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Waikouaiti & Shag Valley Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Fifteenth Annual Show poster
Supplement to the Palmerston and Waikouaiti Times
Dental air drill.
The first air drill purchased by the Dental School.
Wanderings in South America
This book first appeared in 1825, though this edition, with its handsome binding, was printed much later, probably in 1894. Although Waterton's style is clearly dated and, to our ears, rather pompous, his work has been often reprinted even in the…
Captain James Cook. Taken from a painting in the Trinity House, Hull.
Margin below image in ink: Captain James Cook. Taken from a painting in the Trinity House, Hull; imprinted: Turner & Drinkwater, Regent’s Terrace, Hull; below plate marks in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: This was given to me on the understanding that…
Maps of the poles
These two maps show how little was known about Antarctica as late as 1825. Weddell managed to sail just over 200 miles farther south than Cook before fleeing the impending winter, and his record was not bettered until 1911. His book was revised and…
Sydney Opera House
Famous buildings and plazas appear throughout this exhibit, but they usually became tourist attractions only upon completion. This 1965 pamphlet celebrated what the Sydney Opera House hoped to become. Would any reader be interested today if the…
A journey into Greece
Dedicated to the King, this volume displays a reasonably early interest in natural history. Indeed, because Dr. Spon had published his account in French a decade earlier, and because an English bookseller had brought out a translation, Wheler had to…
Clouds, hill and Claudia.
Upper left (u.l.) with brush in capitals: Clouds, Hills & Claudia, u.r. in capitals: R. White ’72
Victory Beach. Victory Aue.
A: vertically right in crayon: Victory Beach; verso: [reverse image in pencil]; b: l.l. - l.r. in crayon & wax crayon: Aue Victory Aue; verso: [reverse image in pencil]; c.: l.l. - l.r. in crayon & wax crayon: Aue Victory Aue; verso: [reverse image…
A personal diary
This small vellum diary, with its middle tie, is precisely the sort of notebook an observant gentleman would be expected to carry on his travels. This traveller describes the coinages in Florence and Genoa, records epitaphs, and sketches coats of…