Published by Geddis and Blomfield, Wellington, 1905
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures. Staples rusted.; 16 pages. Green illustrated paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 180 x 113mm. Early 20th century New Zealand poetry. Several poems with sense of North Island superiority. "And the farther south you travel, / Hear their boastings, see their swelled heads; / Bring up in the southern corner / Of the bleakest, coldest district." - page 18. "Mention West Coast in your speakings, / It must mean the other island, / Mean the land of broken gold booms." - page 14. Poem titles: He Moemoea iti; Why?; "Great Expectations"; Who said?; Three Jabberwocks; To Wellington's Detractors; Inamata; The Old Heitiki; Look Here!; Good Dog Tohi; Then and Now; Who Said Sport? ; 12mo.