The England of the Pacific or New Zealand as an English Middle-Class Emigration-Field. A Lecture.

Clayden, Arthur

Verlag: Wyman & Sons, London, 1879

Beschreibung

Front wrapper detached. Wrappers chipped at margins. Internally good. Some underlining and marginalia in blue coloured pencil. Label of "The Epsom Trust" on first leaf. ; Uncommon. Second edition (enlarged, in the same year as the first edition). [2 (verso: advertisement for Orient Line)], 65, [7 (advertisements)] pages + 8 plates. Printed paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 218 x 138mm. Title continues: "Together with A Reprint of Letters to the Daily News on The English Agricultural Labourer in New Zealand; Notes of a Month's Trip on Horseback through the North Island of New Zealand, and of a Forty Days' Trip to Australia; and a Few Plain Directions for Intending Emigrants." "One or two additions have been made with the view of meeting a want for more definite information on the part of farmers who contemplate a removal to the sunny South." - from the Preface to the Second Edition. The plates are full page wood engravings, showing: Governor's House, Auckland; Hereford Street, Christchurch; Port Chalmers; Maitai Valley, Nelson; Lyttelton; Government House, Wellington; Wanganui Bridge, Wellington; Mount Egmont and Ranges, Taranaki. [References: Bagnall 1283 - Some additional material such as a note on the Piako Swamp Co. and the New Zealand Agricultural Co. Ltd."; see also Bagnall 1282 for the first edition - "A most encouraging view of the country; the month's journey (p.44-45) was from Wellington to Wanganui, New Plymouth, Woodville and Featherston. Good comments on some smaller centres."; Hocken p. 317 - "Strongly recommends New Zealand as an unsurpassed field for emigration."; Ferguson 8365 (see also Ferguson 8364 for the first edition - "Occasional Australian reference."]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 23351

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Titel: The England of the Pacific or New Zealand as...

Verlag: Wyman & Sons, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1879

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Fair

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket