A Great Coloniser: The Rev. Dr. Thomas Burns - Pioneer Minister of Otago and Nephew of the Poet

Merrington, Ernest Northcroft

Verlag: The Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co., Dunedin, 1929

Beschreibung

Bruising to tale of spine. 1/2" split to cloth at head of lower joint. Label removed from front endpaper. Front hinge starting. Some wrinkles and light staining to rear endpaper.; 292 pages + portrait frontispiece. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 182 x 120mm. Contents: In the Land of Burns; Life in East Lothian; Student and Minister; The Parish of Monkton and Prestwick; The Tide of Emigration; The Proposed New Colony; The Disruption; The Minister of New Edinburgh; The Controversy with Mr Rennie; Difficulties and Delays; The Site of the Colony; The Lay Association; The Darkness before the Dawn; The Sailing of the First Party; The Voyage; The Landing; The Early Days; Church and School; The Second Phase; The Presbytery of Otago; Educational Progress; The Man and his Genius; Bibliography; Index.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6603

Bibliografische Details

Titel: A Great Coloniser: The Rev. Dr. Thomas Burns...

Verlag: The Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co., Dunedin

Erscheinungsdatum: 1929

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fair

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.