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Published by Wellington: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1959, Wellington, 1959
Seller: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand
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Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Photos, Drawings, Cartoons (illustrator). 1st. VG+. 1st. 22.5cm By 15cm. A look back to the early 1900s in Wellington by a journalist who knew the city well and here recalls the capital's characters, the Great Depression, the 1918 epidemic, the city's association with shipping and with writer Katherine Mansfield and other literary notables. An easy read which contains a great deal of information. 223 pages, including index, 45 b/w photos, 17 intext portraits, drawings, cartoons. Pasted to the FFEP (full page) is a photograph of the 90th anniversary dinner of the Parlimentary Press Gallery with Lawlor among those pictured. Inked caption on front pastedown. Red hard covers with gilt spine titles VG with light spotting front vertical edges, text block excellent. Colour art DJ VG with few small tears, chips, creases.