Captain Ashby (3 results)

first edition 85pp ills.[b/w by irving montagu] VG- (green cloth w.gilt/blind dec.stamps and bevelled edges,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks prelims.but has title page,paper separation at title gutter,owner's sign.to title,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked,aeg).

First Edition. Early guide and history of New Zealand, designed to encourage more settlers. Original decorated green cloth. Small label to front cover. Author's presentation inscription to front pastedown to the clothier G.W. Strickett. Frontispiece of the author. A little rubbed at edges but generally VG.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Irving Montagu (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce nineteenth-century work presenting the history and advantages to living in New Zealand, with the intent to encourage more settlers. First edition.Bound in the publisher's pictorial boards. Scarce work.The author's presentation copy, gifted to "The Bethnal Green Museum, with the author's compliments. January 1890". Written by Captain Ashby, this work promotes the beauty, wealth and other advantages of New Zealand, with the aim to encourage future settlers. The author details their visits to the country, highlighting the various towns they viewed on their travels. Illustrated with a frontispiece and three plates by Irving Montagu. Collated, with all plates called for, with an additional plate not mentioned in other copies, containing a photograph of Auckland dated 1889. Bound in the publisher's pictorial boards. Externally, very good, with light rubbing to the extremities and joints and a few marks. Label residue to front cover. Darkening to the spine. Ink inscription to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. signed by author. book.