THE LAST EXPLORER; Hubert Wilkins - Australia's Unknown Hero
by Nasht Simon
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0733620779
- ISBN 13
- 9780733620775
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hachette Australia, 2010. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. Signed by Author(s). reprint of 2006 Edit.. 8 vo,. pict trade paper, 346 pages, maps, illustrated, 16 pp of b & w illusts. from photographs, 2 pp blbliography, index, signed by author to former owner on half title, a clean, tight copy. The story of Hubert Wilkins, war hero, photographer, reporter, prolific writer, spy, scientist, naturalist, ornitholigist and gifted aviator, a most remarkable twentieth century explorer -no one before or since has discovoured more previously unknown land and sea. yet most Australians would not recognize the name. (so I am told).
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1124083
- Title
- THE LAST EXPLORER; Hubert Wilkins - Australia's Unknown Hero
- Author
- Nasht Simon
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- reprint of 2006 Edit.
- ISBN 10
- 0733620779
- ISBN 13
- 9780733620775
- Publisher
- Hachette Australia
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Date Published
- 2010
- Size
- 8 vo,
- Keywords
- WILKINS, GEORGE H. -- (GEORGE HUBERT), SIR, 1888-1958., EXPLORERS AUSTRALIA BIOGRAPHY., ARCTIC REGIONS AERIAL EXPLORATION.,AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN AUSTRALIA, DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION.,
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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