Vintage, Antique & Collectable Online Auction
Thursday, 11 - Tuesday, 16 June 2026
3x books: Station Life in New Zealand, Lady Barker (1950 Whitcombe & Tombs). Heart of the Desert (James Crombie Parcell
Realised: $30 plus premium
Lot Details
1976 Whitcoulls). The Story of Otago Age of Adventure (AH Reed 1947). Station Life: no dust cover, foxing to edges of pages. Heart: fading to dustjacket. Story: fading and wear to dustjacket, discolouration and wear to pages.
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