The Little World of Stewart Island. By Gertrude Dempsey. 1st edition 1964
The Little World of Stewart Island. By Gertrude Dempsey
1st edition. 22cm. VG h/c 142 pages, 31 b/w photos.
Hardcover, very good condition, no annotations, minor shelf/edge wear, couple of foxing spots. Dust jacket, unclipped, scuffed and rubbed.
Publisher: Wellington: Reed, 1964, 1st edition. 22cm. VG h/c 142 pages, 31 b/w photos.
Stewart Island is lovely, lonely and isolated, but has an infectious charm which is colorfully explained by the author, an islander by marriage who found her little world rich and rewarding. Experiences and history on Stewart Island. A description of life, society and nature on this island in New Zealand and of those closely attuned to the natural resources of sea, shore, and forest.
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