The New Zealand Company's Native Reserves..
by JELLICOE, Roland L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Wellington: By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner, 1930. x, 116pp. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt. A trifle rubbed. Decorated endpapers, inked ownership inscription to head of half-title, else internally clean and crisp. The first edition of a record of the history of 'those native lands in the Provinces of Wellington and Nelson which were set apart by the New Zealand Company in 1840 as reserves for the benefit of the 'aboriginal chiefs, their tribes and heirs for ever''. The system was planned by the director of the Company, Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), a key figure in the establishment of the colonies of South Australia and New Zealand. . First edition. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ22175
- Title
- The New Zealand Company's Native Reserves..
- Author
- JELLICOE, Roland L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- By Authority: W. A. G. Skinner
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Government
- Size
- 8vo
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Wareham, Dorset
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