Distant homes, or, The Graham family in New Zealand / by Mrs J.E. Aylmer ; with illustrations by J. Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aylmer, J. E., Mrs.

Contributor:

Leighton, John, 1822-1912., Binding designer.

Koblenzer Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Griffith and Farran., Publisher.

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Māori (New Zealand people)--Juvenile fiction.

Māori (New Zealand people).

Canterbury (N.Z.)--Colonization--Juvenile fiction.

Canterbury (N.Z.).

New Zealand--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.

New Zealand.

Genre:

Juvenile literature -- 1862.

Publishers' advertisements -- 1862.

Signed bindings (Binding).

Biographical fiction.

Physical Description:

vii, 199, 32 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.

Other Title:

Graham family in New Zealand

Place of Publication:

London : Griffith and Farran, 1862 (London : Printed by J. Wertheimer and Co.)

Summary:

"A Swiss-Family-Robinson-like account of immigrant life in New Zealand based on letters written by Rev. W.J. Aylmer of Akaroa to England and worked up by the wife of Rev. Aylmer's cousin"--Bagnall.

Notes:

Novel for children set in New Zealand.

"A catalogue of new and popular works, principally for the young, published by Griffith and Farran": p. [1]-32, 2nd sequence.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Peter J. Koblenzer.

Athenaeum copy: Cloth binding with design in gold, signed with initials JL.

Cited in:

Bagnall, 233

King, Edmund M.B. Victorian decorated trade bindings 1830-1880, 386