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No signatures. A nice copy.; 158, [2] pages + 15 illustrations on 6 plate leaves. Hardcover edition. Green cloth boards with gilt title on front board. Less common than the softcover edition. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. Contents: The Fascination of Runholding; The Country in Its Primitive State; Difficulties, Dangers, and Adversities; Drawbacks and Disadvantages; Horses on the Runs; Cattle on the Runs; Sheep on the Runs; Different Nationalities on our Runs; Floods, Severe Winters, and Fatalities; Anecdotes, Nicknames, and Devotional; The Puketoi Station Diary; Wild Life, Stock, and Sport; Roads, Places, and Bush; A Mixed Bag; Gold-diggers, Station-hands, and Others; The Diary and the Kennards; Miscellany; Visitors to the Run; First Attempts at Pastoralism; Runholding and Officaldom; The Passage of the Years; Later Official Energies; Flotsam and Jetsam. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall B494] ; 8vo
Author
Herries Beattie
Title
Early Runholding in Otago
Publisher name
Printed By the Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co., Dunedin
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1947
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d