The Motorists' Comprehensive Road Guide for the North Island of New Zealand with Sectional Maps by [New Zealand; Automobiles] - 1913

Christchurch: Andrews, Baty & Co. Ltd., 1913. First edition. An early '...road guide compiled specially for the North Island of New Zealand .' With 13 sectional maps, route suggestions, hotels, directions and tips for drivers (use lower gear...), and many advertisements for tires, garages, tools, oil, cars, motobikes, etc. An index to tours and sectional maps showing Wellington, Palmerston, Fielding, Wanganui, New Plymouth, Stratford, Woodville, Featherston, Napier, Waipukurau, Taupo, Rotorua, Auckland, Waiouru.

"This guide is designed to meet a long felt want by those who travel by motor car or motor cycle, and indeed it should also prove useful to those whose means of locomotion is still the "push bike". Every endeavour has been made to insure that the particulars are absolutely correct, and it can be readily understood that in the compilation of maps and information, considerable expense has been incurred."

Mentioned in the Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 111, 10 May 1913, Page 14.

8vo, 152pp, red cloth printed covers, staple bound. Printed on spine, "New Hudson 3 Speed - Climbs Any Hill". Covers dusty, spine rubbed with splits in cloth, front cover hinge starting, otherwise clean.

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