Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844: with some account of the beginning of the British colonisation of the Islands. (1908)
Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844: with some account of the beginning of the British colonisation of the Islands. By Edward Jerningham Wakefield
Publisher: Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1908, First one volume edition. (Bagnall W140).
Possibly owned by NZ author Maurice Gee, as his and his wife's name are written on the reverse of ffep with the date 1970 (the year they were married).
Good hardback with no jacket, some rubbing, chipping, bumping, foxing, fading and marks, splitting to cloth on spine, bubbling to cloth on front cover, some splitting to paper at internal hinges but binding firm, maroon end-papers are marked and there is some bleeding to edge of next couple of pages, some light tanning, creasing and foxing.
735 pages, illustrated.
ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.
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