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Kangaroo and Kauri: Sketches and Anecdotes of Australia and New Zealand
by Arthur, J. K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Front inner hinge broken. Previous owner's handwritten paper name label on front endpaper "Anthony Arnold Easter 1897". Moderate rubbing and flecking to cloth boards. ; [2], x, [4], 132 pages + 6 b&w plates (including frontispiece). Green cloth boards with decorative gilt title on front board. Page dimensions: 221 x 136mm. Selected contents: Our Antipodean Colonies; Sheep and Sheep-Runs; Australian Trees; Droughts; Kangaroos and Kangaroo-Hunting; Australian Aboriginals; The Expedition of Burke and Wills; Maori Men and women; Cattle-Stealing; Timber-Cutting; The New Zealand Flax-Plant; New Zealand Trees. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall A642]; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13477
- Title
- Kangaroo and Kauri: Sketches and Anecdotes of Australia and New Zealand
- Author
- Arthur, J. K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
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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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Hinge
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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