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I'm a bit puzzled by the way you phrase this - which edition have you scanned?
The 1960 Whitcombe & Tombs edition, which is the (only) one listed in Goodreads.That edition notes that it is a reprint, and that the book was first published in 1934 by J. M Dent & Sons Ltd, London. But I have no other information on that edition, and obviously do not know what the cover looks like.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fAos...
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Source: scan of personal copy.
Also: the 1960 Whitcombe & Tombs reprint (which is the edition listed here) is 364 pages long. And here's a blurb, from the inside of the dust jacket:
This New Zealand novel was very favourably received by reviewers when first published in 1934. Although it has been out of print for many years, Spur of Morning has been reprinted and will give delight to many readers of a new generation.
The story covers the opening years of the twentieth century, and gives a panorama of notable personalities, great social changes, and political developments, against the grand and romantic background of the New Zealand landscape. Two young men dominate the story. One, a raw, original-minded youth of Irish ancestry, has brains, a genius for Rugby, a deep sense of social justice and unusual force of character. He wins his way to political power, and—with much more difficulty—to the hand of the girl he loves. The other chief character is his best friend, a self-conscious, poetic personality, who becomes a successful newspaper man. These attractive but cleverly contrasted figures cut through a whole cross-section of the life of their country. Following their careers, their recreations and their loves, we are made to share the hopes and moods of a young and virile community, to experience its tense political problems no less than the stress of its glorious games of Rugby.
There are episodes of travelling and camping in the almost idyllic New Zealand scenery that presents an unspoilt world in all its beauty. There are pages dealing with the jealousies, the prides and the mutual antagonisms of homelanders and the 'colonials' that bring one very close to the realities and responsibilities of the Empire.