Marsden and the Missions: Prelude to Waitangi

No signatures. Moderate foxing. Heavy fading to cloth at head and tail (purple colour has faded to brown). A 20mm tear to cloth at head of spine. 3mm missing to cloth along tail of spine. Large chips at head and tail of dust-jacket spine. Quite heavy foxing to dust-jacket.; New Zealand edition (Angus & Robertson published an Australian edition in the same year, priority unknown). xix, (5), 295, (1) pages + frontispiece + 19 plates. Purple cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Contents: Martha Marsden; The Downfall of the Rev. William Yate; The Bay of Islands, 1830-9; 'His Majesty's Resident at New Zealand'; The Brethren of Mangungu; The Rev. Joseph Orton; George Hawke; The Followers of the Red God; Anglicans and Wesleyans; Martha Marsden in New Zealand; Titore and Pomare; Appendix; Bibliography; Index. [Bibliographical Reference: Bagnall R32 - "An edition of 1 000 copies"]. ; 8vo

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Publisher: A. H. and A. W. Reed

Year: (1936)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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