Forest Homes: The Story of the Scandinavian Settlements in the Forty Mile Bush, New Zealand
Author:
PETERSEN, GEORGE CONRAD
Title:
Forest Homes: The Story of the Scandinavian Settlements in the Forty Mile Bush, New Zealand
Publisher:
A H & A W Reed 1956
Description:
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 137pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading & staining to spine, sm patch of paper residue to base of rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tape staining to front eps, prev. owner's details in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, 3cm loss to base of full title page, numerous gift inscriptions in ink to dedication page, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, sl tanning & soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, G- (whole jacket in multiple pieces but it's good that its present- except front cover which is missing)
Keywords:
first editions New Zealand Scandinavian settlers history pioneers forty mile bush