EARLE, Augustus. 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.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman, 1832.
£ 600
FIRST EDITION. 8vo. 371 pp. Illustrated with 7 full page plates, after drawings by A. Earle and printed by J. Stewart; 2 folding and one on frontis opposite t-page. Extremely minor foxing; otherwise very clean and crisp paper; Bradford Exchange Library stamp on the illustrations. Modern half-calf with marbled boards; gilt title, tooled and ornamental decoration on spine. Advertisement leaves missing. A fine copy of an early and important work on New Zealand and its inhabitants.