The Adventures of Kimble Bent : A Story of Wild Life in the New Zealand Bush

Cowan, James

Published by Whitcombe and Tombs, London, 1911

About this Item

Spine cloth torn along length of rear joint, with paper tape repair. Fraying to cloth at ends of spine. Hinges broken and loose, with spine mull visible. Binding shaken and loose. A couple of text leaves detached and loose (page 49-50 and 63-64). Two previous owners' names on front endpaper. Some pencil marginalia. ; xxi, [1], 336 pages. Frontispiece map + 15 illustrations within the pagination, 10 full page. Illustrated blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 187 x 120mm. Contents: The Deserter; Kimble Bent, Sailor and Soldier; The Camp of the Hauhaus; In the Otapawa Stockade; Te Ua, Priest and Prophet; The Storming of Otapawa; Bush Life with the Hauhaus; The Hauhau Council-Town; A Forest Adventure; The War-Chief and his Gods; "The Beak-of-the-Bird"; The Attack on Turuturu-Mokai Redoubt; The Killing of Kane; Adventures at Te Ngutu-O-Te-Manu; A Battle in the Forest; and the Death of Von Tempsky; The Cannibales of the Bush; Skirmishing and Fort-Building; The Fight at Moturoa Stockade; The Tauranga-Ika Stockade; A Scouting Adventure; The Fall of Tauranga-Ika; The Forest-Foragers; A Battle in the Fog; The Head-Hunters; The Land of Refuge; Bush Life on the Patea; Hiroki: The Story of a Fugitive; Out of Exile. Illustrations: Sketch Map of Taranaki; Mount Egmont, Taranaki; A Taranaki Frontier Fort; Patara, A Hauhau Prophet; A British Column on the March; The Scout; The Ambuscade; Tutange Waionui, A Hauhau Warrior; Major Von Tempsky; Major Von Tempsky; Major Kemp (Kepa Te Rangihiwinui) ; The Fight at Moturoa; A Hauhau Scout; A Constabulary Officer in Bush-Fighting Costume; Kimble Bent, the Pakeha-Maori. [ Reference: Bagnall C1590: "The adventures of a deserter from the British troops during the Taranaki War."]. Seller Inventory # 26302

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Adventures of Kimble Bent : A Story of ...

Publisher: Whitcombe and Tombs, London

Publication Date: 1911

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition.