Cover Section

Turnbull Library Record, Volume 2, Issue 2, 1 October 1969, Cover Page

Two new sets of greeting cards, reproduced from prints in the Library, have now been issued by The Friends of the Turnbull Library. From aquatints by John Webber and after John Cleveley, respectively:

Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, February 1777 and The Death of Captain Cook, February 1119. Both cards are in colour, approximately 6x 7| ins, and sell at 25 cents each.

Six engravings from the copper-plates in the British Museum (Natural History) made from watercolours prepared for Banks from Parkinson's sketches on Cook's first voyage. The subjects are:

Kaka-beak, Koromiko, Convolvulus, Native Iris, Dandelion, and Tree Fuchsia. In black and white, the cards are 10 cents each. An example of one of the cards is enclosed.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS FROM THE ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY

Published for the Library by the Government Printer: McCORMICK, E. H. Tasman and New Zealand: a bibliographical study. (Bulletin number 14) 1959. yip, plates 75 c. MARKHAM, Edward New Zealand or Recollections It, edited with an introduction by E. H. McCormick. (Monograph series, number 1) 1963. ii4p illus. (some plates in colour) $3.00.

BEST, A. D. W. The Journal Ensign Best, 1837-1843, edited with an introduction and notes by Nancy M. Taylor. (Monograph series, number 2) 1966. 465 P plates (col. fronds.) 53.50. Published by the Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust Board:

The FOX PRINTS and the FOX PORTFOLIO Three reproductions in colour of watercolours by Sir William Fox, two being in the Nelson area and one of Otaraia Pa on the Ruamahanga. Coloured surface of each, approximately 9 x 12 ins. $2.00 each, with descriptive leaflet. ALSO six other prints - Kaiteriteri; Lake Rotoroa: Tiraumea river; Tuakau; Hokitika; Pohaturoa rock - with a brochure by Dr E. H. McCormick. Edition of 2,000. Portfolio I4§x ins. Sold only as a set of 6, at $lO.

The BARRAUD PRINTS 1967: Wellington 1861; Lake Papaitonga, Horowhenua; The Barracks, Napier. Coloured surface, approximately iox 15 ins. $2.00 each, ivith notes.

The EMILY HARRIS PRINTS New Zealand flower paintings - Rangiora, Blueberry, Mountain cabbage-tree. Coloured surfaces, approximately 18x12 ins. Edition of 2,500. $2.00 each, with notes; set of 3, in illustrated folder, $6.00.

MAPLES TONE PRINTS To be issued December 1969. Hawkestone Street, Wellington; New Plymouth; Scene near Stoke, Nelson. All 1849. Published by the Friends of the Turnbull Library: Captain James Cook’s chart of New Zealand (1769-70), reproduced from the original in the British Museum by courtesy of the Trustees. Approximately 14 xl4 ins. Price 20c. Offprints of the articles on S. C. Brees in November 1968 Turnbull Library Record available 25c.

Set in ‘Monotype’ 10 pt and 12 pt Bembo and printed by the Pelorus Press Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand