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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Some minor shelf wear as well as starting to volume 1. There is a small pen name to both volumes. Heavy volumes for outside NZ. this monumental two-volume set presents the private and public correspondence of two influential colonial families?the Richmonds and the Atkinsons?spanning the years 1841 to 1906. Guy Scholefield, New Zealand's Parliamentary Librarian and historian, edited the collection as his final major publication. The papers offer a rich, first-hand account of early settler life, political reform, and social development in 19th-century New Zealand. Volume I covers 1841-1862, and Volume II covers 1863-1906, with extensive indexes, bibliographic notes, and monochrome illustrations including portraits and maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Some minor shelf wear and a couple of closed tears to the jacket of volume two. Heavy volumes for outside NZ. this monumental two-volume set presents the private and public correspondence of two influential colonial families?the Richmonds and the Atkinsons?spanning the years 1841 to 1906. Guy Scholefield, New Zealand's Parliamentary Librarian and historian, edited the collection as his final major publication. The papers offer a rich, first-hand account of early settler life, political reform, and social development in 19th-century New Zealand. Volume I covers 1841-1862, and Volume II covers 1863-1906, with extensive indexes, bibliographic notes, and monochrome illustrations including portraits and maps.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Marginal annotation to page 8: "commander" for "Companion" (printed text has "Companion of the Order of British Empire". ; 244, ii, [2 (blank)] pages + 12 plate leaves (including frontispiece). This copy has been bound in a full blue full calf binding. Gilt border to both boards. Gilt lettering on spine and front board. Gilt tooled edges to boards. Gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Blue cloth hinges. Page dimensions: 247 x 183mm. This volume consists principally of lists of the names and offices of New Zealand parliamentary representatives for the period coverd. Includes lists of Ministers forunder each Ministry; the Legislative Council; Hourse of Representatives; Parliamentary Electorates and Representatives; The Privy Council.