The Birth of a City: Wellington, 1840-1843
by Carman, A. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
Item Price
NZ$41.50NZ$33.20
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About This Item
Tawa, New Zealand: The Author, 1970. Tan cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Endpaper Maps. 180pp. includes Appendices & Index. Fold-out Frontispiece is a reproduction of Wellington, 1842, an oil by Captain William Mein Smith, Royal Artillery. Colour & B/w Plates. Pencil erasure top corner of Ffep. Clean and tight. DJ has light shelfwear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005337
- Title
- The Birth of a City: Wellington, 1840-1843
- Author
- Carman, A. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Author
- Place of Publication
- Tawa, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- New Zealand History Wellington
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Zealand History;
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