THE HILL The Story of Denniston Cecilia Adams J.W. Baty Ltd., Christchurch, 1971. Hardback with dust jacket. 168 pages. b/w photos. First edition, Signed by the author. Books is in very good condition. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and creasing. Light sun-fading to spine. Previous owner's name on ffep. Also inscription reading "Sincerely yours Cecilia Adams"

Despite its drawbacks of isolation, inclement weather and barrenness, the author doubts if any other New Zealand town of like size had even a fraction of the varied interests which the hill had to offer. Here in a little world apart, was an existance geared to the winning of coal. The author lived at Denniston for twenty years and these memories have inspired recent successful fiction.