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Wonderland: A Glimpse at the Marvels and Beaturies of the Taupo Volanic Zone, New Zealand [bound with] Waikare-Moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters: the Lake; the Land; the Legends with a Tramp through Tuhoe Land
by Bullock, Margaret [&] Best, Elsdon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: John Mackay, Government Printer. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1899, 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Some rubbing to boards. Patch of discolouration to cloth on front board. Some foxing to folding map of North Island in "Wonderland". Both maps in "Waikare-Moana" very good and clean, without tears. 8 blank fly leaves bound in at rear. Binder's rubber stamp on front endpaper "Bound by Askew & Co., Zion Street, Plymouth".; Two titles bound in one volume. Green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 214 x 138mm. Spine titled in gilt: "GEYSERLAND. - N. Z." The first title is "Wonderland" by Margaret Bullock (1899). This has the original printed pink front wrapper bound in, but does not have the unprinted pink rear wrapper. vi, [2], 66 pages + 12 plates + 1 folding map. The second title is "Waikare-Moana" by Elsdon Best (1897). Original pink paper wrappers bound in. viii, 66 pages + colour frontispiece map + 11 plates + 1 large folding map at rear. Pages (iii) - iv follow page viii, as described in Bagnall. [References: Bagnall B1721; B757] ; 8vo .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22910
- Title
- Wonderland: A Glimpse at the Marvels and Beaturies of the Taupo Volanic Zone, New Zealand [bound with] Waikare-Moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters: the Lake; the Land; the Legends with a Tramp through Tuhoe Land
- Author
- Bullock, Margaret [&] Best, Elsdon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Mackay, Government Printer
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- 1899, 1897
- Keywords
- New Zealand Maori Regional History Waikare-moana
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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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- Rubbing
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