Books: Kiwi More Than A Bird, Christchurch in Christchurch, Canterbury for sale

No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Price sticker to rear panel. ; 83 pages. Illustrated card wrappers. Colour illustrations. Page dimensions, oblong: 200mm x 220mm."If one measure of a people is how they see themselves, then New Zealanders are a peculiar race since they have chosen as their national symbol the kiwi - a bird that cannot fly and which looks as if it has been designed by committee. Yet from nocturnal obscurity, it has risen in fame until now not only are New Zealanders known as Kiwis, but their currency is known as the Kiwi and the bird's image proliferates, littering the urban landscape."- from the rear wrapper blurb. ; 8vo
Author
Richard Wolfe
Title
Kiwi More Than A Bird
Publisher name
Random Century, Auckland
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1991
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Abebof326d