Books: Early Otago and Some of its Notable Men, Blenheim in Blenheim, Marlborough for sale

Owner's signature. Staining and marking to boards. 3/4"loss of cloth along head of front board. Rubbing to ends of spine. ; (12) , 199 pages + 11 plates + (2) page index. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page dimensions: 185mm x 115mm. From the preface:"There is always an element of sadness in retrospect. When the thoughts are allowed to travel back into the past - the remote past - many stand out to view who, with good natural powers and with splendid advantages of social connection and culture, bade to occupy distinguished places, and to stamp their mark impressively on the page of history. But their leaf perished in the green, their days closed in dark tragedy, and they seem to flit across the stage of life like the mournful, silent shades of the Aeneid, without even the retrospective joys, which many of those possessed, of having, according to their circumstance and lights, lived to some purpose, and won heroic distinction in the strife of the battlefield."; 12mo
Author
C. Stuart Ross
Title
Early Otago and Some of its Notable Men
Publisher name
J. Wilkie&Co., Dunedin
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1907
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Key words
Otago
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