Rare first edition of a classic account of New Zealand's trading scows of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. The foreword is by renowned historian, James Cowan. 215mm x 138mm, 223 pages. Illustrated. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, Wellington (1939) Condition: Tightly bound in printed boards, Boards lightly scuffed and corners bumped. Contents pristine and unmarked apart from bookseller's (J H BIgelow, Shortland St, Akld) stamp at foot of front end paper.