Book, New Zealand Holiday
Maker
Rees, Rosemary Frances
Chapman and Hall, Ltd
Production date
1933
Object detail
Brief Description
A book by Rosemary Rees entitled: New Zealand Holiday.
The author relates the journey out via the Panama Canal and across the Pacific, with a stop over at Pitcairn Island. Once in New Zealand she records having travelled widely: tramping, climbing, camping, fishing, exploring and staying some weeks in her home town of Gisborne.
Chapter VIII, Christmas in New Zealand, briefly describes her visit to Napier and the effects of the Hawke's Bay earthquake. This book presents an interesting picture of New Zealand in the 1930s, with information about history, industry, agriculture and attractions for tourist.
The author relates the journey out via the Panama Canal and across the Pacific, with a stop over at Pitcairn Island. Once in New Zealand she records having travelled widely: tramping, climbing, camping, fishing, exploring and staying some weeks in her home town of Gisborne.
Chapter VIII, Christmas in New Zealand, briefly describes her visit to Napier and the effects of the Hawke's Bay earthquake. This book presents an interesting picture of New Zealand in the 1930s, with information about history, industry, agriculture and attractions for tourist.
Collection
Production date
1933
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Green linen hard cover, printed on paper with black ink. The book jacket is glued to the back of the back cover.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 190 x 135mm
Signature/Inscription
Ko te Matauranga te Kaha Russell Duncan, Bookplate, Handwritten
Hawkes Bay Art Society, Bookplate, Printed
Stamp of two opposing arrows from Russell Duncan's bookplate., Stamp, Stamp
Hawkes Bay Art Society, Bookplate, Printed
Stamp of two opposing arrows from Russell Duncan's bookplate., Stamp, Stamp
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
1933
Credit line
from the Russell Duncan Collection
Other number(s)
919.31 Ree, 619, 61220
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