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The Coral Battleground [Nelson Paperback: The Great Barrier Reef].
by Wright, Judith
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0170051668
- ISBN 13
- 9780170051668
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited, 1977. 1st ed.. Paperback small octavo, very good condition, stiffened pictorial cover, black endpapers, top edge little foxed, minor edgewear. 203 pp. Judith Wright, the noted Australian poet and environmentalist, describes the battle to save the Great Barrier Reef from limestone mining and oil drilling. A classic Australian study of a serious and longlasting political versus conservation dispute, which lead to permanent protection of the reef by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The reef covers 2000 Km along the Queensland coast. The spectacular coral reefs, sand cays and islands are the most precious Australian marine resource. First edition (Nelson, 1977).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7399
- Title
- The Coral Battleground [Nelson Paperback: The Great Barrier Reef].
- Author
- Wright, Judith
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0170051668
- ISBN 13
- 9780170051668
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson (Australia) Limited
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- nature, marine, coral reefs, great barrier reef, queensland, environment, earth sciences, mining, first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- MARINE & OCEANOGRAPHY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...