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Forty Fathoms Deep, Pearl Divers and Sea Rovers in Australian Seas
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney : Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1938. Seventh edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Small Octavo. Several black and white photos (the front endpaper photo is missing). Idriess tells of pearl divers and pearl luggers in Northern Australia, particularly Broome. Size: Small Octavo. 343 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers faintly foxed, text not foxed. Previous owner’s name in ink on front free endpaper. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Boards have some shelf wear and some rubbing. The first black and white phot oin the book (in the endpapers) has been removed.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Ships & the Sea; Australian Sailing and Shipping History ; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52370. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers faintly foxed, text not foxed Edges very slightly spotted or marked Boards have some shelf wear and some rubbing. The first black and white phot oin the book (in the endpapers) has been removed.
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52370
- Title
- Forty Fathoms Deep, Pearl Divers and Sea Rovers in Australian Seas
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Seventh edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1938
- Pages
- 343
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Australian Sailing and Shipping History BZDB397 pearl diving, sailing New Guinea. Broome, pearl luggers Ships & the Sea; Australian Sailing and Shipping History ; Forty Fathoms Deep Pearl Divers and Sea Rovers in Australian Seas
- Size
- Small Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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