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| Shopify Unique ID: | 15432398733604 |
| SKU: | A5/2611/UXXX |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1447 (22) |
| Category: |
New Zealand History: Early Maori & Colonial |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
THE COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND: Its History, Vicissitudes and Progress
by William Gisborne
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover with gilt lettering
Published: E. A. Petherick & Co. 1888, 1st edition
Size (mm): 140 w x 195 h x 30 d
Pages: 360
SKU: A5/2611/UXXX
ABOUT
A masterfully thorough, first-hand chronicle of the young nation's early historical hurdles, structural evolution, and systemic triumphs.
The author, William Gisborne, was an elite colonial administrator, Cabinet Minister, and long-serving New Zealand statesman whose deep, insider familiarity with the legislative and economic inner workings of the Colony gives this text unparalleled historical weight. Rather than a superficial travel log, Gisborne lays down an astute, academic assessment of New Zealand's foundational identity.
Complete with its essential geographical appendices and three large, delicate folding maps.
No images.
Includes fold out maps.
CONDITION
Immaculate for age with wear/marks on covers, faint marks on end papers, pages as new.
IMAGES
All others are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce
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