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Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria
by MITCHELL, T.L
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1999. Hardcover. Fine. Adelaide, Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 1999 (facsimile edition)/ 1848. Octavo, [xvi], xvi, 438 pages with 11 illustrations (including the title page vignette) plus 12 plates and 7 maps (4 folding). Quarter calf and cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in gilt and blind; a fine copy. Australiana Facsimile Editions Number 220. This copy is number 61 of only 99 copies of the deluxe issue, from a total edition of 600 copies. The 14-page introduction by Valmai Hankel and Valerie Sitters is new to this edition.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140182
- Title
- Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria
- Author
- MITCHELL, T.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Friends of the State Library of South Australia
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1999
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
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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- Gilt
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Calf
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- Title Page
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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...
- New
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- Cloth
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