Akaroa and Banks Peninsula 1840-1940: Story of French Colonising Venture and Early Whaling Activities. The First Settlement of Canterbury [N.Z.]

FIRST EDITION 8vo. blue cloth hardback, gilt. No dust jacket. 396pp., illustrated with b/w plates. Ink inscription, dated 1949, to verso of ffep. Heavy foxing to endpapers only. Some rubbing and wear to spine edges, slight fading to gilt title to spine and light soiling to lower board. A Good + Copy.