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Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 352 pages. 8.75x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cricketing Colonists The Brittan Brothers in Early Canterbury by Geoffrey Rice, Frances Ryman. Publisher: Canterbury University Press , 2015. Very good softback, no inscriptions, small crease on corner of cover and a few pages, 328 pages, illustrated. John Robert Godley, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, James Edward FitzGerald - these are the names that usually come to mind as the founders of Canterbury. But there was a fourth vitally important individual, arguably equal in importance to FitzGerald, whose story remains largely unknown. William Guise Brittan led the first Canterbury Pilgrims, chaired the Society of Canterbury Colonists and controlled the Land Office in early Christchurch. The 'bell-wether man' of the Canterbury project, he was the first to pay for land in the settlement, inspiring others to follow his example. William Guise Brittan was also known as 'the Father of Cricket' in Canterbury and established three churches in Christchurch. His elder brother Joseph, who joined him in 1852, had a significant influence on local politics and he, too, was a cricket enthusiast. The Brittan brothers were leading figures in the Canterbury settlement, and made substantial contributions to the province, yet they were unpopular, both their careers ended in failure and disappointment and they have been mostly forgotten. This timely and fascinating account seeks to explain why, exploring their work and family lives (and their bank accounts), and along the way providing a richly detailed panorama of life and politics in early Christchurch. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. 328p Slight tea mark FE Near Fine Inscribed by the author, with illustrations, the biography of two of the forgotten early leaders in Christchurch, including in founding cricket in the town.

Octavo, illus light card covers, 328pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers, slight bruising to cover corners).