Previous owner's signature. Some foxing to page edges and to dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in mylar cover. Some small 1/4" tears to margins of dustjacket. Overall a nice copy of this title.; 253, [2] pages + frontispiece. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 124mm. Contents: Preface; Early Years; The Turner Abduction; Trial of the Wakefields; Newgate; The Two Systems; Founding South Australia; The Problem of New Zealand; The Durham Report; The Race for New Zealand; Conciliating 'Mr. Mother Country'; In Canada Again; War with Stanley; An Elizabethan Enterprise; A Colonist Himself; The Last Fight; The Man and his Work; A Debt to Pay; Extracts from 'A Letter from Sydney'; Bibliography; Index. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall H383]. ; 8vo. Seller Inventory # 17155

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Amazing Career of Edward Gibbon Wakefield

Publisher: George Allen & Unwin, London

Publication Date: 1928

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Edition: First Edition.

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We are located in Dunedin, in the south of the South Island of New Zealand. We are a generalist rare and out-of-print bookseller, selling books in most subject areas. Our stock of over 8,000 titles has particular strengths in the areas of New Zealand history and literature, Maori, Tibet and Central Asia, Travel, Military, and Antiquarian. We are a member of ANZAAB (Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers) and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).

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Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, 271 High St, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: info@renaissancebooks.co.nz. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.

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