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Scientific Results of the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition, 1907
by Waite, Edgar R
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: John Mackay, Government Printer. Fair with no dust jacket. 1909. First Edition. Softcover. Covers rubbed and creased. 1" tear at tail of paper spine. Staples rusted. Corners of some leaves dog-eared. A 3" tear and a couple of misfolds to the folding map. The illustrations are mostly of fish and the netting equipment. One unusual illustration shows a man sitting in the water on top of the trawling net as it is being brought in, being supported by the mass of snapper in the haul - "So great is the buoyancy of a large haul of schnapper when drawn from deep water that the mass is capable of supporting for some time the weight of a man."; 116 pages + 23 plates + colour folding map. Printed green wrappers. Page dimensions: 213 x 139mm. Owner's ex-libris label on title page "Dr CNS [Corrie] McLachlan".; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6348
- Title
- Scientific Results of the New Zealand Government Trawling Expedition, 1907
- Author
- Waite, Edgar R
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- John Mackay, Government Printer
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- 1909
- Keywords
- Icthythyology
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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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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