Marsden's Lieutenants by John Rawson Elder
$75.00
John Rawson Elder's documentary history of the first Church Missionary Society agents sent to New Zealand under Samuel Marsden. The book draws on the correspondence and diaries of Thomas Kendall, William Hall and John King, recording the establishment and early years of the mission at the Bay of Islands in 1814–15.
The 1934 first edition was issued in a limited edition of 1,000 copies and is an important source for early nineteenth-century New Zealand and missionary history.
Bibliographic details:
Editor: John Rawson Elder
Publisher: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd. and A.H. Reed for the Otago University Council, Dunedin
Publication year: 1934
Edition: First edition, limited to 1,000 copies
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 280, plus plates and maps
Language: English
ISBN: None issued
Condition: Hardcover with heavily worn dust jacket. Jacket has extensive tearing, losses, chipping, creasing, tanning and surface wear, especially across the upper edge and front panel. Blue cloth boards are exposed at areas of jacket loss and show some wear. Interior pages are age-toned; binding remains intact.
Book details
- Authors
- John Rawson Elder (editor)
- Publisher
- Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd. and A.H. Reed for the Otago University Council
- Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Edition
- First edition; limited to 1,000 copies
Collections: ALL BOOKS, ALL PRODUCTS, ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, NON-FICTION BOOKS, NZ BOOKS, NZ NON FICTION, VINTAGE BOOKS
Type: NZ NON FICTION
Category: A000, ANTIQUARIAN, Bay of Islands, BOOKS, Church Missionary Society, John King, John Rawson Elder, Missionary History, New Zealand History, NON FICTION, NZ BOOKS, NZ NON FICTION, Otago University, Samuel Marsden, Thomas Kendall, VINTAGE BOOKS, William Hall
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