H. O. Bowman: Port Chalmers: Gateway to Otago, Greymouth in Greymouth, West Coast for sale

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Chips and tears to margins of dust wrapper. Staining to tail of dust wrapper spine. A couple of small buckles to the text block, where the pages are not closing evenly. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. Provenance: Hardwicke Knight, with his bookplate"Hardwicke Albion Press / Broad Bay / Dunedin"in front endpaper. Underlining and marginalia by Knight.; 1978 Capper Press facsimile reprint of the 1948 first edition. This copy signed by the author on the title page in blue ink"H O Bowman". [xii], 222, [2] pages + folding frontispiece map + plates. Maroon papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 213 x 137mm. New Zealand regional history, Otago. Contents: Preface; Foreword; Before the Settlement; Early Port Chalmers; Port and Harbour; The Waterfront; Shipping; Wrecks and Hulks; Industry; Business; The Churches; Education; Civic; Defence and Patriotic; Social and Sporting; People; Appendix - Place Names; Bibliography. [Seller Ref: KnightCol]; 8vo; Signed by Author
Author
H. O. Bowman
Title
Port Chalmers: Gateway to Otago
Publisher name
Capper Press (1978), Christchurch
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1978
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d