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MP3 Audio CD. A narrative of a nine months' residence in New Zealand in 1827: Chapter 9 CHAPTER I. VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY. Having made up my mind to visit the island of New Zealand, and having persuaded my friend Mr. Shand to accompany me, we made an arrangement for the passage with Captain Kent, of the brig Governor Macquarie, and, bidding adieu to our friends at Sydney, in a few hours (on October 20th, 1827) we were wafted into the great Pacific Ocean. There were several other passengers on board, who were proceeding to New Zealand to form a Wesleyan missionary establishment at Hokianga. Amongst these were a Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs, who were most enthusiastic in the cause. They had formerly belonged to the same mission at Whangaroa, when a war which took place amongst the natives totally destroyed their establishment; and, after enduring great varieties of suffering, they escaped, but lost everything they possessed, except the clothes they had on. We had a very fine wind for nine days, and on the 29th… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. A narrative of a nine months' residence in New Zealand in 1827: Chapter 9 CHAPTER I. VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY. Having made up my mind to visit the island of New Zealand, and having persuaded my friend Mr. Shand to accompany me, we made an arrangement for the passage with Captain Kent, of the brig Governor Macquarie, and, bidding adieu to our friends at Sydney, in a few hours (on October 20th, 1827) we were wafted into the great Pacific Ocean. There were several other passengers on board, who were proceeding to New Zealand to form a Wesleyan missionary establishment at Hokianga. Amongst these were a Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs, who were most enthusiastic in the cause. They had formerly belonged to the same mission at Whangaroa, when a war which took place amongst the natives totally destroyed their establishment; and, after enduring great varieties of suffering, they escaped, but lost everything they possessed, except the clothes they had on. We had a very fine wind for nine days, and on the 29th… Read More

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Teddington: The Echo Library, 2007. Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Near Fine.. Paperback. Physically 9” x 6” (0.6 kg); 119pp; Includes: Appendices (2); ISBN: 1-4068-6315-7 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #199855|| Condition:

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Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1909.. 1909. Hardcover. 8vo. orig, cloth hardcover. 232pp. b/w plates. Good, foxing, some of the plates wavy on edge. Ingleton bookplate on front pastedown, spine faded. .

Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1909. Hardcover without dust jacket. Gilt lettering to front and to spine. First edition Thus. Previous owner's details penned to FEP and creases to upper edges of gutter pgs 118-119. Minor foxing to a few internal pages. Board edges lightly rubbed and bumped. Text is clean throughout. AD. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1832. 1832 First Edition. hardcover. x, 371pp, 16pp adverts, frontispiece, 6 plates, paper covered boards, recent new spine label, the boards look original, some staining to boards, one corner weak, foxing to plates but otherwise very clean internally, VG-.. Augustus Earle, 1793-1838, was a London born travel artist. Unlike earlier artists who worked outside Europe and were employed on voyages of exploration or worked abroad for wealthy, often aristocratic patrons, Earle was able to operate quite independently - able to combine his lust for travel with an ability to earn a living through art. On 17 February 1824, he left Rio de Janeiro aboard the Duke of Gloucester bound for the Cape of Good Hope, and onwards to Calcutta. Mid Atlantic storms forced the ship to anchor off the remote island of Tristan da Cunha. During the ship's stay in the island's waters, Earle went ashore with his dog and a crew member, Thomas Gooch, attracted by the idea… Read More

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman,, 1832. Book. Illus. by Earle, Augustus. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 16, x, 371 pages, frontispiece, 6 other plates (all present). Book is in the original grey card binding with a paper label on the spine, 4cm of the paper covering at the bottom of the spine missing. Old name Mariott on front cover and front endpaper. This copy has 16 pages advertising from the publisher dated May 1832 at the beginning of the book. Plates and text pages are clean. Augustus Earle (1793 - 1838) was a London-born travel artist. In 1824 he was forced to stay on the island of Tristan d'Acunha when the ship he was traveling on suddenly left while he was ashore. In 1827 - 1828 he spent several months in New Zealand where he met the Nga Puhi chief Hongi Hika. He also recorded travels through the northern parts of the North Island, meetings with Maori and missionaries. The plates show Maori dancing the war dance, the… Read More

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman,, 1832. Book. Illus. by Earle, Augustus. Good. Half-Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. x, 371 pages, frontispiece, 6 other plates (all present). Book is rebound in half leather cloth boards and marbled endpapers. This binding could be from the 19th century or early 20th century, old name "B. Gudgeon" on preliminary leaf. One of the plates has the bottom corner missing, ca. 1cm). Plates a little foxed. Augustus Earle (1793 - 1838) was a London-born travel artist. In 1824 he was forced to stay on the island of Tristan d'Acunha when the ship he was traveling on suddenly left while he was ashore. In 1827 - 1828 he spent several months in New Zealand where he met the Nga Puhi chief Hongi Hika. He also recorded travels through the northern parts of the North Island, meetings with Maori and missionaries. The plates show Maori dancing the war dance, the Haka, the New Zealand method of tattooing and other… Read More

London: Longman, Rees, Orme [et al.], 1832. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, [2], 371, []1]; 2 copper-engraved portraits, 5 aquatints (2 folding); the top margins of 3 plate show some waterstaining (entering the image on 1); otherwise a very good copy in a half polished tan calf binding by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, red morocco labels on gilt-decorated spine. Earle, "a professional artist, sailed for Hokianga from Sydney aboard the brig "Governor Macquarie" on October 20, 1827. Earle describes native life and religion, Captain Herd's settlement at Hokianga, and the natural history of New Zealand. The book includes an account of the massacre of Captain Marion de Fresne's crew by the New Zealanders in 1772, based on the testimony of a native eyewitness. pages [285]-371 contain Earle's narrative of Tristan da Cunha" (Hill). Not in Abbey, Travel; Hill 529; Sabin 21624.

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).