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GUTHRIE-SMITH, H. [2 titles] - Tutira. The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station.
Estimate:
$100 - $200
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$400
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169: Rare Books
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GUTHRIE-SMITH, H. [2 titles]
Tutira. The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station.
Edinburgh & London: Blackwood 1921, first edition. xxi, 400p, frontis, illustrations, maps & text illustrations. Light browning on endpapers and a sprinkle of foxing mostly marginal. 255mm, bound in publishers blue buckram with gilt map and titles, some speckling, a VG copy. With the name Robert Wilson. The book has been kept sewn into brown paper covers, a scarce copy of the first edition.
2. Mutton Birds and Other Birds. Christchurch: W & T 1914. [xii], 200p, [viii], frontis and plates.
220mm, green buckram with gilt titles and bird, spine cocked else VG.
Provenance: Robert A. Wilson, Lethenty, Bulls.
Tutira. The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station.
Edinburgh & London: Blackwood 1921, first edition. xxi, 400p, frontis, illustrations, maps & text illustrations. Light browning on endpapers and a sprinkle of foxing mostly marginal. 255mm, bound in publishers blue buckram with gilt map and titles, some speckling, a VG copy. With the name Robert Wilson. The book has been kept sewn into brown paper covers, a scarce copy of the first edition.
2. Mutton Birds and Other Birds. Christchurch: W & T 1914. [xii], 200p, [viii], frontis and plates.
220mm, green buckram with gilt titles and bird, spine cocked else VG.
Provenance: Robert A. Wilson, Lethenty, Bulls.