A Residence of Eleven Years in New Holland and the Caroline Islands: Being the Adventures of James F. O'Connell.
by O'Connell, James F
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lower Hutt, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Boston: B.B. Mussey, 1841. Book. Good. Full-Leather. 2nd Edition. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. xviii, 265 pages, small piece of leather missing at bottom of spine / corner of front cover, otherwise a nice copy. As a youth O'Connell found his way to Australia where he had contacts with convicts and aborigines. He was later cast away in the north of the continent, and in a subsequent voyage he was shipwrecked in the Caroline Islands, where he lived for five years with the natives. Second edition of this interesting narrative. Ferguson 3268. Hill 1250. Huntress 278C. A very scarce book. Unfortunately, this copy lacks the frontispiece. Otherwise clean and sound in original calf with spine label. Chip missing from bottom of backstrip..
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- Bookseller
- Tinakori Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4513
- Title
- A Residence of Eleven Years in New Holland and the Caroline Islands: Being the Adventures of James F. O'Connell.
- Author
- O'Connell, James F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- B.B. Mussey
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1841
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- AUSTRALIA, BOTANY BAY, PARAMATTA, NEW SOUTH WALES, PORT MACQUARIE, ABORIGINES, MELANESIA, PONAPE
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Tinakori Books
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Lower Hutt, Auckland
About Tinakori Books
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