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| Shopify Unique ID: | 15432411349284 |
| SKU: | A5/2611/UXXX |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1447 (24) |
| Category: |
Biographies: New Zealand New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
THE DILLON LETTERS 1842-1853: The Letters of the Hon. Constantine Dillon 1842-1853
edited by C.A. Sharp
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: AH & AW Reed 1954, 1st edition
Size (mm): 150 w x 225 h x 20 d
Pages: 174
SKU: A5/2611/UXXX
ABOUT
Compiles the personal correspondence of Constantine Augustus Dillon, an early aristocratic settler in New Zealand.
After being introduced to New Zealand by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Dillon bought land through the New Zealand Company and set sail with his wife, Fanny, on the George Fyfe.
His vivid letters provide a witty, firsthand account of early colonial life, farming, regional politics, and critical historic events in the Nelson and Marlborough regions until his tragic accidental drowning in 1853.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome images.
CONDITION
Immaculate with only light wear on dust jacket, pages as new.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
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