The Centennial History of Barnego Flat Part Two
The Centennial History of Barnego Flat Part Two
The progressive piecemeal printing of the centennial history of Barnego Flat, Part two, containing Chapter 1: The moahunter period of Maori culture on Barnego Flat.
Nag's Head Press, 1966 Limited edition of 100 numbered copies.
The stated editor E. Dadds is of course part of the joke. The real author was Bob Gormack[1], who was also the printer. See also [2]
The whole series of 10 books was in part a satire of local histories, but was also a hand press publishing entertainment for Gormack and the enthusiatic collectors of such material - NZ private printing.The lovely traditional title page of Part One is indicative of Gormack's love of printing.
Part two has more than a few digs at Roger Duff and earlier scholars who wrote about moa.
Best bit is the "Dadds adze" illustration.
References
- ↑ Bob Gormack - man of books http://www.nzine.co.nz/features/gormack.html
- ↑ The Byron of Burnside http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-GriHand-t1-g1-t13.html Accessed Sept 2010
