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Metamorphism in the Lake Wakatipu Region, Western Otago, New Zealand [New Zealand DSIR - Geological Memoirs. Memoir No. 5]
by Hutton, C. Osbourne
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: Industrial Research. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Foxing to margins of covers. Spine rubbed with 20mm chip at tail of spine. 40mm tear to a map. ; 90, [2 (blank)] pages. 17 plates (11 on 9 unpaginated plate leaves (1 colour), the other 6 plates on the leaves paginated from page 85-90) + 3 folding maps (1 topographical, 2 colour, geological). 17 in-text figures. 19 tables. Grey printed paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 280 x 218mm. Series: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research - Geological Memoirs, Memoir No. 5. .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22662
- Title
- Metamorphism in the Lake Wakatipu Region, Western Otago, New Zealand [New Zealand DSIR - Geological Memoirs. Memoir No. 5]
- Author
- Hutton, C. Osbourne
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Industrial Research
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- 1940
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