Barton R J Compiled By (2 results)

Octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 440pp + unpaginated index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light staining to spine, light discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional light to moderate cracking to some gutters).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Spine lettering rubbed and faded. Previous owner's label on front endpaper, H. W. Insull, New Plymouth. Minor abrasion to front endpaper where a label has been removed. Label mostly removed from rear endpaper. A few spots of foxing. Pencil marginalia on one blank page.; [xii (first leaf blank) (including frontispiece)], 440, [10], [2 (blank)] pages. Green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 216 x 132mm. New Zealand history, 19th century. "The Journals and Correspondence of the Rev. John Butler Who Was The First Ordained Clergyman in New Zealand 1819 to 1824 and 1840." [Reference: Bagnall B1862 - "Extracts deal principally with Butler's work at Bay of Islands Mission with last chapter on residence at Petone."]. …