The Greenstone Door
by Satchell, William
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
-
Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
A$38.01A$26.61
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombes, 1957. First published 1914. Explores aspects of New Zealand history in the second half of the nineteenth century through the childhood recollections of a hero who is cared for by a Maori chief after his father is killed. Now recognised as a classic of the period, with its authentic historical portraits and its passionate plea for better understanding between the two races. CONDITION Green bds (bottom front cnr buped, faintest marks to rear) 400 pages with Maori pronunciation guide to rear (crisp and clean with light foxing at ends and edges) Original DJ has slight damp stain to spine and has been in older style brodart causing tape bleed to edge which has carried over to eps and a little to edge of bds, tiny tear bottom front, not price clipped. #New Zealand Literature#. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13912
- Title
- The Greenstone Door
- Author
- Satchell, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Publisher
- Whitcombe & Tombes
- Place of Publication
- New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
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- 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....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...