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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10799496495396 |
| SKU: | A5L/2609/U414 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1277 (147) |
| Category: |
Biographies: New Zealand New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
ADVENTURES IN GEYSERLAND: Life in New Zealand's Thermal Regions, Including the Story of the Tarawera Eruption and the Destruction of the Famous Terraces of Rotomahana
by Alfred Warbrick
foreword by James Cowan
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: AH & AW Reed 1934, 1st edition
Size (mm): 130 w x 190 h x 12 d
Pages: 157
SKU: A5L/2609/U414
ABOUT
A notable biography that details the life and daring exploits of Alfred Patchett Warbrick (also known by his Māori name, Patiti)
Alfred Warbrick (1860–1940) was a prominent New Zealand Māori mountain guide, rugby player, and boatbuilder. He became widely famous as the chief government guide in the geothermal Rotorua district (often nicknamed "Geyserland") and famously witnessed and survived the devastating 1886 Mount Tarawera eruption.
Includes monochrome images and maps.
Includes a loose newspaper cutting, and publisher note.
CONDITION
Immaculate with light wear on dust jacket, faint marks on end papers, binding tight, pages otherwise as new.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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