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The Taieri Plain: Tales of the Years that are Gone
by Shaw, Margaret S. & Edgar D. Farrant
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Christchurch: Capper Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. (1977). Hardcover. Small 1/2" tears at ends of dust wrapper spine and at one corner of dust wrapper. Some rubbing and fading to the dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; This copy signed by one of the authors, Edgar Farrant, on the title page. No other signatures. 1977 Capper Press facsimile reprint of the 1949 first edition. xii, 238 pages + frontispiece + plates. Red-brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 214 x 133mm. New Zealand regional history. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction; Early Settlers; The Great Exodus; West Taieri; The Berwick-Maungatua Road; County, Borough and Town; The River; The River Settlements; Allanton and Riverside; East Taieri and Mosgiel Junction; Mosgiel and Industry; North Taieri; Churches, Schools, Medical Services; Sport and Recreation; Wingatui; Farming; Roll of Honour; Bibliography; Index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14716
- Title
- The Taieri Plain: Tales of the Years that are Gone
- Author
- Shaw, Margaret S. & Edgar D. Farrant
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Capper Press
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch
- Date Published
- (1977)
- Keywords
- New Zealand Otago
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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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