[Rarebooks] FS: DISTURBED DISTRICTS OF NEW ZEALAND 1870

[Kaaterskill Books]

We offer for Sale:

Meade, Herbert George Philip. Meade, Robert Henry, ed. A RIDE THROUGH 
THE DISTURBED DISTRICTS OF NEW ZEALAND: TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNTS 
OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS: BEING  SELECTIONS FROM THE JOURNALS AND 
LETTERS OF LIEUT., THE HON. HERBERT MEADE...  EDITED BY HIS BROTHER. 
London: John Murray, 1870 x, [i], 375, [2], Adv. [32] pp. Illus. with 
4  chromolithographic plates (incl. frontis), 2 maps (1 folding), and 
18 engravings. 8vo. Modern quarterbound red  morocco, gilt rules and 
titles, with speckled gray calf boards (hardback).  Allibone 1099 
(2nd ed). Bagnall 3477.  Larkin 478. Griffin: List of Books on Samoa 
and Guam p.15. Turner Collection 9323. First edition.

The author was a Naval Lieutenant stationed in the South Seas. Covers 
the Auckland to Lake Taupo expedition in New Zealand and travels to 
South Pacific islands including Fiji, Tongan Islands, Samoa, the 
Solomon Islands, Norfolk Island, Friendly Islands. Spine rubbed, 
mainly at the hinges, else very good+ to near fine, rebound with new 
endpapers, small nick to fore edge of title page, some occasional 
very light foxing, small tear to folds of map, leaves clean, plates 
bright. A handsome copy in the elusive first edition with colored 
plates.  [28538]  $400.00

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