Brown Frontier by Vennell (8 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. About VG. First Edition. Thirteen stories of the period 1806-77 during which New Zealand's northern areas were racked by conflict between the brown race and the white. 190 pages illustrations, portraits, maps (including lining papers), facsimiles; 23 cm.Book is bright and clean, pages bright white and still frtesh. Single name in ink to the front endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Binding is tight and square and there is no wear to the cloth. The dustjacket shows moderate edge wear and a couple of internal repairs with some rubbing. Weight, 346g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. History, Maori, New, Zealand. . . . . 8vo, hardcover. Vg condition in vg dj. Covers and contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding square and tight. 190 pp., sev. illus.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 190p D-J (slight chips, rubbing extremities) VF - Near Fine Thirteen stories of the period from early European involvement to the end of the NZ Wars, with illustrations.

190pp. 8vo. Original boards in pictorial dustwrapper, slightly rubbed and edgeworn. Black and white prints. A very good copy. First edition.

hardcover octavo (VG+), d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. The author was a journalist and later historian, with a number of fine histories to his credit. "The Brown Frontier" is a collection of 13 "stories and studies" covering the period from 1806 to 1877, a time when hostilities beween Maori and the early European arrivals on NZ shores. inter-tribal conflict, and later hostilities betten the Maori and European settlers and troops made Aotearoa a place of danger,and death. Territorially, his chapters are set in the North Island, from the Far North to the Taupo area. A number are located in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, where Vennell worked as a journalist, while also pursuing his historical research. Given the anger and violence of the time under study, many of the stories have elements of violence, revenge and, abduction as well as of courage, loyalty and mercy. Vennell had great skill of wordsmanship, bringing immediacy and objectivity to each of these studies .First edition from Reed 1967 190 pages including sources, glossary, index 21 b/w illustrations, mainly from contempory art, one map plus e/paper maps, one intext drawing. Deep red hard covers with gilt spine titles VG+, faint crease across lower corner preliminary pages, text block otherwise excellent, no inscriptions. Colour art/pictorial DJ is VG with few chips. Art . Maps (illustrator).…

first edition signed by author [association copy - inscribed by author to NZ historian Alison Drummond] 190pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to half-title verso) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very Good+/Very Good. First Edition. 190 pages.