{"product_id":"letters-from-early-new-zealand-by-charlotte-godley","title":"LETTERS FROM EARLY NEW ZEALAND by Charlotte Godley","description":"\u003cp\u003eLETTERS FROM EARLY NEW ZEALAND\u003cbr\u003eby Charlotte Godley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eFormat: medium hardcover with detached dust cover remains\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 1936, Whitcombe \u0026amp; Tombs 1951\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 35 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 386\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A4\/2608\/U139\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1936.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the most important and most readable records of pioneering in Canterbury during 1850.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Godley left England for New Zealand late in 1849, with her husband John R. Godley, a prominent member of the Canterbury Association, which arranged for settlers to come Canterbury. These detailed letters to her mother in England, from 1850 to 1853, provide an important historical record of what the earliest settlers found, how they coped with problems. adversity, primitive conditions and some hardship as they created the foundations of what was to become a major city, an economic and agricultural powerhouse of early NZ.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMonochrome images and drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eExcellent with wear\/repairs on dust jacket, marks\/name on end papers, pages clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOf the actual item to be posted soon—those post are illustrative only.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eSee our other listings on the subject.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55553876230436,"sku":"A4\/2401\/U139","price":59.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3839927139020350098.jpg?v=1787636879","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/letters-from-early-new-zealand-by-charlotte-godley","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}