Historic Sheep Stations of the South Island by Colin Wheeler. FIRST EDITION.
Historic Sheep Stations of the South Island by Colin Wheeler.
Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1968, FIRST EDITION.
Very good hardback with jacket. Binding firm, a little edge-wear, inscription to ffep, minor marks.
Jacket is chipped, rubbed and faded with repaired tears.
72 pages.
33 x 25.5cm.
Book of the artist's iconic portraits of the high country and high country life. Visits 20 of the best known South Island stations and includes black and white drawings and 20 colour plates, fine heavy art paper is used throughout. Each station has its own special aura and personality, compounded from the characters of the men, owners and station hands, who have worked there; from the stock, the access, the prevailing weather; and above all, from the noble mountains that dominate the scene. - Nakomia - Mount Nicholas - Earnslaw - Earnscleugh - Kyeburn - Glendhu - Mount Aspiring - Mount Cook - Godley Peaks - Mesopotamia - Longbeach - Mount Peel - Lake Coleridge - Grasmere - Stonyhurst - Glynn Wye - Clarence Reserve - Molesworth - Richmond Brook - Leefield.
ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.
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