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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10561062732068 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR692 |
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| New / Used: | Used |
Description
CURTAIN-RAISER TO A COLONY: Sidelights on the Founding of New Zealand
by Cecil & Celia Manson
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Whitcombe & Tombs 1962, 1st edition
Size (mm): 145 w x 220 h x 25 d
Pages: 224
SKU: A5/1912/U329
ABOUT
A London businessman who schemed to plant colonies in a country he had never seen.
An eccentric young man of French birth who dreamed of setting up his own kingdom.
A humble Maori youth who was lionised as a prince by London society.
NZ's first town planner, who from his London office planned a dream city on the Hutt River.
These are some of the people, characters of in the story of New Zealand.
Illustrated throughout with monochrome drawings.
CONDITION
Immaculate original condition, light wear on dust jacket, otherwise as near new. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Increasingly scarce in this condition
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