Journal Of Voyages And Travels By The Rev. Daniel Tyerman And George Bennett, Esq, Volume 2 by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennett, London Missionary Society (Creator) - 2011-09-14

Boston: Crocker and Brewster. Fair. 1832. Hardcover. Volume 3 only. Spine and edges of cover are discolored. Binding is secure. it has a storage sticker on the spine cover. Foxing throughout.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

London, Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, 1831.. 2 volumes. vol. 1; xxiv+568pp. vol. 2;viii+568pp. 8vo. Rebound quarter buckram on papered boards. Stamp erased from title page. Each volume has a portrait frontispiece of the authors and further illustrations. Foxing throughout. An attractive set in very good condition. . First editions.

First edition. 2 vols. Frederick Westley and A.H. Davis, Booksellers to the London Missionary Society. London. 1831. 8vo. xxiv, 566pp, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece, 6 further engraved plates; viii, 568pp, tissue guarded engraved frontispiece, 6 further engraved plates. Later half calf, marbled boards. Spines in five compartments with gilt double rules. Original leather labels relaid to spines. All edges and endpapers marbled. Title page to Vol. I slightly chipped to base. A few short closed marginal tears. Closed tear across tissue guard opposite p515. Occasional spotting. A handsome set. "In 1821 Tyerman and George Bennet of Sheffield were appointed by the London Missionary Society to visit their southern stations. They sailed from London on 2 May in the whaler Tuscan, and, proceeding round Cape Horn, visited Tahiti, the Leeward and Sandwich Islands, and other mission stations in the South Seas. In 1824 they visited New South Wales, and on the way narrowly escaped from Maori in New Zealand.… Read More