Amassing Treasures for All Times : Sir George Grey, Colonial Bookman and Collector by Donald Jackson Kerr - 2006

Dunedin, New Zealand and New Castle, Delaware: Otago University Press and Oak Knoll Press, 2006. hardcover, dust jacket. Grey, George. 6 x 9.25. hardcover, dust jacket. 352 pages. Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century. Less well known of Grey is that we he was also an obsessive collector of rare books and artifacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed. Through these items, we are given a look into Grey's less -publicized private life. There are actually two "Grey Collections" in the southern hemisphere, each with almost identical statues and similar collections. He assembled an extraordinary collection and then donated the entire assemblage to Cape Town in 1861. He continued to purchase rarities and other manuscripts and donated his second collection from his private library to Auckland. Grey gathered items from classic European book culture, as well as artifacts and… Read More

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. (2006). First Edition. Hardcover. 1584561963 . Price sticker on rear panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 351, [1 (blank)] pages. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 233 x 152mm. "Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesmen in the nineteenth century. [. . .] Less well known of Grey is that he was an obsessive collector of rare books and artefacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed, establishing 'Grey Collections' in Cape Town and Auckland. This study, written by a former librarian of the Auckland collection, reveals the genius and magnanimity of an increasingly controversial figure, demonstrating the complex humanity underlying his apparent remoteness." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Oak Knoll Pr, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 1584561963 . This unread As New/As New copy is beautifully bound in wine colored cloth ; Sir George Grey, governor of New Zealand, South Australia and the Cape Colony, was an outstanding British colonial statesman in the nineteenth century. He was also an obsessive collector of rare books and artifacts, which he selflessly bequeathed to the people he governed, establishing "Grey Collections" in Cape Town and Auckland. This study, by a former librarian of the Auckland collection, reveals Grey's genius and magnanimity as well as the controversy and complexity surrounding his apparent remoteness; 8vo .