Gamekeepers for the Nation Story of New Zealand's Acclimatisation Societies, 1861-1990 By Robert M. McDowall.

Publisher Canterbury University Press, 1994, first edition. SCARCE. OUT OF PRINT.

Good softback; binding firm, light shelf-wear; fading and creasing to spine; crease on corner, no inscriptions, small foxing type stain to internal corner of front cover and first 21 pages (getting progressively smaller), the rest of the pages are very good, with minor marks to closed edges. 508 pages, illustrated.

This large, tightly-packed book for the general reader is a commissioned account of the introduction of animals and the development of recreational hunting and freshwater fishing in New Zealand. It includes introduced non-game animals. Coverage is by e.g., history, law, politics, commercialisation, and individual species. The book has 104 b/w photos, a few graphs and small maps, full notes and references and a comprehensive index. The author is one of New Zealand's foremost biologists.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

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