Roxburgh Irvine (9 results)

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (frontis) 274p D-J (browning spine) Cloth binding Thin strip browning End-papers VG - Near Fine The illustrated history of this Central Otago area, from pastoralism to gold to closer settlement.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Published for the Otago Centenary. CONDITION Blue cloth, Pp 274 [1] with portaits, photo illus and a map. Copy is bright and crisp, cover has faint mark top front edge and curved cnrs, ownership details are crossed out to first blank with sticker over, DJ is toned with wear to spine ends and edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Endpaper maps, b&w illstns. A small gift inscription at the top of the title page, otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket is intact and bright. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (6p) 232p (1p errata) D-J (short, closed tears, in protective wrapper) Blue plasticised boards With maps and illustrations, the up-date of the history of this Central Otago area, including the farming, the tourism, and the snow sports, with Treble Cone.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 198pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket spinea bit faded, very light edge wear to jacket. History of Jacksons bay from its troubled beginnings in 1874, to the realization of the potential of the Haaast-Jacksons Bay area in the 1960s. Size: 8vo.…

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG): 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st. This is the centennial history of one of the most isolated, and difficult to access, settlements in New Zealand. Jacksons Bay, near the southernmost extremity of the West Coast of the South Island traces its origins as a settlement back to 1874 when a large area there was set was set aside as Government "special settlement" scheme. The first would-be inhabitants arrived the following year, but although it had appeared to offer good prospects -- a safe harbour, good pastoral land, abundant timber and fishing --- it was not long before problems arose and within 10 years all but the hardiest of the settlers had left. The Bay experienced revival in the 1960s when adequate roading acess became available bringing the long-awaited prosperity. 198 pages including six appendices, bibliography, index, 34 b/w photos, e/paper maps. Brown hard covers with gilt spine tirtles VG+ with hint wear spine extremities, text block is NF, no inscriptions. Pictorial DJ is VG+. Photos, Maps (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Jacksons Bay A Centennial History by Irvine Roxburgh. Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed Wellington 1976, First Edition. Very good hardback with jacket, no inscriptions, light rubbing to edges. Jacket has shelf-wear, fading, and a little chipping, small repaired tear to top of spine. 198 pages with photos. The story of Jackson Bay, the site of the ill fated state-subsidised "Special Settlement". By 1884 only a handful of the original 80 families remained on the land and it is their descendants who live there today.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. No signatures. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [x], 198 pages + plates. Brown papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216mm x 136mm. "On paper it looked so promising. The finest, indeed, the only safe harbour on the West Coast; a hinterland that offered plenty of virgin land for a prosperous agriculture, timber in unlimited quantity, and the prospect of rich mineral wealth; coastal waters teeming with every kind of fish . . . All that was needed for its development was a simple jetty, and road access northward to the beautiful towns of Hokitika and Greymouth, and eastward to the markets of Otago." - from the dustjacket blurb.; 8vo.…