THE REBEL CHIEF. A Romance of New Zealand. With Illustrations by the Author. Signed Presentation Card from the Author Laid In.
London: F.V. White & Co., 1896. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. First edition. Octavo, original pictorial green cloth stamped in black on front cover, lettered in gilt on spine. 296 pp. Frontispiece with tissue guard & title page vignette by Nisbet. Small card bearing the author's inscription "With compliments from Hume Nisbet" , on printed letterhead "Quisisana, Lady's Bay, Walton-by-Clevedon, Somerset" loosely laid in. Early ink inscription on verso of half-title leaf "Ian Baillie / Present from Captain Colt"; recipient's small ink name & dated (8-5-07) on front endpaper and upper corner of title page; a fine, bright copy. Fine. Item #302619
¶ James Hume Nisbet (1849-1923) was a Scottish-born novelist and artist. At 16 years of age he went to Australia and stayed about seven years, during which he travelled to Tasmania, New Zealand, and the South Sea Islands, painting, sketching, writing poetry and stories, and making notes for future work. Many of his novels are set in Australia or New Zealand.
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