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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10799551349028 |
| SKU: | A5L/2609/U415 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1461 (40) |
| Category: |
Biographies: New Zealand New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
REMINISCENCES OF A WANDERER
by R.C. Bruce
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover
Published: Whitcombe & Tombs 1914, 1st edition
Size (mm): 150 w x 220 h x 25 d
Pages: 372
SKU: A5L/2609/U415
ABOUT
Memoir written by Scottish-born New Zealand pioneer, former sailor, and politician Robert Cunningham Bruce under the pen name "Able Seaman".
A vivid first-person account of 19th-century life "before the mast" as a deckhand on merchant ships across the globe, mixed with accounts of working on the Otago and Queensland goldfields and early colonial life in New Zealand.
Robert Cunningham Bruce (R.C. Bruce, 1843–1917) also served as a Member of Parliament for Rangitikei.
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CONDITION
Immaculate with light wear on covers and faint marks on end papers.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
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