{"product_id":"2026200014611-secondhand-wellington-through-a-victorian-lens","title":"Wellington: Through A Victorian Lens","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStep back into the nineteenth century and rediscover Wellington as it once was — a raw, ambitious colonial city captured in extraordinary detail through the unblinking eye of the Victorian camera. Wellington: Through a Victorian Lens presents a rich visual archive of New Zealand's capital, assembling rare and remarkable photographs that document the city's streets, landmarks, people, and landscapes during a pivotal era of its development. William Main, one of New Zealand's most respected authorities on the history of photography, curates this collection with scholarly precision, offering contextual insight that transforms each image from a mere historical record into a vivid window onto colonial life. The result is a book that is simultaneously a work of art history, social documentation, and civic memory.\n\nMain's expertise illuminates not only what the photographs depict, but how the act of photography itself shaped the way early Wellington was seen and understood. The Victorian photographers whose work is gathered here were pioneers operating on the edge of the known world, and their images carry the weight of that ambition. Whether you are a historian, a photography enthusiast, or simply a Wellingtonian curious about your city's origins, this volume poses an irresistible question: how much of that vanished world still haunts the streets we walk today?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269341946075,"sku":"2026200014611-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2c0a5703-6980-4434-af86-00a6b063ed57.png?v=1788998712","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014611-secondhand-wellington-through-a-victorian-lens","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}