Author: CHISHOLM, JOCELYN
Title: Brind of the Bay of Islands: Some Readings and Notes of Thirty Years in the Life of a Whaling Captain.
Description: Wellington, J. Chisholm. 1979, First Limited Edition. (ISBN: 0473000261) Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book, 92 pages, b/w illustrations, endpaper maps. Slight soiling on foredge but a nice copy. Signed by author on half-title page. Limited edition of 400 copies. William Darby Brind (1794-1850), left England in 1819 on a whaling ship bound for the South Seas and New Zealand, where he died after many years as captain of several whaling expeditions. Very Good/Nearly Very Good. Signed by Author(s).

Keywords: 0473000261 Kororareka, Russell, Whales, Whalers, Missionaries, Maori, Maori Land Wars


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