New Zealand As It Is
by Bradshaw, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Fair with no dust jacket. 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Spine very worn, with lower 35mm of spine cloth missing, and an 80mm section above that nearly detached. Front inner hinge broken. Internally good. Some foxing. ; viii, 392 pages + 32 pages advertisements. Blind-stamped boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 222 x 140mm. New Zealand history, 19th century. Contents: Introductory; Outward Bound; First Impressions; Society; Station Life; On the Farm; Stock and its Management; The New Zealand Alps; What Manner of Men We Are; The Financial Condition of the Colony; The Christchurch International Exhibition; Colonial Industries; Public Works; The North Island; "How We Are Governed"; Education; On Religion; Fragments; Appendix. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14809
- Title
- New Zealand As It Is
- Author
- Bradshaw, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1883
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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