A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827; Together With a Journal of a Residence in Tristan d'Acunha, an Island Situated Between South America and the Cape of Good Hope. [Draughtsman to His Majesty's surveying-ship THE BEAGLE]
de Earle, Augustus
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
-
Portland, Maine, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover. An early and important work on New Zealand (Maori social life, Hokianga, etc.). Overall, a rather handsome copy. From the collection of Edouard Stackpole, renowned whaling scholar, curator of Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, CT. 1951-1966) and director of the Peter Foulger Museum (Nantucket, MA. 1969-1986). Light shelf/edge wear, light rubbing to boards, light foxing at preliminaries and plates, tidemark at fore-edge of frontispiece, ownership signature at ffep and title page, binding professionally repaired (see separate restoration report), else tight, bright and unmarred. 8vo. 371pp. Illus. (b/w plates).
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- Inventario del vendedor #
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- Título
- A Narrative of a Nine Months' Residence in New Zealand in 1827; Together With a Journal of a Residence in Tristan d'Acunha, an Island Situated Between South America and the Cape of Good Hope. [Draughtsman to His Majesty's surveying-ship THE BEAGLE]
- Autor
- Earle, Augustus
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1832
- Palabras clave
- History, History of Ideas, Non-Fiction | Nature, Outdoors, Fishing & Hunting
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
