Rambles At The Antipodes : A Series Of Sketches Of Moreton Bay, New Zealand, The Murray River And South Australia, And The Overland Route

[Wilson, Edward (1914-1878)]

Verlag: W. H. Smith and Son, London, 1859

Beschreibung

Front board nearly detached. Lacking front free endpaper, 1 plate and 1 map. Frontispiece and title leaf and 1 plate detached. Chip to detached plate. 30mm tear to folding map. ; iv, 219, [1 (blank)] pages + 11 of 12 lithograph plates (including frontispiece) + 1 of 2 maps. Lacking front free endpaper, 1 plate and 1 map. Orange cloth boards with gilt illustration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 171 x 105mm. Illustrations by S. T. Gill. Folding map with some hand-colouring to coastlines. Map is titled: "Map of the South Eastern portion of Australia and New Zealand : Shewing the part of the Continent as yet principally occupied by Colonists. 1859." Some plates with blue colour to skies. [References: Bagnall 6132 : "'A glance at New Zealand': p.65-112, politics, description, Auckland, Napier (Maori chiefs), Maori-European relations."; Ferugson 18649 : "Orange, blue or brown blind-stamped cloth boards"; Hocken p. 197: "Intense officialism is rampant in Auckland. Excellent description of the natives, whose character is well and favourably estimated. Several tables are given of meteorology, export and import, climate, and mortality. The illustrations are by a well-known Australian artist."]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 24407

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Rambles At The Antipodes : A Series Of ...

Verlag: W. H. Smith and Son, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1859

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Poor

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.