A 3/8" chip to leather at tip of corner of front board. Some marks and rubbing to boards. No previous owners' signatures. ; [ii], iii, [1], 63, [1], 282 pages. Attractive (early 20th Century?) green half-calf binding with green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 318 x 200mm. Printed on blue paper. 19th century stationer's label on front endpaper: "A. R. Livingston, Stationer and Account Book Manufacturer. Dunedin. Contractor for Government Stationery". Occasionally a highly interesting and suggestive primary source for Otago's early European history, when one reads between the lines of legalese: "Any person who shall commit any of the next following offences, shall be deemed an idle and disorderly person, within the meaning of this Ordinance [. . .] Any habitual drunkard having been thrice convicted of drunkenness within the preceding twelve months, and any common prostitute, who in any street or public highway, or being in any place of public resort, shall behave in a riotous or indecent manner [. . .] Any person who shall commit any of the next following offences shall be deemed a rogue and a vagabond [. . .] Any person found by night having his face blackened, or wearing felt or other slippers, or being dressed or otherwise disguised with a felonius intent." - pages 257-259. ; 4to.

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Title: Ordinances of the Province of Otago, N. Z. [New Zealand] Session I. to XIV. Inclusive.
Publisher: Printed at the "Otago Witness" Office, Dunedin
Publication Date: 1862
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

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We are located in Dunedin, in the south of the South Island of New Zealand. We are a generalist rare and out-of-print bookseller, selling books in most subject areas. Our stock of over 8,000 titles has particular strengths in the areas of New Zealand history and literature, Maori, Tibet and Central Asia, Travel, Military, and Antiquarian. We are a member of ANZAAB (Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers) and ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers).

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Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, PO Box 335, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: renaissancebooksnz@gmail.com. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.

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