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1884 Maoriland an Illustrated Handbook to New Zealand
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce
The first edition of this scarce work.
A fantastic guide to New Zealand, issued by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. Each chapter devotes itself to a city or region in the country, alongside chapters on the colonisation of New Zealand, and the geological climate.
Illustrated with a frontispiece, one colour folding map, three folding plate, three colour maps, and sixteen plates. Collated, complete.
By Alexander Wilson.
Thirty-three pages of adverts to the front, and twenty to the rear.
Condition
In a full morocco binding. Externally, worn, with loss to the tail of the spine, and a smaller chip to the head of the spine. Light rubbing and marks to the boards and spine. Spine is a little faded. Bookseller's label to the front paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, with the occasional scattered spots.
Good
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