Glenelg Historic Guide and Directory. 1883
by [Glenelg]. LEE, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: 'Advertiser' General Printing Offices, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adelaide, 'Advertiser' General Printing Offices, 1883. Small octavo, xii, 97, [1] (blank), iv, 54 (advertisements) pages plus an errata slip. Flush-cut cloth-covered thin boards lightly creased; cloth a little bubbled and lightly marked; two consecutive leaves a little discoloured by an old newspaper cutting (still present); overall, an excellent copy. Provenance: Alexander John Morison, Town Clerk of Adelaide, 1937-46, with his pencilled ownership signature ('Purchased at Coles [Book Arcade]').
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 108948
- Title
- Glenelg Historic Guide and Directory. 1883
- Author
- [Glenelg]. LEE, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- 'Advertiser' General Printing Offices
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1883
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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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...
- Leaves
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- Cloth
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- First Edition
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