Beyond the Roaring Forties - New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands
by Fraser, Conon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0477013627
- ISBN 13
- 9780477013628
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: Government Printing Office. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0477013627 . No signatures. Some staining to half title page. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 214 pages. Blue boards with gilt lettering on spine. Large format hardcover book. Page dimensions: 297 x 233mm. Numerous photographic illustrations, most in colour. With a Foreword by Sir Peter Scott. History and natural history. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Key to Maps and Diagrams; Part One - Homes in a Wild Ocean - The Elemental Islands; Specks in the Ocean; Creatures of the Sea; The Nature of the Subantarctic; Origins; Islands of Contrasts; Part Two - Plunder, Settlement, and Failure - Discovery and Exploitation; The Antarctic Explorers; The Enderby Settlement; The Shipwreck Era; Farming and Whaling; People and Change; Part Three - The Scientists - The Early Scientists; The 'Cape Expedition'; Campbell Island Weather Station; Scientists Today; Part Four - Towards the Future - Options for the Future; A Heritage of Islands; References; Bibliography; Index. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22098
- Title
- Beyond the Roaring Forties - New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands
- Author
- Fraser, Conon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0477013627
- ISBN 13
- 9780477013628
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- 0477013627
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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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