T. Eynon Rugby football Past and Present, the Tour of the Native Team Published 1896, Palmerston north This summary of the famous 1888 tour includes players' pen portraits, accounts of the 74 matches played on the tour, extracts from articles in the English press, illustrations inc. Reproductions of period photographs and cartoons. in generally sound and complete condition, 128 pp, re-covered with a hardback cover and some deterioration to the later pages; ref: D.McLaren, a Handbook of Rugby. Literature, 1985, see list of the ten rarest New Zealand Rugby books