City of Dunedin. A Century of Civic Enterprise. By K. C. McDonald.
City of Dunedin. A Century of Civic Enterprise. By K. C. McDonald.
Publisher: Dunedin City Corporation, 1965, first edition.
Very good hardback with jacket. Name to ffep, light tanning to end-papers, pages very good. Jacket has some rubbing, chipping and shelf-wear, spine is dulled down/foxed, small repaired tear to edge. Map complete on page 272. 434 pages + colour portrait frontispiece + plates. Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt crest on front board. Top page edges dyed blue.
This book is a history of civic government in Dunedin, but it is also, to some degree a history of Dunedin itself. "This book is a history of civic government in Dunedin, but it is also, in some degree, a history of Dunedin itself. Starting from the selection and survey of the site, it traces the fluctuating fortunes of both city and administration through more than a century. [.] Dunedin is today a very beautiful city, with a marked individuality of character. How this came about is here told. " - from dust wrapper blurb.
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