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BAINES, WILLIAM MORTIMER, The Narrative of Edward Crewe
Starting Bid: $30
Reserve not met
Estimate:
$60 - $100
Ended
Timed Auction
163: Rare Books
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BAINES, WILLIAM MORTIMER
The Narrative of Edward Crewe
or Life in New Zealand by W.M.B. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Searle 1874. iv, 288p, 48p of adverts. 180mm original red decorative cloth with gilt titles. Loosely enclosed biographical notes re W.M. Baines. An account probably part autobiographical describing the voyage to New Zealand in the ‘Sir Edward Paget’, 1850, life in Auckland, shipping timber in a schooner, trading etc. Appears to be a variant copy, no frontis.
The Narrative of Edward Crewe
or Life in New Zealand by W.M.B. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Searle 1874. iv, 288p, 48p of adverts. 180mm original red decorative cloth with gilt titles. Loosely enclosed biographical notes re W.M. Baines. An account probably part autobiographical describing the voyage to New Zealand in the ‘Sir Edward Paget’, 1850, life in Auckland, shipping timber in a schooner, trading etc. Appears to be a variant copy, no frontis.
