A Mini-Priced
p. 91 · Read in the full issue
New Zealand
In 1963 the New Zealand publishers, A. H. & A. W. Reed Pty. Ltd., produced one of those coffee-table sized pictorial books called “New Zealand".
The colour and black-and-white illustrations had come from K. & J. Bigwood and the text was by M. H. Holcroft, a NZ journalist and author. The retail cost of that book was £5 (or $10).
The same text and less elab orate illustrations by the same photographers have now been made into a modest, normal sized book which will sell at $1.75. It is printed in Japan, which is almost a foregone decision these days for any book with a great many illustrations.
It is not a propaganda book.
The author has an easy style and manages to strike a good balance when discussing the pros and cons of New Zealand life and the foibles and strengths of the New Zealand national character. — JT. (NEW ZEALAND. A. H. & A. W.
Reed. $1.75).