The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present - Savage and Civilised. [Volume Two only]
Thomson, Arthur S.
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 06 June 2002
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 06 June 2002
About this Item
Rear joint rubbed. Some foxing to plates. Previous owner's name, John Morrison. Creasing to corners of some leaves. Overall a nice copy of Volume Two. ; This is the reissue edition (Bagnall 5538), published in the same year as the first edition. Volume Two only of two volumes. [2], vii, [1], 368 pages + frontispiece + 9 plates (2 folding). Blind-stamped green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 197 x 120mm. Dark green endpapers. "Two chapters on geography and climate precede the main text equally divided between the Maoris, their customs and history and European discovery and occupation. [.] He gives, repeatedly, cogent and piquant summaries of aspects of New Zealand life and events such as pakeha Maoris, the pettiness of provincial government, the New Zealand Company's brazen impositions which would repay a reading by even modern historians." - Bagnal 5537. Seller Inventory # 25285
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Story of New Zealand: Past and Present -...
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1859
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
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