G. A. Selwyn, D.D. Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield
by Creighton, Louise
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Longmans, Green and Co.. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Some damage to front free endpaper. Some foxing. A 2"chip, a 1"chip and a 1" tear to front panel of dust wrapper. 1/2" missing at each end of dust wrapper spine. 1/2" chips and tears in rear panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; xi, [1], 180 pages. 2 small maps within the pagination. Green cloth boards with paper spine label. Contents: Preface; Chronological Table; Introduction; Childhood and Youth; Early Missions in New Zealand; First Impressions of New Zealand; The Maoris and the Settlers; The Call of the Pacific; Church Organization in New Zealand; Bishop Selwyn's Work in England for Foreign Missions; The Melanesian Mission; The Maori Wars; Return to England and Last Years;; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5964
- Title
- G. A. Selwyn, D.D. Bishop of New Zealand and Lichfield
- Author
- Creighton, Louise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
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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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- New
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