Old Homes: Lyttelton Harbour

Some rubbing to wrappers. A 3/8" tear to rear wrapper. Some foxing and marks to rear wrappers. ; (40) pages. French flaps. Page dimensions: 228 x 165mm. 12 chapters, each with an illustration. Map on rear wrapper. Selected contents: Purau Homestead; Diamond Harbour; Vigers and Radcliffe; Captain Simeon's House; Old Stone Cottage. This copy from the collection of William Vance (1901-1981) of Timaru, New Zealand, a historian and book collector. It is signed "W. Vance, Timaru" on the title page. Vance is listed in C. R. H. Taylor's "Roll of Book Collectors in New Zealand" (1958): "This collection of about 2,000 volumes has been discerningly gathered, and the New Zealand section specialises in South Island material." [Bibliographical Reference: Bagnall C1740]; 8vo

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Publisher: Pegasus Press

Year: (1955)

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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