Land of Promise: The Story of Waikakahi by William Vance. SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Land of Promise: The Story of Waikakahi by William Vance.
SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Publisher Timaru, N.Z. : Printed by the Timaru Herald Co. Ltd., 1957. (Bagnall V78).
Limited numbered edition. VERY SCARCE. First edition.
Good hardback with fair jacket. Cloth covered boards are rubbed, bumped and worn at corners and spine ends, some fading to spine, minor marks. Inscription to first page, inscribed and signed to owner by William Vance, binding firm, light foxing to page degrees, Fold out map in good condition, some foxing and creasing.
Jacket is chipped, rubbed, creased and marked with quite a few sellotape repairs.
191 pages + plates + large folding map at rear.
New Zealand regional history. Selected chapter titles: The Maoris; Waitaki River; Station Days; The Sale; Taming the Land; Drought and Flood; Agricultural Development; How the Land was Formed; Jubilee.
ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.
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