UNIQUE TO AUSTRALIA
by Bill Beatty:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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theberton suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ure Smith 1953 Vg (no dj, dark blue cloth with gilt title on spine, a little faint spotting endpapers and small neat annotation front free endpaper, contents clean tight and bright without fault) 12mo 112pp. First UK edition. Written as Australia was calling out for new settlers, telling of some of the peculiarities of the continent. Birds, insects, flowers, fishes, flowers and trees; wool and gold; features of the landscape; and the aborigines and their customs and art. Illustrated with b/w photographs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- lobstabooks (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55166
- Title
- UNIQUE TO AUSTRALIA
- Author
- Bill Beatty:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ure Smith 1953
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- Travel;
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About the Seller
lobstabooks
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theberton suffolk
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...