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The Past and Present of New Zealand; with its Prospects for the Future.
by Taylor, Richard (Rev. )
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: William Macintosh. Poor with no dust jacket. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. A 1 1/2" tear in spine cloth. Fading, rubbing and light dampstains to cloth boards. Lacking the front free endpaper and one plate. Binding loose. Hinges broken. Frontispiece detached. Some gatherings and groups of leaves detached and loose. Text complete. Several rubber stamps of "H. B. Flett / Skilbister / Table Hill" on endpapers and on plates. A rough working or reading copy only. Not in collectable condition.; viii, 331, [1] pages + frontispiece + 6 of 7 plates + engraved vignette illustrations at head of each chapter. Purple blind-stamped cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 222 x 140mm. Spine title: "New Zealand Past Present and Future". Includes a long chapter on the Maori King Movement.[Bibliographical Reference: Bagnall 5488 - "potpourri seemingly dashed off before the second edition of his Te Ika a Maui".] ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13450
- Title
- The Past and Present of New Zealand; with its Prospects for the Future.
- Author
- Taylor, Richard (Rev. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Macintosh
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- New Zealand
Terms of Sale
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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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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gatherings
- A term used in bookbinding, where a gathering of sheets is folded at the middle, then bound into the binding together. The...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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