1904 The Story of New Zealand, A History of New Zealand From the Earliest Times to the Present

Description

Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, Signed

The first edition of this work.

Inscribed to the front free endpaper ‘To the Editor of The Manchester Guardian with the compliments of the author’.

At this point in time, the editor of that newspaper was British journalist, publisher and politician C. P. Scott.

Illustrated with two frontispiece maps, and with vignette and full page illustrations throughout.

A fascinating history of New Zealand from American professor, social reformer, and public intellectual Frank Parsons, in which he emphasises discussion of the industrial evolution of the islands, and its social developments.

With Hackney Public Libraries stamps to the front free endpaper.

A fascinating narrative of New Zealand history.