London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1894. viii, 342, b/w frontis, 7 b/w plates. . HB. Sm. 8vo, cont. full calf by Relfe Brothers, London, rubbed, head of spine chafed/worn, dec. gt border to boards, raised bands + gilt tooling to spine, gt inner dentelles, marbled edges and endpapers. Owner's name to fly-leaf. Vg.. New edition. James Anthony Froude (1818–1894), historian and man of letters, whose <i>Life of Carlyle</i> is considered among the best biographies of the Victorian age. Froude states the object of the present book 'was not only to see the Colonies themselves, but to hear the views of all classes of people there on the subjeact in which I was principally interested.' (Preface)Following its appearance in print, the book 'excited much controversy, and Froude was charged with misrepresenting the views of many persons, conversations with whom he reported in his book. One of the stoutest attacks was by Mr Wakefield, a member of the New Zealand house of representatives'. (ODNB).

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Bookseller: Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: A42017
Title: Oceana or England and Her Colonies
Author: Froude, James Anthony
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Longmans, Green & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1894
Keywords: Africa; Australia; British Empire; Canada; North America; America; New Zealand; Australasia; United States; North America; America

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Pemberley Books
Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
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VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....