Nation Making: A Story of New Zealand
Author:
FIRTH, J C
Title:
Nation Making: A Story of New Zealand
Publisher:
Longmans, Green and Co 1890
Description:
FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR to his daughter in 1891 (one of his 12 children), octavo, dusky pink buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 402pp + 16pp catalogue to rear, VG (light tanning/soiling to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, other gift inscription in ink to half title page [author's grand-daughter], moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)
Keywords:
New Zealand history signed first editions J C Firth pioneers early settlers