Carter charles rooking (13 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 42 pages. Lacks rear wrapper, front wrapper lacks small pieces on the edges. A rare New Zealand bibliography. Charles Rooking Carter (1822 - 1896) was a New Zealand contractor, politician, and philanthropist from England. Carterton in the Wairarapa was named in his honour.…

Pictorial Cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. xii, 404 [4] pages, frontispiece and 100 other b/w illustrations. Small piece lacking from top of spine. rare self published account of travels in Europe in the early 1870s by Charles Rooking Carter who resided in Wellington New Zealand.

Pictorial Cover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. xii, 404 [4] pages, frontispiece and 100 other b/w illustrations. Rare self published account of travels in Europe in the early 1870s by Charles Rooking Carter who resided in Wellington New Zealand.

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. The wrappers are rubbed with some chips to margins. Some abrasions to the title lettering on the front wrapper. Front and rear wrappers are detached from spine and held on by adhesive tape across spine. Paper spine chipped and worn. Internally good. Complete. Rubber stamp of "T. Phipps" on title page. Some foxing.; Uncommon [Not in BM; WorldCat locates 8 copies in libraries: 2 in Australia, 6 in New Zealand]. [4], 120, [5 ("Works by the Same Author")] pages. Original printed pink paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 182 x 119mm. Narrative of the author's world trip. Includes accounts of visiting San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and the Falls of Niagara. Contents: London to Alexandria; Cairo - Heliopolis - Fellaheen; The Nilometer - Among the Tombs - The Cairo Citadel; The Tombs at Sakkarah; The Pyramid of Cheops; From Cairo in Egypt, to Colombo in Ceylon; A Visit to the Ancient City of Kandy; Ceylon to New Zealand; New Zealand; Across the Pacific Ocean from Auckland to San Francisco; calling at Kandavu and Honolulu; San Francisco - Journey from the City of Gold to the City of Saints; Salt Lake City and Brigham Young; Continuation of my journey across the North American Continent - From Ogden to Niagara; The Falls of Niagara; A Peep at New York and the Centennial Exhibition - Across the Atlantic to Liverpool. "The residents in San Francisco, as a rule, seemed respectable and well-to-do people; but that there are also swarms of adventurers, loafers and swindlers there, I am equally certain. I was advised not to stray far from my hotel after dark, and I found it good advice, for when I did so, to a very limited extent, I noticed I was followed, watched, and dodged from one shop window to another by more than one suspicious-looking man - a veritable-looking 'rough' of the London type." - page 86. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall "New Zealand National Bibliography" 1003.…

Boards. 1st edition. 1st ed., octavo, original cloth boards, large folding colour map 'Province of Victoria 1870', colour frontis (Port Phillip Head and Queencliff), colour plate (Pontoon Bridge at Echuca), pp xiv, 214 plus publisher's catalogue. Light creasing to upper pages, some previous restoration to the top and edges of the spine, slightly faded to edges of boards. Very good condition. Published under the pseudonym "A Colonist of Twenty Years Standing". Written on Carter's return to England, to encourage emigration to Victoria. Includes chapter on mining with information on the Ballarat Mining Company, underground works, shafts and tunnels, washing and gold collecting.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library, General Assembly Library, New Zealand. Parliamentary Library. Gilt library stamp on spine and front board. Leather rubbed and deteriorating at corners and ends of spine. 4mm loss of leather at top of joints.; Scarce. (i-ii), i-iv (List of Subscribers), (iii)-xii, 1-404, [1-4] (advertisements) pages + frontispiece. Rebound late 19th century in brown half morocco. Page dimensions: 199 x 133mm. Illustrated with 100 wood engravings, some full page, some in-text. Account of travel in Europe in the 1870s by a New Zealander. With several chapters on Italy, and descriptions of the author's travels in France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, England. "It has been written in the hope that it may prove interesting to my fellow colonists, and particularly, to those young men who, having been born in the Colony of New Zealand, have not had or, perhaps, may not have, the opportunity of visiting Europe" - from the Preface, page iv. The printed List of Subscribers is headed by Sir George Grey, Sir Donald M'Lean, I. E. Featherston, and W. Fitzherbert. [Reference: Bagnall 1001].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. vol 1 bound in a blue cloth -vol 2 published 1866 light bump bottom edge boun d in a reddish cloth spine sunned - both volumes good order.