{"product_id":"marsdens-lieutenants-by-john-rawson-elder","title":"Marsden's Lieutenants by John Rawson Elder","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBibliographic details:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nEditor: John Rawson Elder\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd. and A.H. Reed for the Otago University Council, Dunedin\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication year: 1934\u003cbr\u003e\nEdition: First edition, limited to 1,000 copies\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 280, plus plates and maps\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: None issued\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BOOKS WORTH KEEPING","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323370893371,"sku":"BK290926-02","price":75.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0594\/9266\/3355\/files\/marsdens-lieutenants-elder.jpg?v=1790674848","url":"https:\/\/booksworthkeeping.co.nz\/products\/marsdens-lieutenants-by-john-rawson-elder","provider":"Books Worth Keeping ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}