John W. Parker and Son 1851. FIRST EDITION, LACKS MAP, sm octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind decoration to spine & boards, viii + 168pp + 4pp catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing/surface loss to board extrems/edges, moderate chafing to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate soiling to eps, light cracking to gutters & foxing to pages throughout)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 304329
Title: The Six Colonies of New Zealand
Author: FOX, WILLIAM
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: John W. Parker and Son 1851
Keywords: New Zealand colonies history Wellington Nelson Otago Canterbury New Plymouth Auckland government colonial history first editions

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Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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