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The Mount Cook Way; The First Fifty Years of the Mount Cook Company
by Harry Wigley
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0002169533
- ISBN 13
- 9780002169530
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Auckland, NZ: William Collins Publishers, 1979 William Collins Publishers, Auckland, NZ. 1979. Hardcover. Edition not specified. Book is tight square and unmarked. FFFP and Title page have business cards for Mount Cook Airline staff glued to page and their autographs on the title page. Book Condition: VG: moisture stain on rear board exterior which affect no interior pages or binding. DJ: VG; no price on flap; rubbing from book contact. Green boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 218 pp 8vo. The story of the road-transport business and Mt. Cook tours in New Zealand. Ohau Lodge and Coronet skifield at Queenstown. A clean presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001809
- Title
- The Mount Cook Way; The First Fifty Years of the Mount Cook Company
- Author
- Harry Wigley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0002169533
- ISBN 13
- 9780002169530
- Publisher
- William Collins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Auckland, NZ
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- OHAU LODGE, MT. COOK, COOK TOURS, MOUNT AIRLINES, HARRY WIGLEY, QUEENSTOWN, CORONET AIRFIELD, CHATEAU TONGARIRO, RENTAL CAR BUSINESS IN NEW ZEALAND, tourism, travel, New Zealand, Mount Cook Company, Harry Wigley
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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