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THE JOURNAL OF ENSIGN BEST

1837-1843

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by

NANCY M. TAYLOR

BOOK DETAILS :
Date:          1966
Pages:        465
Publisher:   R. E. Owen, Wellington, New Zealand
Edition:       First Edition
Binding:      Hardcover
ISBN:         Does not apply

SIZE:         Large 8vo - 25 x 16 x 3

Illustrated: Yes - B/W ILLUSTRATIONS/ARTWORKS & MAPS

Dustjacket:No
Condition:   Red cloth-bound hardcover with gilt title to spine,slight fading to spine, slight rubbing to spine & corners,  STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with no inscriptions, slight age-toning & foxing to endpapers & to outside page edges.

• 'This journal was kept by a young army officer, Abel Dottin William Best, during the years of 1837-43, while he served on board a convict ship, in New South Wales, Norfolk Island and New Zealand.  Soon after he went to India where he died in battle, not yet 30 years old, in 1845.'       from the Preface.