Geln Waverley, Victoria : Pilgrim Printing Services Pty Ltd, 1999. First edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Signed by the Author. Binding is tight and spine fully intact but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean Card covers are slightly bumped This book started out as a family history and became a much wider investigation of social conditions in the middle of last century, and what it would have been like to be a passenger on the Champion of the Seas which plied the emigrant trade between England and Victoria in the 1850s and 60s. B & W photos and illustrations, colour photos

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Bookseller: Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 55798
Title: The Champion of the Seas
Author: Fraser, Rod
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pilgrim Printing Services Pty Ltd
Place of Publication: Geln Waverley, Victoria
Date Published: 1999
Pages: 320
Size: Quarto
Weight: 99.99 lbs
Keywords: Sailing Ships & Australia Champion of the Seas. sailing ships. shipboard diaries

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