An Outsider Looks Back: Reflections On Experience
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Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Hardback. Condition: Good. . Born Into The Colonial Gentry, Ormond Wilson Was To Become One Of New Zealand's Leading Left Wing Intellectuals. He Was A Member Of The First Labour Government, An Executive In The Bbc, And For Many Years Chairman Of The Historic Places Trust. These Memoirs Trace His Path From A Sheltered Childhood Through Exhilarating Student Years At Oxford And Germany, And So To The Socialism That Was To Influence Him For The Rest Of His Life. In The Background There Is Always The Land: The Farm At Mount Lees In The Rangitikei And The Beautiful Bush Garden That He Established There On His Return From England As A Young Man. -- Inside Front Cover. Memoirs Of A Member Of The First Labour Government, An Executive In The Bbc, And For Many Years Chairman Of The Historic Places Trust -- Dust Jacket. Ormond Wilson. DJ; Owner's Name inside. DJ sunned and rubbed. 212 pages. Seller Inventory # 1334104
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Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 211 pages. no dj, . Born into the colonial gentry, Ormond Wilson was to become one of New Zeal and's leading left wing intellectuals. He was a member of the first Labour gover nment, an executive in the BBC, and for many years chairman of the Historic Plac es Trust. These memoirs trace his path from a sheltered childhood through exhila rating student years at Oxford and Germany, and so to the socialism that was to influence him for the rest of his life. In the background there is always the la nd: the farm at Mount Lees in the Rangitikei and the beautiful bush garden that he established there on his return from England as a young man.--Inside front c over. Seller Inventory # 3888v
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Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 212 pages. dj chipped faded and worn. name ffep. Ex-library - tidy. . Born into the colonial gentry, Ormond Wilson was to become one of New Ze aland's leading left wing intellectuals. He was a member of the first Labour gov ernment, an executive in the BBC, and for many years chairman of the Historic Pl aces Trust. These memoirs trace his path from a sheltered childhood through exhi larating student years at Oxford and Germany, and so to the socialism that was t o influence him for the rest of his life. In the background there is always the land: the farm at Mount Lees in the Rangitikei and the beautiful bush garden tha t he established there on his return from England as a young man.--Inside front cover. Seller Inventory # 2409s
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Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 211 pages. some fading to d/j . Born into the colonial gentry, Ormond Wilson was to become one of New Zeal and's leading left wing intellectuals. He was a member of the first Labour gover nment, an executive in the BBC, and for many years chairman of the Historic Plac es Trust. These memoirs trace his path from a sheltered childhood through exhila rating student years at Oxford and Germany, and so to the socialism that was to influence him for the rest of his life. In the background there is always the la nd: the farm at Mount Lees in the Rangitikei and the beautiful bush garden that he established there on his return from England as a young man.--Inside front c over. Seller Inventory # 4269p
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Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 212 pages. dj chipped and faded. . Born into the colonial gentry, Ormond Wilson was to become one of New Ze aland's leading left wing intellectuals. He was a member of the first Labour gov ernment, an executive in the BBC, and for many years chairman of the Historic Pl aces Trust. These memoirs trace his path from a sheltered childhood through exhi larating student years at Oxford and Germany, and so to the socialism that was t o influence him for the rest of his life. In the background there is always the land: the farm at Mount Lees in the Rangitikei and the beautiful bush garden tha t he established there on his return from England as a young man.--Inside front cover. Seller Inventory # 587z
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Seller: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. An outsider looks back: Reflections on experience by Wilson, Ormond. Hardcover, as new, with dust jacket tanned, and chipped edges ISBN 9780908635023 Publisher: Port Nicholson Press, 1982 Born Into The Colonial Gentry, Ormond Wilson Was To Become One Of New Zealand's Leading Left Wing Intellectuals. He Was A Member Of The First Labour Government, An Executive In The Bbc, And For Many Years Chairman Of The Historic Places Trust. These Memoirs Trace His Path From A Sheltered Childhood Through Exhilarating Student Years At Oxford And Germany, And So To The Socialism That Was To Influence Him For The Rest Of His Life. In The Background There Is Always The Land: The Farm At Mount Lees In The Rangitikei And The Beautiful Bush Garden That He Established There On His Return From England As A Young Man. -- Inside Front Cover. Memoirs Of A Member Of The First Labour Government, An Executive In The Bbc, And For Many Years Chairman Of The Historic Places Trust -- Dust Jacket. Ormond Wilson. 212 pages. Seller Inventory # ABE-1655175928877
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