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The Singing Line: The Story of the Man Who Strung the Telegraph Across Australia, and the Woman Who Gave Her Name to Alice Springs
by Thomson, Alice
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0701166762
- ISBN 13
- 9780701166762
- Seller
-
Brooksville, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, England: Chatto & Windus, 1999. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Number line in the work reads as follows: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Volume itself has blue covers with sharp gilt lettering on the spine. 292 pages, including an index. Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Dust jacket is not price clipped. A very nice copy; available for immediate shipment; carefully wrapped in a box.
Synopsis
Born in 1967 Alice Thomson is Associate Editor, columnist and interviewer for the Daily Telegraph . She has also worked for the Spectator and the Times .
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- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0009251
- Title
- The Singing Line: The Story of the Man Who Strung the Telegraph Across Australia, and the Woman Who Gave Her Name to Alice Springs
- Author
- Thomson, Alice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0701166762
- ISBN 13
- 9780701166762
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- The Singing Line: The Story of the Man Who Strung the Telegraph Across Australia, and the Woman Who Gave He Name to Alice Springs.
Terms of Sale
James Lasseter, Jr.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
James Lasseter, Jr.
Biblio member since 2018
Brooksville, Florida
About James Lasseter, Jr.
Focus on, but not limited to, signed nonfiction books that are relatively scarce.
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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