Large Book in Dust jacket was in plastic cover that has now been removed leaving sellotape marks inside dust jacket but sound, First Edition 1971, frontispiece, light spotting foredge, paintings, drawings and maps, 271 Pages, Published By Avon Fine Prints Christchurch. A Good Clean Copy of a Scarce and desirable history. 'Una Platts brings pioneer Auckland to life in a skilfully woven story which is an intimate, whimsical, and sometimes racy commentary on the 25 years Auckland was Capital of New Zealand. The settlers were not deterred from enjoying their traditional pastimes by such inconveniences as crudely formed streets and primitive transportation, and these pages are spiced with stories of picnics, dinner parties, balls, weddings, concerts and races, with all their attendant gossip and scandal. The Author has infused this account of Auckland with over 100 early paintings, drawings and maps which she considers best evoke this colourful era, and which illustrate the development of Auckland and its beautiful harbour. Some are the work of unknown artists, others the masterpieces of such men as Heaphy, Hoyte and Kinder'