Isbn: 9780863320163 - call back yesterday (4 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Moderate markings, minor wear. Intact well protected dust jacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boards. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. First Edition. This book crystallizes a point in time of the recently remote past, set in a small New Zealand town; but it could be anyone's experience in any small community. During the first decade of this century the main industries of the town were a flour mill driven by a huge water-wheel, a timber mill and a blacksmith's shop. The growth which subsequently took place is described with a keen sense of history, and vivid accounts of the manners and relationships of the inhabitants. The rural life of the heavy clanking mangle, the butter church and old fashioned water-pump contrasts with an account of the political, social and scientific achievements which New Zealand inaugurated many years in advance of Britain and elsewhere. Illustrations.(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dust jacket clean with light shelf wear and gentle signs of use, price unclipped with no inscriptions. Pages clean with no folds or creases looking carefully read with 21 illustrations complete. Clean, solidly bound, carefully used copy. (o3).