{"product_id":"up-and-down-or-fifty-years-colonial-experiences-in-australia-california-new-zealand-india-china-and-the-south-pacific-by-capt-w-j-barry","title":"Up and Down or Fifty Years Colonial Experiences In Australia, California, New Zealand, India, China, and the South Pacific by Capt. W. J. Barry.","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tm-markdown\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUp and Down or Fifty Years Colonial Experiences In Australia, California, New Zealand, India, China, and the South Pacific by Capt. W. J. Barry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, \u0026amp; Rivington, London, 1879. VERY SCARCE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood hardback with no jacket. Red cloth boards with gilt titles and design to front and spine, pages are gilt edged. Binding a little shaken, slight lean to spine, some rubbing, bumping and marks, no inscriptions, light foxing to a few pages, pages very good, minor marks, rear end-paper has been removed, publishing page is missing and has been replaced with a photocopy neatly tipped in. 307 pages, illustrated, plus publisher's adverts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeing the life history of Capt W J Barry. \"New Zealand: p.57, 157-237, 252, chiefly the author's experiences on the Otago goldfields, Cromwell (Barry was the first Mayor) and Queenstown. 'Full of early history and good stories' (Hocken).\" -- (Bagnall, B 325.). William Jackson Barry (1819 - 23 April 1907) was a New Zealand adventurer and writer. He was born in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England on 1819, and between 1866 and 1868 was Mayor of Cromwell. In 1883, Barry bought a whale skeleton that had beached itself on the sands in Nelson. Barry prepared and exhibited the skeleton at a Nelson store, and then on tour, before arriving in Dunedin. The Otago Daily Times reported that Barry opened the whale up to public inspection in a warehouse in St Andrews Street, even going so far as to hold a dinner party in its jaws. By August of 1883, Barry had sold the fin whale to Otago Museum, where it is still on display. Barry wrote a fantastical autobiography in 1878, \"Up and Down : Or, Fifty Years' Colonial Experiences in Australia, California, New Zealand, India, China, and the South Pacific; Being the Life History of Capt. W. J. Barry. Written by himself, 1878, with portrait of author, and other illustrations.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePick up from Phoenixbooksnz.com Waimate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease see our other listings for more great books: New Zealand History; Maori; First Editions; Signed; War \u0026amp; Military; Vintage \u0026amp; Antique, Hunting, Climbing, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49299948765431,"sku":"","price":174.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_1554.jpg?v=1734568716","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-de\/products\/up-and-down-or-fifty-years-colonial-experiences-in-australia-california-new-zealand-india-china-and-the-south-pacific-by-capt-w-j-barry","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}