Pathfinders in New Zealand por Hogg, Garry

Hale, 1963. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1963. 189 pages. No dust jacket. Green leather with gilt decoration and lettering. Pages are in good condition with a firm binding. Endpapers and page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Moderate tanning to spine.

New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1963. 189 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H) - medium purple boards with silver lettering on spine. B&w plates, maps. "(Presents) a selection of individual achievements spanning the two hundred years between Tasman's discovery of New Zealand in the mid-seventeenth century and Barrington's marathon trek in search of gold in the mid-nineteenth century. A final chapter deals with 'Mr Explorer Douglas', whose astonishing exploits belong to a somewhat later period, and who died less than fifty years ago. These (and others which might also have been included, had there been space) stand out as milestones along a route of splendid achievement which has transformed two remote islands into the proud Dominion they constitute today." Chapters include: Hore-Ta-Te-Taniwha Meets James Cook; Massacre in Treachery Bay; A Sermon in Treachery Bay; The Unpredicatable Maori; Dieffenbach's Ascent of Mt Egmont; Brunner and 'The Great Journey';… Ler mais

London: Robert Hale - Whitcombe and Tombs, 1963 Illustrated with b&w photos. Tight and square, light foxing in edges and endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped, minor edge wear, some light foxing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Robert Hale Limited 1963. Ex-library hardcover super octavo (VG) in 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 costs

Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1963. 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 costs.

London: Robert Hale, 1963 VG+/VG+. 8vo. original mauve boards (a trifle rubbed & bumped, a few leaf edge spots) in dustwrapper (a little rubbed & nicked); pp. xii, 190 (last blank), with illustrations & endpaper maps. A very good copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG+.

London, R. Hale Limited, 1963. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 189 pages; Description: 189 p. Illus. , ports. , maps. 23 cm. Subjects: Explorers, New Zealand. New Zealand --Discovery and exploration. Out of print.

London, R. Hale, 1963. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 189 pages; Description: 189 p. Illus. , ports. , maps. 23 cm. Subjects: Explorers, New Zealand. New Zealand --Discovery and exploration.