BARKER, LADY.

Station Life in New Zealand.

London: Macmillan and Co, 1883. New edition. A collection of letters Lady Barker wrote to London detailing her life on a Canterbury sheep station in the 1860s. Pp.xii/238/32 (publisher's catalogue), ownership details to front endpapers, spotting to endpapers and occasionally throughout. Illustrated green cloth, rubbed with edge wear and bumps to corner tips. Good.

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Book number: 47274

Catalogue: Travel: : New Zealand

Keywords: Lady Barker Station Life New Zealand Nineteenth Century Travel Pioneer Sheep Farming Letters Biography 48788 Travel: : New Zealand

ROBERTS, ELLEN.

New Zealand. Land of My Choice.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1935. 1st edition. Describes the life, sport, and industries of New Zealand, but also contains delightful descriptions of the adventures and heroism of the early pioneers. Pp.200, black & white photo frontispiece + numerous further photo illustrations throughout, folding maps to end, gift messages to front free endpaper. Plus: Tourist Map of New Zealand (1964) loosely enclosed. Blue cloth, dustwrapper worn with edge tears and small edge losses. G+/Good.

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Book number: 45221

Catalogue: Travel: : New Zealand

Keywords: Ellen Roberts New Zealand Travel Thermal Sheep Wool Lamb Horses Fishing Whaling South North Island Maori Nature Racing Timber Dairy Pioneers History Culture 046699 Travel: : New Zealand