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Anah Dunsheath RareBooks ABA ANZAAB ILAB, Auckland, NZ, New Zealand
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pp.502, Illustrations, NZNB I113 Full blue morocco binding with crimson spine label. With new information not before noted in first edition. A handsome copy of this classic maritime. Seller Inventory # 016883
Title: Shipwrecks. New Zealand Disasters 1795-1950
Publisher: A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington
Publication Date: 1951
Binding: Orig. Cloth
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 2nd Edition
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Second edition. Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs. Seller Inventory # xxfqa171482
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Books@Ruawai, Kaipara District, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Fair - Some Age Spots. No Jacket. Second. A reasonably heavy book; extra postage may apply. The spine has been re-attached. Seller Inventory # 078344
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. cloth slightly faded on spine. Seller Inventory # 4033k
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books, CYGNET, TAS, Australia
2nd edition of the 1936 original. Foreword by W. C. Smith. 520 PP with 112 b/w illust. Fp: Wreck of H.M.S. Orpheus on Manukau Bar, 7th February 1863. Cloth cover, spine faded and worn at extremities. Very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 24 x 16. Seller Inventory # 34565
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Seller: Ariel Books IOBA, Auckland, New Zealand
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Blue cloth (watermark to bottom cnrs and toned spine o/w bright and clean, not worn) 52 pages with 100 historic phots and illus, extensive index at rear including a separate location index. Copy is bright and crisp as new internally with name inside front. OVERWEIGHT Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 14977
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Seller: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Second Edition. Blue cloth binding titled in black on the spine, b&w frontis and illstns. Tidy, light foxing in edges and endpapers. Dust jacket is unclipped but has some loss to top edge, corner tears, part faded at the spine, in a clear film protective sleeve. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 029117
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Seller: Vintage Books of Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand
Cloth. Condition: Very Good - Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (frontis) 520p D-J (chips, fading spine) Cloth binding VG - Near Fine With illustrations, the revised edition of this record of the shipwrecks around New Zealand to bring it up to 1950. Seller Inventory # 019202
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Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second Edition. Price clipped. ; On the fly-leaf is the author's signature, P. Owen Wheatley. This is a revised edition 1795-1950. The storms that besiege New Zealand coastline have brought hundreds of good ships to disaster. Early mariners had to contend with primitive charts and methods of navigation, and although these two important factors have been improved, the elements still prevail. Shipwrecks is a standard work of reference containing over 100 illustrations, stories and full accounts of of outstanding wrecks. Contains Index & Locality Index at rear. The first edition, published in 1937, but this edition has been completely revised and enlarged and it brings the record to the end of 1950.; Over 100 Photo Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 520pp incl.index pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 8103
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Seller: Sea Fever Books, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The fascinating history and story of two centuries of shipwrecks of the coast of New Zealand. With photographs and engravings. Seller Inventory # 001499
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