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The Canterbury Frozen Meat Company Ltd. : the First Seventy-Five Years
by MacDonald, G. R
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Christchurch: [Printed By Whitcombe & Tombs]. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Staining to dust-jacket. Short tears to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; (x), 81 pages + 20 illustrations on 8 leaves. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. No signatures. Dust-jacket title: " A History of the Canterbury Frozen Meat Company Limited 1882-1957". Contents: Contents: Canterbury in the 'Seventies; Getting Under Way; Killing and Loading; Damage from Fire; The Problem of Costs; Notes of General Interest; Special Aspects; Fairfield; Changes on the Board: Sir George Clifford Takes Control; The Pareora Works; Review of Progress; Years of Fluctuation; Appendices. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall M140]. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001986
- Title
- The Canterbury Frozen Meat Company Ltd. : the First Seventy-Five Years
- Author
- MacDonald, G. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- [Printed By Whitcombe & Tombs]
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- New Zealand Company History Agriculture Exports
Terms of Sale
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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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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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