Manhunt. The Story Of Stanley Graham by Willis H.A - 1979

Published Whitcoulls Publishers, New Zealand, 1979. Hard Cover. 8vo, First Edition. Book Condition: Good. Ex library. Edgewear. Clean interior. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edgewear and small tears. .

Christchurch: Whitcoulls. Good in Good dust jacket. (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. 072330629X . Previous owner's inscription front endpaper. 15mm indentation and tear to spine of book and spine of dust-jacket. 20mm missing at head of dust-jacket spine. Adhesive tape across head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 224 pages + plates. Orange-red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 133mm. "For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men - Stanley Graham." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Christchurch: Whitcoulls. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. 072330629X . No signatures. Lacking the dust-jacket.; 224 pages + plates. Orange-red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 133mm. "For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men - Stanley Graham." .

Whitcoulls, 1979. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. NEW ZEALAND TRUE CRIME""For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men - Stanley Graham."" Dairy farmer Stanley Graham killed seven people in Kōwhitirangi on the South Island’s West Coast. One of New Zealand’s largest manhunts ended when Graham was shot on the evening of 20 October. He died of his wounds the following day.The tragedy began when Graham refused to hand over his rifle to police to assist the war effort. He felt aggrieved that police were ‘persecuting’ him rather than investigating his neighbours, who he believed were poisoning his cows.On 8 October policemen Edward Best, Percy Tulloch, Frederick Jordan and William Cooper went to Kōwhitirangi after a neighbour claimed Graham had threatened him with a rifle. Cooper, Jordan and Tulloch were shot dead, while Best later died from his wounds.… Read More

Christchurch: Whitcoulls. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1979). First Edition. Hardcover. 072330629X . Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Fading to red lettering on dust-jacket spine. No tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 224 pages + plates. Orange-red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 133mm. "For twelve days in 1941 the countryside round the small West Coast settlement of Koiterangi, near Hokitika, was terrorised by the murderer of seven men - Stanley Graham." .