Stack J W (25 results)

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. B/w Photos & Illus (illustrator). 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 103 clean, unmarked pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile Edition. Facsimile Edition. In pictoiral wraps, 8vo, 246pp. (toning/browing to page edges/extremities). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Binding a bit shaken, corners a bit rubbed, text clean and unmarked. 1924 Hard Cover. 152, [1] pp. Black-and-white diagrams and illustrations throughout. A guide to the construction of numerous vehicles and mechanisms, including kites, electric cars, sleds, and canoes.

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Baseball, Sports) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. No date [1970s]. Rich with details of Maori life recorded by the son of one of the earliest missionaries in Whangaroa in 1823. Stack, born there in 1833, raised and conversant among Maori language and culture, returned in 1852. Valuable document for historic anthropology. 157pp. Color frontis, vignettes.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

REPRINT, Sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin.

REPRINT, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-) some moderate cracking to gutters; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy card boards, black lettering to spine and boards, black rule to boards, illus eps (nz maps), frontispiece (of Stack), xv + 255pp + 5pp adverts, VG (moderate scuffing and bruising to boards edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (chipping to spine extrem with tape repairs, moderate soiling).

Soft cover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. Colour Frontis, Sketches, Maps (illustrator). 2nd. Decorated Card with DJ. G+. 2nd. 18.5cm By 12.5cm. James Stack's manuscripts of his life in early NZ, where he was born in 1835, were not found until 1930s. His record covers his father's missionary activities, his own travels in the northern North Island, encountering and observing warlike tribes, describing the people, the vast bush areas etc, to leave an invaluable account of NZ as it then was. First published in NZ in 1935, by OUP in 1937. 157 pages, colour frontis, e/paper maps and one other, some b/w sketches. The card covers and text block are VG, whited out name on FFEP. The price clippedt colour art DJ has some edgewear, tiny section missing spine top and lower and top of rear fold.

FIRST EDITION, octavo red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus. eps., 255pp, VG (sl. scuffing to boards, light tanning and foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing chipping and creasing, minor archival tape repairs to top of spine).

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the life of Te Rauparaha, a prominent Maori chief who played a significant role in New Zealand's history. The author delves into Te Rauparaha's origins, tracing his rise to power and the impact he had on the Maori tribes during a period of great upheaval and warfare. The book examines the complex social and cultural dynamics of the Maori people, shedding light on their customs, beliefs, and the challenges they faced during the 19th century. Through the lens of Te Rauparaha's life, the author provides a captivating account of a pivotal era in New Zealand's past, offering insights into the resilience and adaptability of the Maori people in the face of adversity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Binding firm, spine sunned, interior clean and unmarked. Red boards have spots of edge wear at corners and spine head and foot. Black smudge on spine. 249 pp.

Through Canterbury and Otago with Bishop Harper in 1859-60 by Rev. J W Stack. Publisher: Nags Head Press, 1972. LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 200 COPIES. THIS BEING NO. 135. Hardback with jacket, bookplate of NZ author Frank Glen to ffep otherwise near new. Jacket has fading and marks with a small closed tear. 90 pages. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First English Printing. Very Good book in a Very Good dust wrapper.

THIRD EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, 399pp, illus, G+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading & tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters of first 52 pages- some pages loose/detached but present).

The Stirring Times of Te Rauparaha by W.T.L. Travers Also The Sacking of Kaiapohia by J.W.Stack Whitcombe & Tombs, First combined edition 1906 (Bagnall T678). Good hardback with red boards. Gilt titles to faded spine, black illustration to front board. Binding firm, boards have marks, rubbing, bumping and chipping, fraying to cloth at bottom right corner, paste downs and end-papers have been replaced, and spine may have been repaired or replaced but it does have original cloth with gilt titles on the spine. p 191 has some abrasions that have rubbed off some letters, pages 67, 72 and 74 have a deep vertical crease, rest of pages are very good with minor marks, creasing. 246; b/w illustrations all present. First section originally published as Some chapters in the life and times of Te Rauparaha, Chief of the Ngatitoa, in Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, v. 5 (1872). Second section originally published in 1893 under title Kaiapohia; the story of a siege. Te Rauparaha was a military leader of the Ngati Toa tribe, originally from the Kawhia region . Facing pressure from northern tribes, Te Rauparaha led his people south , settling in the Kapiti region of the lower North Island around 1820. Establishing a base on Kapiti Island, Te Rauparaha and his allies traded with European ships, acquiring muskets that gave them a military advantage. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. Using his new military power, Te Rauparaha's ambition extended across the Cook Strait to the South Island, leading to military campaigns against the Ngai Tahu people. The attack on Kaiapohia was the culmination of hostilities between Te Rauparaha's Ngati Toa and the Ngai Tahu tribe. Te Rauparaha visited the Kaiapohia pa on a trading mission but was attacked by the Ngai Tahu, and several of his men were killed. He escaped and swore revenge. In 1830, Te Rauparaha attempted an attack on the pa, but it was too well-fortified. He returned with a large, well-armed war party. The Ngai Tahu defenders trusted the pa's thick palisades to protect them from the muskets. After a three-month siege, Te Rauparaha adapted his tactics. He ordered the attackers to burn the pa's wooden palisades, a tactic previously unknown in Maori warfare. The fire spread, and the Ngati Toa forces swarmed inside, killing many of the defenders. The sacking of Kaiapohia was a blow to the Ngai Tahu and a victory for Te Rauparaha and his allies. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

first edition thus [2 titles bound as 1] 246pp ills.[b/w] octavo red cloth boards with profile portrait to front, VG- (TIRED COPY, binding shakey, prev. owner's details in pen to fep., cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall T678.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. No. 143 of the 200 copies of the annotated second edition. The book has no significant faults. The dust-jacket has a 3cm rip at the bottom of the spine but is complete.

8vo, 256pp, black & white illustrations. A good hardback copy in edgeworn dust jacket with loss to head of spine and corners. Foxing to fore edges.

8vo, 157pp, colour frontis, black & white illustrations. A good hardback copy in worn dust jacket with loss to head of spine. Light stain to front of cloth cover. Foxing to fore edges. Previous owner's details.

8vo, 255pp, black & white illustrations. A good hardback copy in worn and torn dust jacket with loss to head of spine. Foxing to fore edges, less so to endpapers. . Inscribed by the publisher A.H. Reed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. First Edition. Ex-library. Some library stamps, labels and markings. 16mm tear at tail of dust-jacket spine. Some foxing to page edges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 1937 UK edition of a title first published in New Zealand in 1935. 286, [2 (advertisements)] pages + frontispiece + 16 illustrations on 7 plate leaves. Advertisements on recto of rear free endpaper. Maps on endpapers. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 181 x 119mm. "Born in a Maori pa in 1835, when the New Zealanders were still cannibals, James West Stack, in his recently discovered MSS., tells the story of his early life, spent on his father's mission stations, in perilous isolation amidst warlike tribes. Here are true stories of adventure, interspersed with graphic word pictures of the Maori of those days, and of the land and sea, forests and rivers, that he loved." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Forewordo by Archbishop Churchill Julius; Preface; James West Stack, Memoir; Early Maoriland Adventures of James West Stack: Puriri and Mangapouri; Mangapouri; Te Papa; Te Papa (continued); Poverty Bay; East Cape; East Cape (continued); East Cape (continued); A Whaling Station; Captain Cook's Well; Journey to East Cape; East Cape; East Cape (continued); Journey to Kawakawa; East Cape and Voyage to Auckland; St John's College, Auckland; Sydney; Appendices: I - Sir Julius von Haast - A Biographical Note by H. F. von Haast; II - The Maori and His Greenstone - Notes on Maori Manufacture of Greenstone by J. W. Stack; Index. [Reference: Bagnall S1455 - "The first section of Canon Stack's reminiscences dealing chiefly with his childhood recollections of mission life in the Waikato and on the East Coast, prefaced by A. H. Reed's biography (p.23-98)."].

FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY THE EDITIOR. Sm 8vo, red cl bds, spine & front board lettered & rolled in black, illus. eps, frontis., xv + 255 pp. + [5] pp. advts., VG+ (light scuffing & creasing tobds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges & eps, prev ownership inscription to front pastedown, light soiling & foxing to prelims/terminals, signature (A. H. Reed) to tp, light soiling & foxing throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing.fading & soiling, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, archival repairs to head/tail spine folds & front/back flap extrems).

First edition, Bagnall S1463, scarce, octavo, beige paper stapled wrappers iwth brown cloth spine, 28pp, VG (some staining & soiling to covers, creasing to cover corners, moderate browning to edges).