The Day Before Yesterday: A Short History of The Bay of Islands
by HARCOURT, MELVILLE
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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About This Item
A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940. Dated signed inscription by author tipped in to f.e.p., also a two page typed signed letter by author loosely enclosed, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi +253pp + 5pp book catalogue, illus, VG- (light rubbing & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 16cm crack along outer rear hinge, light fading to spine, light foxing to eps & page edges, light tanning to page edge)
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- Title
- The Day Before Yesterday: A Short History of The Bay of Islands
- Author
- HARCOURT, MELVILLE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940
- Keywords
- Melville Harcourt New Zealand the Bay of Islands local history signed
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