ISBN: 9780589009199 - jackson's bay: centennial history (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Endpaper maps, b&w illstns. A small gift inscription at the top of the title page, otherwise unmarked. The dust jacket is intact and bright. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Jacksons Bay A Centennial History by Irvine Roxburgh. Publisher: A. H. & A. W. Reed Wellington 1976, First Edition. Very good hardback with jacket, no inscriptions, light rubbing to edges. Jacket has shelf-wear, fading, and a little chipping, small repaired tear to top of spine. 198 pages with photos. The story of Jackson Bay, the site of the ill fated state-subsidised "Special Settlement". By 1884 only a handful of the original 80 families remained on the land and it is their descendants who live there today. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. No signatures. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover.; [x], 198 pages + plates. Brown papered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 216mm x 136mm. "On paper it looked so promising. The finest, indeed, the only safe harbour on the West Coast; a hinterland that offered plenty of virgin land for a prosperous agriculture, timber in unlimited quantity, and the prospect of rich mineral wealth; coastal waters teeming with every kind of fish . . . All that was needed for its development was a simple jetty, and road access northward to the beautiful towns of Hokitika and Greymouth, and eastward to the markets of Otago." - from the dustjacket blurb.; 8vo.…