Published by A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd., 1975. Hardback. Previous owner's stamp/inscription inside.
Good secondhand condition. Some wear and discolouration of the otherwise intact dust-jacket.

Wisdom and understanding, according to the book of Proverbs, stand on the top of high places. How apt a site Wellington is, then, for a capital city, perched on a multitude of high places around a majestic harbour, it's university crowning the Kelburn hills, and New Zealand's parliament rising on the eminence above the old town centre.

WELLINGTON captures all that is characterful about this city, a city that mixes a certain cosmopolitan glamour with a haphazard commercial centre (five "main" streets at last count) and includes a climate which, the source of much national humour, loyal inhabitants prefer to call "disease-free and bracing".

Visitors to Wellington will find this book a rich momento of a proud city, and her residents will delight in Peter McIntyre's portrayal of his bustling, cosmopolitan city of the Strait.

- from the inside cover.