{"product_id":"my-dear-bannie-gerhard-muellers-letters-from-the-west-coast-1865-6-by-mueller-m-v-ed-scarce","title":"My Dear Bannie Gerhard Mueller's Letters from the West Coast 1865-6. BY Mueller, M V (ed). SCARCE.","description":"\u003cp\u003eMy Dear Bannie Gerhard Mueller's Letters from the West Coast 1865-6. BY Mueller, M V (ed).\u003cbr\u003eSCARCE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Pegasus Press, 1958, FIRST \u0026amp; LIMITED EDITION of only 750 copies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVery good hardback with jacket, binding firm, minor marks to boards, no inscriptions, tanning to end-papers, light foxing to pages edges otherwise pages very good.\u003cbr\u003e Jacket has light shelf\/edge-wear, marks, small closed tear to top edge. \u003cbr\u003e234 pages, illustrated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerhard Mueller was a young surveyor who mapped the rugged West Coast of New Zealand during the height of the 1865–1866 gold rushes. While working in the field, he wrote a series of highly detailed letters to his wife, Elizabeth (affectionately nicknamed \"Bannie\"), who remained behind in Invercargill.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• The Harshness of Frontier Life: First-hand accounts of extreme discomforts, bush survival, near-starvation, and the perilous crossings of flooded wilderness rivers.\u003cbr\u003e• Historical Firsts: Vital regional history, including Mueller's 1865 expedition along the Waitangiroto River, which stands as the earliest known European record of New Zealand's only Kōtuku (White Heron) breeding colony.\u003cbr\u003e• The Gold Rush Society: An intimate, often chaotic glimpse into the frontier isolation and the unique companionship shared within early goldfield settlements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51304621703415,"sku":null,"price":56.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/7687\/5255\/files\/IMG_4807_8110a173-1660-43c0-ba49-a347750add2e.jpg?v=1791920368","url":"https:\/\/phoenixbooksnz.com\/en-it\/products\/my-dear-bannie-gerhard-muellers-letters-from-the-west-coast-1865-6-by-mueller-m-v-ed-scarce","provider":"Phoenix Books NZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}