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A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson
by Thomson, Murray Gladstone (1850-1942); edited by Alfred Eccles; with a Foreword by Dr. H. D. Skinner
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. (1944). First Edition. Hardcover. Small gift card pasted to front endpaper. Dust-jacket has chips and tears to spine and margins, and plastic adhesive tape "repairs". Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; This is copy 287 of a limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the editor on the limitation page "Alfred Eccles". [viii], (13)-120 pages + portrait frontispiece + 7 plate leaves. Without the Errata slip. Blue cloth boards with black title on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 213 x 136mm. New Zealand history / biography. The illustrations include 2 plates showing 15 Maori hei-tiki found at Murdering Beach, Otago. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall T436 - "Murdering Beach, coaching, Maori tracks, etc."] .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21222
- Title
- A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson
- Author
- Thomson, Murray Gladstone (1850-1942); edited by Alfred Eccles; with a Foreword by Dr. H. D. Skinner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. H. & A. W. Reed
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- (1944)
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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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