Reminiscences of a Wanderer by R.C. Bruce
$85.00
A rare and scarce used hardcover first edition of Reminiscences of a Wanderer by R.C. Bruce (Robert Cunningham Bruce, 1843–1917), published by Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Melbourne and London, 1914. The author is identified on the title page as R.C. Bruce, A.B. (Able Seaman), formerly M.H.R. for Rangitikei.
Format: Hardcover, cloth-backed boards
Edition: First edition, 1914
Publisher: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited
Condition: Used — Good. Cloth boards showing age; some wear to spine and corners as expected for a 110+ year old volume. Interior pages with age tanning but sound and complete. No dust jacket (as issued).
R.C. Bruce was a remarkable figure — a Scottish-born sailor who went to sea at age 14, spent decades on merchant ships and gold fields across New Zealand, Australia, America and beyond, before entering politics as Member of the House of Representatives for Rangitikei (1884–1893). His memoir is a vivid account of 19th-century seafaring life and early New Zealand colonial experience, including encounters on the Otago goldfields, the Barbary Coast, and the New Zealand bush. A genuine piece of New Zealand colonial history, and extremely rare in the secondhand market.
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Category: B0123, BOOKS, HISTORY, NON FICTION, NZ BOOKS, NZ HISTORY, NZ NON FICTION, RARE, VINTAGE
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