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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10592033964324 |
| SKU: | A5/2609/K523 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR617 (33) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial New Zealand History: Towns, Cities, Regions, Suburbs |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
SUCH THINGS WERE: The Story of Cambridge New Zealand
by C.W. Vennell
foreword by James Cowan
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: AH & AW Reed 1939, 1st edition
Size (mm): 140 w x 215 h x 25 d
Pages: 173
SKU: A5/2609/K523
ABOUT
Documents the early history of the Waipa District and Cambridge up to the late 1880s.
This includes pre-European Maori history, the arrival of Christian missionaries, early river traders, the New Zealand Land Wars (specifically detailing the 3rd Regiment of the Waikato Militia establishing "Camp Cambridge" in 1864), and the lives of early colonial settlers
The book was commissioned and approved by the Cambridge Committee as its official publication celebrating the New Zealand Centennial
Illustrated with monochrome images.
Include a separate newspaper cutting.
CONDITION
immaculate with light wear/marks on dust jacket and end papers.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Increasingly scarce
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