Gilkison Robert (38 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. A good reading copy only. Inscription cut from ep.

3rd edition; 8vo., cloth covered boards, hardcover; 191 pages; black and white photographic illustrations; from the dustjacket: the story of " The Adventurers who made the arduous journey into Central Otago a century ago went in search of gold or of sheep country." a non authorial inscription on the front free endpaper else a very good clean tight copy with no apparent flaws in an edgeworn dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 4th Edition. 1978 fourth edition. A good clean copy in a slightly rubbed jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. 1961 reprint. A good clean copy with some tape stains and closed tears to the jacket. Pen inscription.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 3rd Edition. 2nd printing (1961). 191pp. VG+ book in Good edge worn jacket with heavy chipping and some small losses, now preserved in archival jacket protector.

3rd edition, LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

SECOND EDITION, ex-library, rebacked, octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Good - Some Wear. 4th Edition.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

second edition (revised + enlarged) Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Dark blue cloth has gilt titles on front and faded titles on spine. Corners and spine ends are bumped. Contents tight with foxing of page edges. Previous owner's inscription on rear of frontispiece. A nice copy.

ex library, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering on spine and front cover, fep has map of Otago, frontispiece, illus, xi+213pp, VG (minor bruising and some small stains to board edges and spine extrems; fading & colour loss to spine; light tanning & foxing to page edges and prelims; slight soiling, small library stamps and notations on prelims).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With dust jacket. Ink inscription front end paper. Photograph available on request.

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Second edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, torn); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

215pp. With frontispiece and 22 illustrations. Orig. cloth. Very good copy.

Green Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 215 pages, frontispiece, front endpaper map, b/w plates.

Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

8vo, 214pp. With black & white illustrations. A good hardback copy in orange cloth boards with wear to spine. Tanning to fore edges and endpapers.

hardcover octavo (VG+) , d/w (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. pp.xii+214. 18.5cm. Frontispiece. 26 black and white photographic illustrations. End paper map. Appendix. Index. Hard cover (no dj). Slight fading to the spine. A good clean copy.

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. Gold and sheep are synonymous with the early history of Central Otago, and in this delightful regional history, Robert Gilkison captures the classic stories of diggers and land owners as they test the limits of the land, and the land tests them. Gilkison brings in early Maori history, the gold rushes of the 1860s, bushrangers, natural disasters, the growth of farming, gold dredging and the pioneering of a rich and diverse landscape. First published in 1930, this edition has been economically reprinted for the modern reader.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. xiv (1p) 191p 4th edition D-J (chips, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards VG - Near Fine An historical and social sketch of Central Otago, concentrating on the early settlers, and the gold, with illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 4th Edition. 4th edition. 22cm. VG h/c in pictorial DJ with minor chips. 191 pages, 18 mono photographs. First published in 1930 this popular history of the Otago gold rushes and subsequent farming development also examins social and pioneer life in the region.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Photos, Map (illustrator). Second. Robert Gilkison's "Early Days." was first publ;ished in 1930 and was to be subject to several reprints, becoming a respected reference for the region covered.This second, revised and enlarged edition was published in 1936 by Whitcombe and Tombs. Gilkison's book is particularly valuable for its coverage of the Otago gold rushes of the 1860s and the many events and incidents peripheral to those discoveries. Red hard covers with black front/spine titles are VG with slight bumps to corners, map to front end papers, ink gift inscription (dated 1937) on dedication page, text block otherwise excellent. 214 pages including appendix, (gold mining statistics) and index, b/w photo frontis, 26 other b/w photos. A clean and bright copy of this early edition of a Kiwi classic.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair to Good. 191 pp, index, b/w plates. Brodart-protected dj price-clipped, rubbed, some spotting to back, chips and tears along edges. Boards have edgewear. Leaves tanned - o/w unmarked and solid.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (frontis) (8p) (map) 172p D-J (small piece missing front, chips, price clipped, in archival wrapper) Blue cloth binding VG - Near Fine With map and illustrations, a record of the people and events of early settler Dunedin, especially legal happenings, and including the Octagon fire, from the 1840s to the 1860s.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. Very Good/Very Good. 4th Edition. 191pgs.

3rd ed. Owner's inscription on front free end paper; binding tight; slight discolouration to cloth on spine Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Cloth Boards. 1st edition. 1st ed., octavo, pp (xvi), 172, Index. b/w plates, previous owners insciption, light scattered foxing to eps, cloth boards, brown stains to spine with scattered spots on covers. Tale of crimes, legal cases, judges, the old prison, etc in the early days of New Zealand's settlement.