The Piraki Log (e Pirangi ahau koe) or Diary of Captain Hempleman with Introduction, Glossary[,] Illustrations and Map

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Previous owner's woodcut ex-libris bookplate on front endpaper: "John Tattersall / Hastings". A couple of small 1/4" tears to cloth at ends of spine. Some foxing to the title page and the frontispiece map. Marginalia on page 28. Overall a nice copy.; 171 pages + folding frontispiece map + 7 plates. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 224 x 140mm. This copy has the four page section of "Notes and Corrections to the Glossary", which was issued separately, tipped in at the front. New Zealand history, nautical, Banks Peninsula, Whaling. Contents includes: "Remarks on Board the Brig 'Bee' on a Whaling Voyage" (1835-1836); "Remarkes in New Zeland, March 1837"; "List of Gear Lost by the Gang" (1837 Season); "Daily Journal of Employment and Remarks at Peracka" (1837-1838); Remarks in Peracky Bay" (1839-1844"); Glossary-Index. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall H629] ; 8vo. N° de ref. del artículo 13884

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