tasman Bay, is VG+ with two short tears, few chips. Art, Photos, Documents, Plan, Maps (illustrator).…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: VG - Near Fine. First Edition. (frontis) xxvii (1p) 458p D-J Signature FEP VG - Near Fine With maps and illustrations, the detailed history of the Nelson area, from pre-European through to close settlement and organised immigration, a nice copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good+/No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Very Good+/No Jacket. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Nelson: A History of Early Settlement by Ruth M Allan. Publisher: Wellington, A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1965. FIRST EDITION. SCARCE. Very good hardback with jacket. Boards have a little rubbing, creasing and bumping, otherwise excellent condition with no inscriptions. Jacket is chipped and rubbed at edges with a closed tear, spine is dulled down. 458 pages with 20 pages of b/w plates. When Mrs Allan died in 1958 her work was incomplete but under the guidance and editorship of J. C. Beaglehole. Nancy Taylor and Pamela Cocks were able to use Ruth Allan's notes to complete chapters on the German settlements and the exploration of the district so that the work could be published for the Nelson City Council in 1965. On page 29 Ruth Allan makes reference to Captain James McKenzie Maclaren who settled on 150 acres of land on the east side of Croiselles Harbour in 1838 and so became Nelson's first white settler. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 458 pages, D/J small tears/chipped.

48 pp.; 27.3 x 21.5 cm.; glue bound; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held September 15 - October 19, 1979. Curated and with a foreword by Nancy Buchanan. Artists include Lee Whitten, Ruth Iskin, Visual Communications, James M. Woods, Helen Mayer Harrison, Newton Harrison, Leslie Labowitz, Suzanne Lacy, Fred Lonidier, Martha Rosler, Bonnie Sherk, Allan Sekula, Judith F. Baca, and Josephine Gear. Each artist contributed an essay or artist's project to the catalogue. Includes biographies. Good. 8.3 cm. area of yellow soiling to recto. 7 mm. tear to bottom edge of recto with 7.5 cm. crease to bottom edge. Soiling on recto has bled through to first page with 1.5 cm. area. Yellowing of covers and pages. …