Author: BECKETT T N
Title: The Mountains of Erewhon
Description: Wellington, Reed. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0589011197) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. excellent copy, DW slightest surface soiling to the laminated surface. 156pp+ plates and maps, map end papers. history of the pioneers of the region made famous by Samuel Butler's "Erewhon" such as Acland and von Haast, also the club climbers of the 1930s.The book was compiled in the 1930s but not published until this first edition. Rangitata, Havelock, Clyde, Lawrence rivers. Mesopotamia sheeprun, Two Thumb area, Mount D'Archaic, Cloudy Peak, Armoury and Jollie ranges, Arrowsmith, Mount Potts. Bibliography and index. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Canterbury New Zealand Samuel Butler Mountaineering Tramping Surveying Geology 0589011197


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