A.H. And A.W.Reed, Wellington, 1949. A quirky look at New Zealand's early history, profusely illustrated by John Magurk. 119pp. Cream hard cover has black writing on front and spine. Spine ends slightly scuffed and edges of boards ar slightly darkened. Contents tight and clean. No inscriptions. Touch of foxing on page edges. Dust jacket is bumped along edges with minor cracking at corners and spine ends and spine is sunned. A very nice copy of this scarce first edition. There is an inscription on front e/p " Dear Erin, We do hope you enjoy this book - and - just between ourselves - there are some things in it that aren't true! Sincerely, John Magurk. Don't you believe it Erin. I've got the documents. Sincerely Terence Journet. December 5, 1949"