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New York: Harper & Row, 1963. 222 pp. Tight copy with minor edgewear. Rear board shows very light rubbing/spotting. Previous owner's name and address in pencil on front free end paper. Pp 71 - 85 have a stain in the right margin that does not affect text.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN HISTORY, EXPLORATION. more information

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New York: W. W. Norton, 1944. The Pacific after World War II. 218 pp. With an introduction for American servicemen stationed in the Pacific by William Beebe. This copy is inscribed with a 1948 date to a past president of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. The gift inscription is signed by Lt. Gen. Robert C. Richardson, Jr. who was the commanding general of army forces in the Central Pacific (MIDPAC). Book is tight with light corner/spine end bumping and edgewear. Interior is clean with age yellowing pages. Dust jacket has price stamped on lower portion of front flap. It is missing chips along top and bottom edges and spine extremes. There is creasing and some tearing. Lower spine area has damp stain which does not impact book. Front of dust jacket has two faint "coaster rings". Now in protective cover. Laid in the book is an order form for Bailey Willis' "Friendly China" published by Stanford University Press. Interesting little book with great historical provenance.. Early Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. POSTWAR, PACIFIC, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, NATURE, LT. GEN. ROBERT C. RICHARDSON, JR.. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Creative Age Press, 1942. 354 pp about life in Australia in 1942 in the hopes that we'd understand our allies in the Pacific. Book is bright and tight with light wear to boards. Pages are a little yellowed, and the edges show light soiling. Dust jacket has chipping on corners and spine ends. General edgwear with creasing and light tearing. 1" closed tear on front cover and a little scuffing at front fold. White background of back of dust jackets is a little yellowed and shows rubbing. Now in protective cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LIFESTYLE, NEW ZEALAND, TRAVEL, WORLD WAR II, WWII, 2, WW2, SECOND WAR, ALLIES. more information

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New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Tight and clean copy with very minor edgewear. Dust jacket has tearing along back top edges and spine. Also small tear on front bottom of jacket and bumping to corners and spine ends. Now in protective cover.. ISBN: 0394506685. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. AUSTRALIA HISTORY, PENAL COLONIES, EXILES. more information

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