The Mary Ira, being the narrative journal of a yachting expedition from Auckland to the South Sea Islands, and a pedestrian tour in a new district of New Zealand bush.
London: T Cautley Newby, 1867. 1st Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. [6], 324 pp, frontis lithograph, 5 plates, including one of Judges Bay, Auckland. Original cloth with decorated gilt spine. A very scarce account of a voyage in 1866 from Auckland to Norfolk Island and the New Hebrides, plus a journey from Whangarei to the Pataua and back. The book is unusual in including direct speech in the mix of the daily account of the voyage. Fine. Item #017935
Price: $985.55 NZD
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