Rev william yate (7 risultati)

SECOND EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 310pp + index to rear, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light chipping/cracking to spine extrems, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing throughout, occasional clumps of pgs loose but still attached, minor cracking to gutters, may lack maps and/or plates). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. The classic work from a deceased estate.

Rebacked with new eps and spine, complete with maps and plates, piece of original spine with title mounted to spine, octavo, green cloth boards, black cloth spine, frontispiece, xii + 320pp, illus plates, VG- ( moderate rubbing to boards, moderate brusing & fraying to board corners & edges, light tanning to page edges, heavy foxing to prelims & plates, sporadic foxing to pages).…

FIRST EDITION, LACKS MAP, RECASED WITH NEW EPS, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, maps to prelims, 310pp + index to rear, illus, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing to pgs throughout, frontis partially loose).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. London: Seeley and Burnside, London, 1835. First Edition. Original cloth covers, frontispiece of W.Yate. Pages have foxing. 10 plates, fold out map of New Zealand, all present and in good condition. Index at rear. The Rev Yate spent seven years in New Zealand before returning to NSW and being dismissed from the mission for misconduct. This work provides an account of the geography, flora and fauna, the social structure of the Maoris, and a history of the mission.   Condition Report Externally Spine good condition worn, creased to top and base, gilt titles. Joints good condition worn. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition marked and worn. Page edges very good condition top edge dusty. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition foxed. End papers good condition foxed. Title good condition ink mark bleeding through from the other side of the title. Pages good condition. Binding good condition sound. See photos Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1835 Binding: Hardback.…

First edition. [8], 310pp, [10]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, a further nine engraved plates, and an engraved folding map.Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine, later recased, new endpapers. Lightly rubbed, lower joint split, spine sunned. Scattered spotting. The first edition of an account of seven years' missionary labour at Waimate, New Zealand. Size: 8vo.…

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A smartly bound, first edition of this detailed and illustrated account of the Church Missionary Society's formation in New Zealand, written by one of the earliest New Zealand missionaries, the Rev. William Yate. First edition. Rebound in cloth, with the endpapers renewed. Illustrated with a folding map and ten plates, one of which is hand coloured.Collated, complete. The work of the Rev. William Yate, an English Christian missionary working for the Church Mission Society. Yate arrived in New Zealand in 1828 and quickly introduced himself to the Maori community, after previously learning the language. Yate brought with him a small printing press, notable for being the first press in New Zealand, with which he produced a version of the third catechism in Maori. This work covers the formation and progress of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand, however it also presents the customs, geography, nature and history of the country.Yate continued to work for the mission until 1834, when he was dismissed due to controversial reports of his sexual encounters with a number of young Maori men.With a few ink notations from a previous owner. Rebound in cloth, with the endpapers renewed. Externally, excellent, with light wear to the extremities and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with some spots to the first few pages and heavier spots to the folding map. A few ink notations from a previous owner to the margins. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustratore). book. …