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We New Zealanders - An Informal Essay
by Fairburn, A. R. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: Progressive Publishing Society. Good+ with no dust jacket. [1944]. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owners' names and addresses on front endpaper. Some splitting to gutters at endpapers. Boards rubbed and faded. ; (61), [1], [2 (blank)] pages. Red boards with cloth spine. Gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 181 x 113mm. "Nearly everything that happens to us - wars, depressions, changes in the pattern of everyday life - originates far away, from causes over which we have little or no control." - page 5. A social-political-moral essay by a New Zealand poet. Trade Unions, Fascism, vegetable stage, censorship, abortion, divorce laws, mediocrity, democracy etc. [References: Bagnall F39; Johnson "A. R. D. Fairburn 1904-1957 - A Bibliography of his Published Work" 323] .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23340
- Title
- We New Zealanders - An Informal Essay
- Author
- Fairburn, A. R. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Progressive Publishing Society
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- [1944]
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
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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