{"product_id":"lyttelton-port-and-town-an-illustrated-history-by-geoffrey-w-rice","title":"LYTTELTON PORT AND TOWN: An Illustrated History by Geoffrey W. Rice","description":"\u003cp\u003eLYTTELTON PORT AND TOWN: An Illustrated History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Geoffrey W. Rice\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1877257249\u003cbr\u003eFormat: medium softcover\u003cbr\u003ePublished: Canterbury University Press 2004, 1st edition\u003cbr\u003eSize (mm): 210 w x 285 h x 10 d\u003cbr\u003ePages: 164\u003cbr\u003eSKU: A4\/2610\/UXXX\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eABOUT\u003cbr\u003eA comprehensive and beautifully compiled regional history documenting the 150-year evolution of Canterbury's historic port town from its 1850s settler beginnings into a major Victorian seaport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChronicles major local infrastructure developments, including the pioneering 1867 volcanic railway tunnel—the world's first to be cut directly through an extinct volcano rim. Highlights Lyttelton’s critical strategic role as the final departure and supply point for historic British Antarctic expeditions, including those of Captain Robert Falcon Scott.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt deeply explores the local communities of seafarers, watersiders, and railway workers who built the port.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated throughout with monochrome and colour images and plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCONDITION\u003cbr\u003eAs new with only light shelf wear on covers, dealer sticker.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIMAGES\u003cbr\u003eAre of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eREMARKS\u003cbr\u003eScarce in this condition\u003cbr\u003eSee our other listings on the subject and by this author.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unicorn Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67671238246692,"sku":"A4\/2610\/UXXX","price":59.95,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/1901\/6740\/files\/3927119953036663884.jpg?v=1791746406","url":"https:\/\/unicornbooks.co.nz\/products\/lyttelton-port-and-town-an-illustrated-history-by-geoffrey-w-rice","provider":"Unicorn Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}