Historic Sheep Stations of the South Island. SIGNED

Historic Sheep Stations of the South Island. SIGNED BY AUTHOR: Colin Wheeler.

Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1968, FIRST EDITION. VERY SCARCE SIGNED COPY. Very good hardback with jacket. Book is in excellent condition with no inscriptions. Jacket is chipped and faded at edges. 72 pages.

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