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The Marist Brothers in New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa 1876 - 1976
by Gallagher, Pat
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
NZ$50.76NZ$35.53
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About This Item
New Zealand: Pegasus Press, 1976. In 1876 the school ministry of the Brothers began in Wellington. From there they spread quickly throughout New Zealand, arriving in Auckland in 1885, where they took over a diocesan school for boys on the corner of Pitt and Wellington Streets. CONDITION Blue bds with bright gilt title (slightest shelf wear to bottom edge o/w unworn) 211 pages with half tone photo plate illus. Bright and crisp as new apart from first blank has been neatly removed. DJ has mild edge wear. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14851
- Title
- The Marist Brothers in New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa 1876 - 1976
- Author
- Gallagher, Pat
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pegasus Press
- Place of Publication
- New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
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- First Edition
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
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