Spine poor with tears to joints. Text block in good plus condition. 4" split to cloth in front joint. 1 1/2" split to cloth in rear joint. 3/4" closed tear to cloth at head of spine. Spine cloth brittle. Gutter broken at front hinge. Gutter just starting at rear hinge. Front free endpaper torn out. Owner's signature on front pastedown. Minor foxing to half-title page, title page and following leaf. Slight foxing to some other leaves. Suitable for rebacking.; "Third Thousand" edition. xii, 456 pages. Red-brown cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine. Blind-stamped pattern to boards. Dimensions: 7 3/4" by 5". "It was the Author's intention to have offered some suggestions on Emigration; but having seen that other writers have anticipated him, and furnished much suitable advice to emigrants, the only remarks which he would now venture to make on the subject are these: If people are doing well at home, they had better be content to remain there, lest, like many he has met with, they should change for the worse." - from the author's preface. ; 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Southern World. Journal of a Deputation from the Wesleyan Conference to Australia and Polynesia: Including Notices of a Visit to the Gold-Fields
Publisher: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., London
Publication Date: 1855
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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We are located in Dunedin, in the south of the South Island of New Zealand. We are a generalist rare and out-of-print bookseller, selling books in most subject areas. Our stock of over 8,000 titles has particular strengths in the areas of New Zealand history and literature, Maori, Tibet and Central Asia, Travel, Military, and Antiquarian. We are a member of ANZAAB (Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers) and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).

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Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, PO Box 335, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: renaissancebooksnz@gmail.com. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.

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