On Copra Ships and Coral Isles
by Redwood, Rosaline
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London / New Zealand: Robert Hale / Whitcombe and Tombs. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1966). Hardcover. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 192 pages + plates. Blue boards with silver lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 136mm. New Zealand publisher's name "Whitcombe & Tombs" printed at tail of spine of book and dust-jacket. "This is the intimate story of a woman journalist who voyaged alone into remote regions of the Pacific Islands. Impelled by the irresistible forces of itchy feet and editorial assignments she endures the raw discomforts of scorching decks and stinking cargoes, of cockroach-infested cabins and hurricanes, and the exciting necessity of "jumping" jagged reefs from incoming wave-crests in frail canoes. She describes the vivid colour and breathless beauty of seldom-seen coral atolls where natives live an idyllic existence untouched by the problems of modern civilization." - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24725
- Title
- On Copra Ships and Coral Isles
- Author
- Redwood, Rosaline
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Robert Hale / Whitcombe and Tombs
- Place of Publication
- London / New Zealand
- Date Published
- (1966)
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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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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