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The Year of the Wombat: England, 1857.
by Watson, Francis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0060145242
- ISBN 13
- 9780060145248
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1974. 1st US ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, frontispiece, cloth spine, faint foxing edges, minor edgewear jacket (faint toning reverse side). 185 pp. Francis Watson provides an irresistibly entertaining and irreverent view of England in 1857 and the fantastic personages - artistic and political - whose erratic behaviour made it memorable, including Charles Dickens and Florence Nightingale.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23004
- Title
- The Year of the Wombat: England, 1857.
- Author
- Watson, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st US ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0060145242
- ISBN 13
- 9780060145248
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- biography, history, government, britain
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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