John Rutherford - The White Chief - A Story of Adventure in New Zealand

Whitcombe and Tombs, Christchurch, 1908. Green hard cover with gilt titlles on front and spine. Contents tight with some age discolouration and foxing. 234pp with illustrations.
A re-write of The New Zealanders, written in 1830 and published anonymously. Later attributed to George Craik. Rutherford, an illiterate sailor, spent 10 years among the Maoris in the north of NZ. He dictated his story to a friend during his passage back to England.