The Six Colonies of New Zealand
by Fox, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Dunedin: Hocken Library. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1971. Hardcover. No signatures or markings. A facsimile of the 1851 edition (London: John W. Parker and Son) . viii, 168 pages + large folding map + 4 pages advertisements. Brown boards with gilt lettering on front board. Page dimensions:168 x 97mm. "Fox's leading role as an explorer, New Zealand Company agent and incipient colonial politician gave the book an authority and pungency lacking from so many contemporary accounts. " Contents: Descriptive and Statistical: General Description of the Islands; The Separate Colonies - Wellington, Nelson, Otago, Canterbury, New Plymouth, Auckland; The Pensioner Villages; The Natives: Their Number; Their Civilization; Our Relations With; Native Character; Missionary Influence; Native Title to Waste Lands; The Waste Lands; Government: The Existing Form; Present Government - Effects of; Administration of Justice; Currency, and Inestate Estates; Communication between different Settlements; Self-Government; Constitutions - Existing and Proposed; Appendix - On the Transfer of Land.; 12mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002117
- Title
- The Six Colonies of New Zealand
- Author
- Fox, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Publisher
- Hocken Library
- Place of Publication
- Dunedin
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- New Zealand History William Fox
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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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- Gilt
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- Fine
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