Captain John Niven Tapa dura - 1972

Hardback. Acceptable.

Collins, London, 1972. Hard Cover, 8vo, First Edition. Book Condition: Near Very Good. Light foxing edges. Very clean interior. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Edgewear mainly top edge. Clipped..

London: Collins, 1972. Hardcover with price clipped dust jacket, 127 pages; very gently used, tight in binding, not a trace of shelf wear other than gentle bumps to spine ends, very clean and unmarked throughout; DJ gently bumped, rubbed at spine ends and along hinges, but no chips or tears. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good ++/Very Good +.

Auckland/London: Collins, 1972. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. dj (price clipped) a little rubbed at spine tips, red sticker on front (A New Zealand Adventure), back is a bit dusty, outline map of New Zealand on title page, very light foredge foxing, vg. 8vo, 127pp. The fictionalized biography of John Bollons who, as a16 year old apprentice, was shipwrecked on the south coast of New Zealand.

London and Auckland: Collins, 1972. Blue linen-weave cloth lettered in silver on spine. 127pp. Outer edge of text block lightly spotted o/w a clean, tightly bound copy. DJ un-clipped, mild foxing. Biographical novel about Captain John Bollons. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Collins. Very Good. 130 x 210mm. Hardcover. 1972. 127 pages. <br>Novel based on the life of John Bollons, a sea captain in New Zealand waters at the turn of the century. .

Collins, 1973. Hardback. Very Good/Good. Hardback reprint, 1973, with unclipped jacket. In overall very good used condition with only minor signs of age, handling and storage (dust jacket now protected). Internally clean. Binding tight and appears little read; no annotation or inscriptions; toning to page-ends but text bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book.

London: Collins [0-00-192148-7] 1973, 2nd printing. (Hardcover) 127pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. The dust jacket is price-clipped and has some small chips to the bottom edge and two longer closed tears to the back panel. "On a spring day in 1881 a sailing vessel from England was wrecked on the south coast of the South Island of New Zealand opposite Stewart Island. On board was the young John Bollons, an apprentice, aged sixteen. For five years he lived with the Maoris, learning their customs, language, and way of life. Later he joined the Government steamer which went round the coast checking on lighthouses and other matters". Book about John Bollons, Indigenous Peoples & Maori People. Time Period 19th Century. Locale: New Zealand. (Juvenile, Historical Fiction, History--Pacific Area, Shipwrecks).

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.