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Reef Pilots, The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service
by Foley, Capt. John C H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0959335803
- ISBN 13
- 9780959335804
- Seller
-
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney, NSW : Banks Bros. & Street, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting There is some very faint foxing on the top of one of the front endpapers Edges all neat and clean Boards have some slightly bumped corners and there a small rusty mark from a paper on two front endpapers A book on the Queensland and Torres Strait Islander Pilot Service and the story of some 130 master mariners. The endpapers have copies of the charts of the Coral Sea B & W photos and illustrations and colour photos
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54875
- Title
- Reef Pilots, The History of the Queensland Coast and Torres Strait Pilot Service
- Author
- Foley, Capt. John C H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0959335803
- ISBN 13
- 9780959335804
- Publisher
- Banks Bros. & Street
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, NSW
- Date Published
- 1982
- Pages
- 202
- Keywords
- Australian Sailing and Shipping History reef pilots, Torres Strait, Queensland, pilot service
- X weight
- 600.000 kg
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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Yungaburra, Queensland
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