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Whitcoulls Limited, Christchurch, New Zealand, [Published Date: No date listed, circa 1964]. Part of Whitcoulls' Panorama Series. Paperback, Postcard-sized booklet, [32] pp (unpaginated). Introduction by Douglass Elliott. Transparancies by Mrs. G. M. Goodall and National Publicity Studios. Includes 15 full color photos with description, botanical names and where the native flowers can be found.
In very good condition. Glossy pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. NOT Ex-Library. Gladys Mary Goodall (1908 – 2015) was a New Zealand photographer whose work was used for scenic postcards of the country. Her photographs are held in the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the National Library of New Zealand. Goodall's photography is considered an important visual record of New Zealand's landscape as her work covered the length and breadth of the country over a period of more than 30 years. Just under 11,000 color transparencies and 950 postcards by Goodall are held in the photographic archive of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington.