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Polynesia: Or, an Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand; the Introduction of Christianity; and the Actual Condition of the Inhabitants in Regard to Civilisation, Commerce, and the Arts of Social Life
by Russell, M. (The Right Rev. )
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Poor with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd. Poor with no dust jacket. 1845. Third Edition. Hardcover. 440 pages + map. Vignette illustration on half-title page. Joints split. Upper half of spine cloth detached. 1/2" tears and chips at head and tail of spine. Hinges split. Folding map has moderate creasing and a 1/2" tear to the blank inner margin. Internally good. Minor foxing. Top page edges dust stained. Reading copy or binding copy. ; 16mo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002326
- Title
- Polynesia: Or, an Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand; the Introduction of Christianity; and the Actual Condition of the Inhabitants in Regard to Civilisation, Commerce, and the Arts of Social Life
- Author
- Russell, M. (The Right Rev. )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Oliver & Boyd
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- Pacific Missionary
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tail
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- Reading Copy
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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