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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The C.L. Thomas Collection
• Sale Date:
  21 Mar 2012 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  86
• Lot Description:
  [Wakefield, Edward Gibbon] - The British colonization of New Zealand
  Being an account of the principles, objects, and plans of the New Zealand Association. Together with particulars concerning the position, extent, soil and climate, natural productions, and native inhabitants of New Zealand. 1st ed. London : John W Parker, 1837. 12mo. xvi, 423p. Frontispiece, five maps, four plates. 5787. Green cloth. Rebacked. Original spine mounted on new one. New rear endpapers. Considerable wear, soiling and foxing. Front hinge reinforced. Loss to map of Cook Strait. Published for the New Zealand Association. A splendid example of the Wakefield capacity for work. Like the Association, scarcely conceived in May, its 400 pages were being sold in November. AF. FA to G.
• Estimate:
  NZ$100 - 100
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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