Guide to the Collections in the Canterbury Museum Christchurch, New Zealand
by [Waite, Edgar R.]
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Christchurch: T. E. Fraser. Fair with no dust jacket. 1906. Softcover. Title leaf detached with losses. Front wrapper missing. Paper spine chipped. Rubbing and dog-earing to corners of leaves.; Third edition. [iv], 220 pages + 7 plates + 9 full page plans. Front wrapper missing and title leaf heavily torn and chipped. Page dimensions: 215 x 137mm. The plans show the layout of different rooms in the museum. The plates are b&w photographic illustrations, and include the Maori Room, the Ethnological Room, the Sculpture Room, and the New Zealand Room (showing moa skeletons). [Seller ref: Knightcol] ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15618
- Title
- Guide to the Collections in the Canterbury Museum Christchurch, New Zealand
- Author
- [Waite, Edgar R.]
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- T. E. Fraser
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch
- Date Published
- 1906
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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- Fair
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- Rubbing
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