Extracts Diary Kept Rev Burrows by Burrows (5 results)

Stapled Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. None. Reprint Edition. 21.5 cm, 58 pp, stapled card covers. VG copy. Reprint of 1886 first edition. This is lighter in weight than the average allowed for at the checkout and there will be a freight rebate made for orders.

FACSIMILIE REPRINT, Octavo, stapled wrapper (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.…

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 62. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1886 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 62.…

ORIGINAL BINDING (SPINE REINFORCED), octavo, grey stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 58pp, VG- (firm reinforcement to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges/corners- minor loss to bottom corner of front cover, moderate foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing throughout, prev. owner's details in ink to title page, heavy rusting at staples).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library, General Assembly Library of New Zealand, Parliamentary Library. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board. Split to gutter at page 3. A nicely bound copy, Joints strong.; 58 pages. Rebound in green half calf binding, with red leather lettering piece on spine. Original wrappers not present. Numerous blank fly leaves bound in at rear. Page dimensions: 203 x 131mm. Spine titled in gilt: "BURROWS - HEKE'S WAR, 1886." "I well remember Sir William remarking that, although 'Heke's War was confined to one part of the Island, and his followers were comparatively few, yet it represented a 'crisis' in the early history of the colonization of the country; and that the facts and circumstances connected therewith ought not to be lost to our children.'" - from the Preface. [References: Bagnall 803 - "Significant contemporary impressions [.] considerably expanded from original briefer diary entries"; Hocken p. 366 - "As a missionary, Mr. Burrows was in the midst of the disturbed district. He was present at the outbreak at Kororareka, and then at Okaihau and Ohaeawai. He was in constant contact with both sides."].…