9780589009199 - jackson's bay: centennial history di roxburgh, i. (5 risultati)
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Da: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, Nuova ZelandaMainly Fiction
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EUR 22,38 spedizioneSpedito da Nuova Zelanda a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: 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.
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Da: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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EUR 31,79
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Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. 198pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket spinea bit faded, very light edge wear to jacket. History of Jacksons bay from its troubled beginnings in 1874, to the realization of the potential of…the Haaast-Jacksons Bay area in the 1960s. Size: 8vo.
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Da: BOP Books, Tauranga, Nuova ZelandaBOP Books
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Hardcover. Condizione: VG+. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG+. 1st. This is the centennial history of one of the most isolated, and difficult to access, settlements in New Zealand. Jacksons Bay, near the southernmost extremity of the West Coast of the South Island traces its origins as a settlement back to 1874 when a large area the…re was set was set aside as Government "special settlement" scheme. The first would-be inhabitants arrived the following year, but although it had appeared to offer good prospects -- a safe harbour, good pastoral land, abundant timber and fishing --- it was not long before problems arose and within 10 years all but the hardiest of the settlers had left. The Bay experienced revival in the 1960s when adequate roading acess became available bringing the long-awaited prosperity. 198 pages including six appendices, bibliography, index, 34 b/w photos, e/paper maps. Brown hard covers with gilt spine tirtles VG+ with hint wear spine extremities, text block is NF, no inscriptions. Pictorial DJ is VG+. Photos, Maps (illustratore).
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Da: Phoenix Books NZ, Waimate, CANTE, Nuova ZelandaPhoenix Books NZ
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Molto buono
EUR 39,37
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: 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 re…paired 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.
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Da: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, Nuova ZelandaRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
Contatta il venditoreVenditore con 5 stelleCondizione: Usato - Quasi ottimo
EUR 44,33
EUR 30,13 spedizioneSpedito da Nuova Zelanda a U.S.A.Quantità: 1 disponibili
Hardcover. Condizione: 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 hin…terland 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.
