{"product_id":"new-zealand-or-recollections-of-it-by-edward-markham","title":"NEW ZEALAND OR RECOLLECTIONS OF IT by Edward Markham","description":"\u003cp\u003eNEW ZEALAND OR RECOLLECTIONS OF IT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Edward Markham\u003cbr\u003eintroduction by E.H. McCormick\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eFormat: medium hardcover with dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePublished: R.E. Owen 1963, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 230 w x 285 h x 15 d \u003cbr\u003ePages: 114\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A4\/2607\/UXXX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eA notable historical memoir written by the English Regency buck Edward Markham (1801–1865).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarkham spent roughly eight and a half months in New Zealand, primarily residing in the Hokianga district (Kohukohu) and the Bay of Islands. During this pre-colonial era, he observed a frontier society before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe provided memorably irreverent and unvarnished portraits of early colonial figures like James Busby and F.E. Maning, alongside detailed accounts of early sawmilling, Māori customs, Christian missions, and the rescue of Mrs Guard in Taranaki.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeatures facsimiles of Markham's original sketches, including watercolours and pen-and-ink drawings of landscape scenery and Māori villages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncludes a separate loose newspaper cutting.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eExcellent with only light wear on dust jacket and faint marks on end papers, pages otherwise as new, no stamps or inscriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003eAre of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eScarce in this condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56238659404068,"sku":"A4\/2607\/UXXX","price":59.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3924449814940929139.jpg?v=1789013927","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/new-zealand-or-recollections-of-it-by-edward-markham","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}