Adventure in New Zealand, 1839-1844 (Two Volumes)
by: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham

Hardcover. Amsterdam / NY, N. Israel / Da Capo Press, reprint, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Two matching hardcover volumes, 482 and 546 pages. High quality facsimile of the 1845 John Murray edition published in London. Illustrated with a black-and-white folding map. Mylar covers without dust jackets as issued. "With Some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands". Wakefield went to New Zealand with the first settlers in the Tory in 1839 and remained there until 1844, keeping his diary about the proceedings of the settlers. One of the most important works on the early settlement of New Zealand. Clean, bright copies. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.