Napier: Portrait of an Art Deco City Tapa blanda - 2009

Wellington [NZ]: Grantham House, 2009. First edition (softcover). 8vo (25cm by 21cm), 48pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original laminated card wrappers. This book is in very good condition. ISBN 9781869341107

Wellington: Grantham House, 2009. [48] pages, all illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. "Napier today is a tourist destination for New Zealanders and overseas visitors, a popular port of call for tourist ships. In 1931 the population of the town was just over 16,000, today the population is over 57,000. It is one of New Zealand's warmest regions on the Pacific Ocean coastline of the East Coast of the North Island. This wooden Victorian town was replaced after the 1931 earthquake and fire with the fashionable architecture vogue of the 1930s, the modern American style of the era which is known today as Art Deco. In February each year Napier hosts an Art Deco weekend with wine, food, jazz, dancing, vintage cars, plane rides and a variety of entertainment, showcasing one of the most outstanding collections of Art Deco buildings in the world. Maori, like Europeans, found the Hawke's Bay a fruit bowl for harvesting and a climate ideal for a good life. Cook passed by in… Leer más

Grantham House, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Wellington: Grantham House, 2009. Paperback with a hint of wear to spine; interior clean and sound throughout. (2010 printing.) TS. Paperback. Very Good. Used.

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