G.F. VON TEMPSKY; ARTIST AND ADVENTURER. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION
G.F. VON TEMPSKY; ARTIST AND ADVENTURER Rose Young, with Heather Curnow and Michael King.
PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor 1981. LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (1250 copies) Has decorative plate inside front board, Limited Edition and number in silver lettering. This has a loose tissue guard.
Very Large Hardcover. Original quarter leather and cloth in a solander box. Book is in excellent condition. There is a light crease to corner of ffep and the half-title page otherwise in near new condition.
345 pages. 42 tipped in colour plates plus numerous black and white illustrations throughout.
Von Tempsky was a Prussian soldier and adventurer who after time in Central America and Australia migrated to New Zealand where he was a prominent leader of the European forces in the Maori wars. He was killed in this war. He was also an an accomplished artist.
