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The High Alps of New Zealand or a Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook
by Green, William Spotswood
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Christchurch, New Zealand: Capper Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. (1976). Hardcover. No signatures. No tears in dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; Facsimile reprint edition. xiv, (2), 350 pages + folding map + 32 pages advertisements. Maroon papered boards with gilt lettering on spine.; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10509
- Title
- The High Alps of New Zealand or a Trip to the Glaciers of the Antipodes with an Ascent of Mount Cook
- Author
- Green, William Spotswood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Publisher
- Capper Press
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Date Published
- (1976)
- Keywords
- Mountaineering New Zealand Mount Cook Southern Alp
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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- New
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- Fine
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- Reprint
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- 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...
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