rollo arnold (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. 1966. First Edition. 143 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over green cloth boards. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. This copy feels unread and has no faults. On 6 January 1886, the pioneer bush settlers in the primitive clearings near Stratford were faced suddenly with a life or death crisis. The fires they had been using as settlement tools turned to foes. A gripping account of that hectic summer and its effect on the developing colony.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 143 pages. Dj worn. Name on ffep. Text foxed.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 143 pages. Dj worn.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Green hard cover is bright with gilt titles on spine. Contents are tight and clean with no inscriptions. Green dust jacket is good with some bumping and creasing to the edges. A nice copy. A study of English immigrants into New Zealand in the 1870s and their impact on their new land. With illustrations and maps.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 1st. First collected edition hardback, 1948, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition in a fair dust jacket with minor signs of age, handling and storage - dust jacket rubbed, tanned and repaired (now protected); black cloth boards a touch rubbed to edges but remain overall clean and crisp. Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good +. First Edition. Green hard cover is bright and with gilt titles on spine. Contents are tight with age discolouration of page edges. Previous owner's name on pre-tile. Signed by Arnold opposite title page. Contents tight and clean. 408pp. Geen dust jacket is rubbed at corners and edges. There is some bumping and chipping along edges with small tears at top edge. It has been covered. A nice signed copy. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. The Farthest Promised Land: English Villagers, New Zealand Immigrants of the 1870s. by Rollo Arnold. Published by Victoria University Press with Price Milburn, 1981, FIRST EDITION. Very good hardback with jacket. Minor compression to spine ends, top corner bumped, no inscriptions, binding firm, pages very good, minor marks. Jacket is marked and quite rubbed and chipped at edges. 408 pages with b&w pictures. A very important study of English immigrants into New Zealand in the 1870s and their impact on their new land. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.

First edition, first printing thus. Near fine with an ownership inscription to the front pastedown in good dustjacket with wear and some loss to the spine and edges. First published as 4 separate brochures.

Original Decorative Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. 383pp. Spine with light discolouration. A VERY GOOD COPY.