Author: MCALLISTER, CAMPBELL
Title: Old Taranaki and its Mountain
Description: New Zealand, Millwood Press. 1976, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Memoirs of the Authors boyhood plus collected pioneer memories and photographic records from the area and his fathers photographic studio. Covers all the main settlements especially Stratford, also Inglewood, Eltham, Ngaere, Whangamomona. Section on early mountaineering in the area. He writes extensively on the business and social life of the European communities. Scarce book useful for genealogical research with many names included in the text, there are also a couple of very good photo images of the Parihaka Pa. CONDITION Blue 4to (shelf wear to bottom edge o/w clean) map eps, 193 pages with half tone photo illus and advertising, colour photo section. Mostly very nice with name to front end page and another one that has been neatly cut away, very odd mark internally. DJ has faded spine and wear at tips. #New Zealand History#. Good/Good.

Keywords: Colonial History Maoris Parihaka


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