Cecil J Wray (3 results)
Published by Allen & Unwin, 1924
- Hardcover
Seller: Vintage Books of Dunedin, Dunedin, New ZealandVintage Books of Dunedin
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. (frontis) 390p (folding map) (2p) Blue cloth binding, gilt titles, decoration Bumping top, bottom spine Signature front paste-down Slight inscription FEP Light foxing FE With maps and illustrations, the 3rd edition of this history of New Zealand, enlarged to bring it up-to-date.
Published by George Allen & Unwin 1924, 1924
- Hardcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Add to basketUNCOMMON IN SUCH A NICE JACKET! Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt Maori decoration/illus to front board, frontispiece, 390pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims, occasional spot…s of foxing & tanning throughout, light creasing & foxing to folding map- 5cm closed tear also) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges, light tanning & soiling overall).
More imagesPublished by George Allen & Unwin (1924), London, 1924
- Hardcover
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New ZealandRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. No signatures. Gilt on spine and front board clean and bright. A 25 x 10mm chip at head of spine of dust-jacket. 14mm tear and 5mm chips at top corners of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. A nice copy of this title, uncommon in dust-jacket.;…1924 third edition, of a title first published in 1898. 390, [1], [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 18 illustrations on 7 plate leaves + 2 colour folding maps. Some small illustrations on the paginated leaves. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration of Maori canoe stern on front board. Page dimensions: 215mm x 140mm. This third edition with a new Part Two by Cecil J. Wray, on events since 1900 and including a chapter on New Zealand and World War One. Contents: Dedication; Preface to Third Edition; Preface to First Edition; Note of Acknowledgement; Poem: New Zealand; Part I by W. P. Reeves : The Long White Cloud; The Maori; The Maori And The Unseen; The Navigators; No Man's Land; Mission Schooner and Whale Boat; The Muskets Of Hongi; "A Man-of-War Without Guns"; The Dreams Of Gibbon Wakefield; In The Caudine Forks; Through Weakness Into War; Good Governor Grey; The Pastoral Provinces; Learning to Walk; Governor Browne's Bad Bargain; Tupara Against Enfield; The Fire In The Fern; Gold-Diggers And Gum-Diggers; Vogel and the Public Works Policy; In Parliament; Some Bones Of Contention; The End of the Oligarchy; The Eight Years' Tussle; "King Dick"; The Experimental Laws; Part II by C. J. Wray: An Agrarian Ascendancy; A Triangular Duel; New Zealand and the War; Part III by W. P. Reeves : The New Zealanders; Appendix I : New Zealand Literature; Appendix II: Poem : The Passing of the Forest; Index.
