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The New Zealand Post Office Directory (Wise & Co.'s) For 1883-4
Henry Wise
1884
Wise & Co; Wise, Caffin & Co., Publishers : Dunedin
10.5" by 7"
xl, xl, 1050, 201pp
SUMMARY
A very scarce directory for New Zealand, an impressive volume imperative for any reference on the country during the Victorian era.
Publishers' Original Binding,Very Scarce
Overall Condition: Fair
This book weighs 2 KG when packed
UK Postage: £ 3.99
US Postage: £ 29.99
EU Postage: £ 21.99
European Postage: £ 23.99
Asia Postage: £ 37.99
Worldwide Postage: £ 38.99
DESCRIPTION
A very scare work.
An extensive directory for New Zealand, a successful publication which continued biennially or annually for a century.
This impressive directory details over seven hundred towns, boroughs, cities, and districts, across the whole of New Zealand.
By Henry Aitken Wise, a Scottish publisher, printer, and stationer based in New Zealand.
Forty pages of adverts to the front, and two-hundred and two to the rear.
CONDITION
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, both boards are detached but present. Lacking all but a quarter of the backstrip, which is loosely inserted. Light marks and rubbing to the cloth. Minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned and clean, with a few light handling marks.
Overall Condition: Fair
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
We only sell books in this condition where their rarity or value makes them
attractive none the less. Major defects will be described.
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