Alexander james edw (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. First Edition. No signatures. Some bumping to ends of spine. Some rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine. 3/8" at head of front panel of dust wrapper. 1/4" tear at head of dust wrapper spine. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover.; xv, [1], 326 pages + frontis + folding map. Maroon papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 214mm x 132mm. Reprint of the 1873 edition. "Major-General Sir James Alexander covers the major actions of the Maori Wars of the 1863-66 period, and names 'every officer, non-commissioned officer or private sentinel, soldier or seaman I could discover.'" - from the dust wrapper blurb.; 8vo.…

Hardcover. 2 Volumes. 8vo. pp. xiv, [1 leaf], 491; vi, [1 leaf], 576. title of Vol. I present in duplicate. large folding engraved map, 2 folding plans, 4 etched plates by Landseer after Heath, & 9 engraved portraits (incl. 2 frontis.). Untrimmed in original blind-stamped cloth (cloth discoloured, spine ends chipped, some fraying to joints, one cover detached, institutional bookplates & small paper labels on lower spines, some foxing to plates & adjacent leaves). First Edition. …

8vo. pp. xv, [1], 326, [2] + 32(publisher's catalogue). folding coloured map of the north island, 14 plates & 3 text illus. original black & gilt-stamped cloth (recased, with new endpapers, cloth soiled, head of spine repaired, some fraying to extremities). First Edition. A continuation of Alexander's previously published Incidents of the Maori War. New Zealand. In 1860-61 (1863), carrying the account forward to 1866, when the service of the Imperial troops ended. Included are descriptions of the engagements at Rangiriri, Merimeri, Orakau, the Gate Pa, Nukumaru, Wereroa, &c., the Marire superstition, the escape of Maori prisoners in Wellington Harbour, &c. Bagnall 79. Hocken p. 282.…