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High Endeavour: Story of the Mackenzie Country
by Vance, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Te Awamutu, Waikato, New Zealand
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About This Item
Timaru, New Zealand: The Author, 1965. Signed and Inscribed "good wishes' by Author on Title Page. Tan cloth, gilt text to spine. Illustrated endpapers. 275 pp. includes Appendix, Bibliography, Index plus a Fold-out Runs Schedule 1889 - 1946. B/w Frontispiece and illus. Signature on Ffep. A clean, firmly bound copy. DJ has price intact, chipped along top edge with one tiny tear, spine has small circular surface paper loss from sticker removal (13mm diameter), small stain to top front edge and spine tail (outer side only). Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- All Booked
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007278
- Title
- High Endeavour: Story of the Mackenzie Country
- Author
- Vance, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Author
- Place of Publication
- Timaru, New Zealand
- Date Published
- 1965
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- New Zealand Non-Fiction History
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Zealand History;
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