New Zealand South Australia and New South Wales. A Record of Recent Travels in these Colonies with Especial Reference to Emigration and the Advantageous Employment of Labour and Capital.

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London: Smith Elder 1842. 8vo. Orig. blind-stamped cloth with gilt embossed spine (spine faded; inner hinges strengthened). (xii 372pp.). With 2 folding maps and 2 steel engravings. Toning on title-page otherwise a fine copy. NOTE: A pleasant account of a ten-month visit to the Bay of Islands and Thames district in 1839-40 at the beginning of colonisation. A good description of Kororareka and its life the sale of Busby's township of Victoria the Treaty of Waitangi and an account of Adelaide and Sydney. (Hocken p.95).