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Alexandra A Place in the Sun: A History of the Alexandra Borough Council Central Otago 1867-1989
by Ramage, Gordon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0473010224
- ISBN 13
- 9780473010225
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Alexandra: Central Otago District Council. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. 0473010224 . No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of dust wrapper spine and corners of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; A history of the Alexandra Borough Council in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. v, 278 pages. Green leatherette boards. Page dimensions: 229 x 154mm. Illustrated. "The history of the Alexandra Borough Council is also the history of the town of Alexandra itself, the largest of the Central Otago towns with a population of almost 5000 at time of writing." - from dust wrapper blurb. ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11960
- Title
- Alexandra A Place in the Sun: A History of the Alexandra Borough Council Central Otago 1867-1989
- Author
- Ramage, Gordon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0473010224
- ISBN 13
- 9780473010225
- Publisher
- Central Otago District Council
- Place of Publication
- Alexandra
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- 0473010224
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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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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- New
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- Blurb
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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