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A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson
by Thomson, Murray Gladstone (1850-1942); edited by Alfred Eccles; with a Foreword by Dr. H. D. Skinner
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1944). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex libris bookplate of Fred B. Butler, linocut? of shipwreck. Unrelated? newspaper clipping on Jean M. Stewart tipped in at front endpaper. Some marginalia and underlining. Typed index of names appearing in "A Pakeha's Recollections [. . .]" pasted onto rear endpaper, with manuscript annotation "all these indexed onto cards / F. B. B." Manuscript genealogical chart of Murray Gladstone Thomson family on blank rear fly leaf. ; This is copy 226 of a limited edition of 300 copies, signed by the editor on the limitation page "Alfred Eccles". [viii], (13)-120 pages + portrait frontispiece + 7 plate leaves. Without the Errata slip. Blue cloth boards with black title on spine and blind-stamped lettering on front board. Page dimensions: 211 x 135mm. New Zealand history / biography. The illustrations include 2 plates showing 15 Maori hei-tiki found at Murdering Beach, Otago. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall T436 - "Murdering Beach, coaching, Maori tracks, etc."] .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19353
- Title
- A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson
- Author
- Thomson, Murray Gladstone (1850-1942); edited by Alfred Eccles; with a Foreword by Dr. H. D. Skinner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A. H. & A. W. Reed
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- (1944)
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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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