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John Jones of Otago : Whaler : Coloniser : Shipowner : Merchant
by Eccles, Alfred & A. H. Reed; with a foreword by W. Downie Stewart
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. (1949). First Edition. Hardcover. Corner clipped from front free endpaper. 50mm tear with adhesive tape stain to front panel of dust-jacket. Some small tears and chips to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; [2], (7)-111, [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 19 illustrations on 5 plate leaves. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 135mm. New Zealand regional history, Otago, 19th Century. "The full story of how he came to settle in Waikouaiti, to acquire large areas of land thereabouts, and to engage in agriculture, is told in this book. One of his earliest steps was to establish a mission station to look after the spiritual welfare of the whalers and the Maoris" - page 8. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Early Years; Whaling Days; Native Land Purchases and Claims; The Agricultural Settlement; Other Rural Land Interests; Mission Station and Church; Merchant, Shipowner and Other Matters; John Jones, the Man; Appendix; Index. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23667
- Title
- John Jones of Otago : Whaler : Coloniser : Shipowner : Merchant
- Author
- Eccles, Alfred & A. H. Reed; with a foreword by W. Downie Stewart
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. H. and A. W. Reed
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- (1949)
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Renaissance Books
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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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