The Adventures Of Kimble Bent : A Story Of Wild Life In The New Zealand Bush Cowan, James

Heavy wear and rubbing to lower margins and edges of boards. Heavy staining to reverse side of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket spine faded. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. ; 1975 Capper Press facsimile reprint of the original 1911 edition. xxi, [1], 336, [2 (blank)] pages. 15 illustrations + 1 map within the pagination. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 134mm. Contents: The Deserter; Kimble Bent, Sailor and Soldier; The Camp of the Hauhaus; In the Otapawa Stockade; Te Ua, Priest and Prophet; The Storming of Otapawa; Bush Life with the Hauhaus; The Hauhau Council-Town; A Forest Adventure; The War-Chief and his Gods; "The Beak-of-the-Bird"; The Attack on Turuturu-Mokai Redoubt; The Killing of Kane; Adventures at Te Ngutu-O-Te-Manu; A Battle in the Forest; and the Death of Von Tempsky; The Cannibales of the Bush; Skirmishing and Fort-Building; The Fight at Moturoa Stockade; The Tauranga-Ika Stockade; A Scouting Adventure; The Fall of Tauranga-Ika; The Forest-Foragers; A Battle in the Fog; The Head-Hunters; The Land of Refuge; Bush Life on the Patea; Hiroki: The Story of a Fugitive; Out of Exile. Illustrations: Sketch Map of Taranaki; Mount Egmont, Taranaki; A Taranaki Frontier Fort; Patara, A Hauhau Prophet; A British Column on the March; The Scout; The Ambuscade; Tutange Waionui, A Hauhau Warrior; Major Von Tempsky; Major Von Tempsky; Major Kemp (Kepa Te Rangihiwinui) ; The Fight at Moturoa; A Hauhau Scout; A Constabulary Officer in Bush-Fighting Costume; Kimble Bent, the Pakeha-Maori. [Reference: c.f Bagnall C1590 for first edition: "The adventures of a deserter from the British troops during the Taranaki War."]