$40.00
1g76/26
New Zealand, or Zealandia, The Britain of the South: Volume 1
Author:
HURSTHOUSE, CHARLES
Title:
New Zealand, or Zealandia, The Britain of the South: Volume 1
Subtitle:
With Two Maps and Seven Coloured Views (Missing)
Publisher:
Edward Stanford 1857
Description:
First edition, volume 1 only, octavo, blue cloth boards with blind-stamped decorative rule to boards & gilt motif to centre front board, xvi + 328pp, G (lacks spine, lacks fep, front board only attached by one stitch, fading & chaffing to boards, fraying & bruising to board corners, some tape repair to board/spine folds, tape reinforcement to hinge at centre (pg 192/193), browning to page edges, some foxing)
Keywords:
Charles Hursthouse New Zealand history geology scenery climate natural history flora fauna minerals Maori government agriculture immigration