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Cover proof of New Zealand Farmers' Almanac, 1885

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Cover proof of <em>New Zealand Farmers' Almanac</em>, 1885

This handsome cover of Robert Wilkin and Company's New Zealand Farmers Almanac1885 was printed by Whitcombe and Tombs. The firm had been established in 1882 and, although from the beginning of the partnership it published many educational books, Whitcombe and Tombs also published the useful books that were common at this period. Robert Wilkin and Company were grain and seed merchants in Canterbury and also dealt in skins and wool.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-FARM-1885-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Elizabeth Caffin, Publishing – Educational publishing and Whitcombe and Tombs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/42248/cover-proof-of-new-zealand-farmers-almanac-1885 (accessed 26 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Elizabeth Caffin, i tāngia i te 2 August 2013.