Station Life in New Zealand

by Lady Barker

hardback with dustjacket, this edition publ 1950. In very good condition. 

A classic of NZ writing from the late 1800s. This is in the form of a series of letters sent by Lady Barker back to friends in England from a Canterbury sheep farm in the Malvern Hills. It is easy to read, interesting and, at times, funny. Floods, storms, picnics, the routine of the sheep run, pig-hunting and other aspects of her life at the time. 

This is a real classic of the time (it first appeared in 1870) and there have been many editions of it. This is a lovely book that has stood the test of the time.