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A First Year in Canterbury Settlement (presentation copy from the author's father).



Book Description
First edition. 8vo. pp. x, 162, 32 (pubs. ads.); folding map frontis.; very good in the original plum cloth,
gilt, faded on spine. A presentation copy “From the Editor”.
Dealer Notes
Hoppe 2. Butler’s first book based on his letters from New Zealand in 1859, where briefly he had become a sheep farmer; the book was edited by his father. Butler himself always disliked the book, and never allowed a reprint, despite its out-of-print popularity in his lifetime.
Author
Butler, Samuel.
Date
1863
Binding
Hardback, original cloth, gilt
Publisher
London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green
Condition
Sunned on spine.
Pages
pp. x, 162, 32 (pubs. ads.)
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