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| Shopify Unique ID: | 15359967363364 |
| SKU: | A5L/2609/UXXX |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1465 (2) |
| Category: |
Biographies: New Zealand |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
JOHN GRIGG OF LONGBEACH
by P.G. Stevens
foreword by L.J. Wild
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover
Published: Whitcombe and Tombs 1952, 1st edition
Size (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 10 d
Pages: 61
SKU: A5L/2609/UXXX
ABOUT
Documents the remarkable life of Canterbury farmer John Grigg (1828–1901).
Grigg was an influential pioneer who famously arrived in Canterbury in 1854 and single-handedly transformed an impenetrable, coastal swamp into Longbeach Station—which became celebrated as one of the most productive and finest model farms in the world.
Covers Grigg's English background, his initial farming beginnings at Ōtāhuhu, the extensive drainage and clearing operations at Longbeach, and his core concepts regarding large-scale colonial agriculture
Illustrated with monochrome images.
CONDITION
Excellent with wear on covers, marks/damage on end papers, otherwise clean, stamped.
IMAGES
No dust jacket—first image is illustrative only, not actual item. All others are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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