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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10562128347428 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1435 |
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| New / Used: | Used |
Description
THE WHALING TRADE IN OLD NEW ZEALAND
by L.S. Rickard
DESCRIPTION
Format: small hardcover with dust jacket
Published: Minerva 1965, 1st edition
Size (mm): 145 w x 230 h x 25 d
Pages: 163
SKU: A5/2605/0255/U236
ABOUT
A definitive historical account of the rise and fall of the whaling industry in early New Zealand.
This outlines the transition from ship-based "bay whaling" to shore-based stations, providing a detailed look at the lives of the early whalers who formed some of the first European settlements in New Zealand. Rickard drew from fragmented logs and records to piece together the economic impact and social dynamics of this era.
Includes monochrome images and illustrations, maps on end papers.
Includes a separate newspaper clipping.
CONDITION
Immaculate with only light shelf wear on dust jacket and page edges, faint marks on end papers, otherwise as new. Images depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
Scarce in this condition and with news clipping.
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