Tarawera The Destruction of the Pink and White Terraces by Geoff Conly.
Tarawera The Destruction of the Pink and White Terraces by Geoff Conly.
Publisher: Grantham House Publishing, Wellington, 1985, first edition.
Very good hardback with jacket; no inscriptions; light rubbing and bumping to edges; minor tanning to end-papers; binding firm; pages very good. Jacket has light edge-wear; a little chipping to spine ends. 160 pages, illustrated.
The story of this country's worst recorded volcanic disaster - the night 153 people perished and New Zealand's greatest tourist attraction, the spectacular Pink and White Terraces, acclaimed as the eighth wonder of the world, were destroyed 120 years ago. Colour plates include paintings by Blomfield, Barraud, Heaphy, Hoyte and Watkins.
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