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Softcover. Zustand: Very Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Label on front endpaper, "Glen Historic Collection / Southland". Small green circular sticker on front endpaper.; This copy is number 218 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. xviii, 266, [1] pages. French flaps. Page dimensions: 238 x 170mm. Illustrations in colour and black-and-white. History, New Zealand's sub-antarctic Auckland Islands. An edition of the diaries of two officers of the Southern Whale Fishery Company. "In 1849, the Enderby Settlement, so called after its visionary founder Charles Enderby, was lauded by British politicians as a 'well judged project'. With Enderby appointed Lieutenant Governor, as the Crown's representative, and Chief Commissioner of the Southern Whale Fishery Company, the lessee of the islands, the proposed colony carried the nation's hopes of reviving its global whaling industry. History records that the ill-fated settlement was to be dissolved within three years, without attaining its ambitious goals." - from blurb on front flap.…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. very clean softcover. no marks. clean text. solid binding very light wear. ISBN matches listing Fast service with confirmation, no international or priority orders over 4lbs.