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Description
This is an auction for SKETCHES OF EARLY COLONIZATION IN NEW ZEALAND AND ITS PHASES OF CONTACT WITH THE MAORI RACE, by "Te Manuwiri" (Albert Edward Davidson).
"Throughout the following pages will be found, it is hoped, a collection of short and interesting Sketches of Early Colonist Life in New Zealand (being a country singularly prolific of many thrilling scenes there enected [sic] during years gone by), which are written in a racy and catchy style, peculiar of the soil."
- from the author's Preface.
CONTENTS:
- Reverie
- Hoolahan and the Gin-Bottle
- A Thrilling Maori Episode
- An Exciting Pig Hunt
- Lost in the Forest
- A Bovine Adventure
- A Savage Equine Battle
- The Great Bush Fire
- A Hazardous Enterprise
- A Maori Duchess and the Tug-of-War
- A Peculiar Maori Wager
- A Maori Wedding
- A Northern Excursion
- The Tattooed Warrior
Hardback.
Undated but c.1907.
194 pages.
Good condition.
The cost of shipping is $6.95 (tracked mail). If you are on rural delivery and want tracked mail, the shipping cost will be $9.95.
There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect this book from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.
Payment within seven days, please.
Filed under "Davidson"
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Shipping & pick-up options
Destination & description | Price | |
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tracked mail | $6.95 | |
tracked mail for Rural Delivery (RD) | $9.95 | |
Pick-up available from Palmerston North, Manawatu | Free |
Payment Options
Pay Now, Cash, NZ Bank Deposit