This is just one of a selection of antique and vintage New Zealand written and published book I will be selling over the next few weeks. Also selling some very old and rare books from NZ and overseas. I am no a book dealer , so no I cannot grade them. I will add photos and answer any sensible questions. These books are not new , in some case up to 125 years old. They will not be perfect , but it depends on your reason for collecting. some have dust jackets , others not , some are ex libris , some have previous owners details. Published by author, Christchurch, 1931. Stories of coaching and coaching companies operating in Otago and Southland. Includes many illustrations and photographs.
As miners and prospectors from the Victorian gold fields rushed to the new goldfields of Otago in the 1860s, the renowned coach operators Cobb and Co, also extended its business. In this important contribution to New Zealand’s transport history, Edgar McLeod Lovell-Smith relates how coaching companies operated in the Otago and Southland areas until the late 1870s. Lovell-Smith has recorded the competition, struggles, incidents and accidents – the tragic, humorous and even courageous.

The author was a commercial artist, born in Christchurch and schooled in his trade in London.