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YATE, REV. WILLIAM - An Account of New Zealand
Starting Bid: $100
Estimate:
$200 - $300
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196 Rare Books including The John Mowbray Collection
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YATE, REV. WILLIAM
An Account of New Zealand and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island.
London: Seeley and Burnside 1835, first edition. 4p.l., 310p, [10]p, frontis [port], 9 plates [1 colour] 1 fldg map. 205mm, bound in the original purple cloth. A sprinkle of light foxing, book plate of W.H. De Luen on endpaper. Spine faded, with chips at spine ends and cloth spilt along centre of the spine strip. Complete copy of the rare first edition.
Yate arrived in the Bay of Islands Jan 1828 spending over 5 years at Kerikeri and at Waimate. He left in June 1834 and on the voyage home prepared the manuscript for his book... Bagnall 6205.
Provenance: John Mowbray Collection.
An Account of New Zealand and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island.
London: Seeley and Burnside 1835, first edition. 4p.l., 310p, [10]p, frontis [port], 9 plates [1 colour] 1 fldg map. 205mm, bound in the original purple cloth. A sprinkle of light foxing, book plate of W.H. De Luen on endpaper. Spine faded, with chips at spine ends and cloth spilt along centre of the spine strip. Complete copy of the rare first edition.
Yate arrived in the Bay of Islands Jan 1828 spending over 5 years at Kerikeri and at Waimate. He left in June 1834 and on the voyage home prepared the manuscript for his book... Bagnall 6205.
Provenance: John Mowbray Collection.
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