Owner's signature. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Some spotting to top page edges. Large white adhesive tape repairs to reverse of dust wrapper. 2 1/2" tear along front fold of dust wrapper. Water mark stains to tail of dust wrapper. 1/2" x 1" chip to dust wrapper at head of spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; (494) pages + plates. Green cloth boards. Page Dimensions: 211mm x 142mm. Contents: Part One - The First Years - Early Days in Penzance; The Young Printer; London; Sydney Bound; The Cruise of the Blackbird; Part Two - The Bay of Islands - Paihia; The Printing House; Mission Problems; First Visit to the East Coast; Allan Cunningham; Journey to Te Reinga; Waitangi; Early Short Journeys; First Waikaremoana Journey; Printer of Missionary; Selwyn; Te Waimate; Paihia to Deliverance Cove; The Walk To Ahuriri; Second Waikaremoana Journey; Ordination; Part Three - The Ahuriri Mission - Introduction; Occupation; First Journey to the Ruahine Range; The First Wellington Journey; Ten Thousand Square Miles; Ahuriri Problems and the Tarawera Journey; First Visit to Mokai Patea; A Difficult Winter; Wairarapa Road Parties; Second Crossing of the Ruahine Range; Explanations to the Lieutenant-Governor; The Rangitikei Journey; Journey to Mokai Patea via Taupo; The Break with Renata Kawepa; Rebecca; The Coming of Donald McLean; The Kuripapango-Taruarau Journey; Conflict; Nemesis; Retribution; Part Four - Politics; Birth of a Province; Member of the General Assembly; The Break from Waitangi; McLean Enters Politics; Part Five - Return to Science; Lexicographer; The Exhibition Essays; The Maori Lexicon; School Inspector; Gerontius; Historical and Scientific Papers; "Dreaming on Both"; Bibliography; Appendices - The First Plants Gathered from Mount Hikurangi; Captain Cook in Hawke Bay; Karepo Hiaro's Last Words; The Moa; The Tamil Bell; Summary of Ruahine Journeys; Glossary of Maori Words; Index. [Reference: Bagnall B25] ; 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

Title: William Colenso: Printer Missionary Botanist Explorer Politician His Life and Journeys
Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed (1948), Wellington
Publication Date: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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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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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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