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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The C.L. Thomas Collection
• Sale Date:
  21 Mar 2012 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  118
• Lot Description:
  Cruise, Richard A - Journal of a ten months' residence in New Zealand.
  2nd ed. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. 8vo. vi, 325p. Frontispiece. 1504. Rebound. Gilt-tooled half leather/tan cloth boards. Marbled endpapers. Slight trimming to contents. Some wear to binding, especially to corners. Some wear, soiling and browning to contents. Tidy repairs to a few pages. Bound by Riviere & Son. The store ship Dromedary, after discharging convicts and supplies at Sydney, crossed the Tasman on her return voyage to collect spars. Visits were paid to the Bay of Islands, Whangaroa, the Hauraki Gulf, Tamaki, the Thames and (without entering the harbour) Hokianga. Cruise, as O/C of the military escort, had time to record his impressions of the region and of Maori society during the climax of Hongi's influence and the intertribal wars. Contrasts to the tensions and brutalities come from not uncommon vignettes on more peaceful aspects of Maori character and activity. A handsome copy. Binding G+. Contents G.
• Estimate:
  NZ$600 - 600
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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