Australian Rare Books 1788 - 1900
by Wantrup, Jonathan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
Sydney: Hordern House, 1987. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. The standard reference on collecting Australian rare books.
8vo, 468pp, plates, charts, in text illustrations, maps at end papers. Gray gilt cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Immaculate.
8vo, 468pp, plates, charts, in text illustrations, maps at end papers. Gray gilt cloth, pictorial dust jacket. Immaculate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25147
- Title
- Australian Rare Books 1788 - 1900
- Author
- Wantrup, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 5
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Hordern House
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1987
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIA;
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Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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About the Seller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
Biblio member since 2009
Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
Booksellers for over 40 years, members of prominent trade associations (ABAA, ILAB, ANZAAB, IMCOS, ANZMS, PBFA). We are located at Garrison NY, a stone's throw from the Metro North Hudson line train, just over 1 hr. from NYC on the banks of the Hudson River. Books, maps, prints & ephemera bought & sold.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...