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Carlton South, Victoria, Australia: Bread Street Press, 2004. 284pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated card wrapper very good. From the rear panel: "If ever, in the hope of finding treasure, you have rummaged through a heap of old books - at a school fete, a church bazaar or an opportunity shop - then knowingly or not you have fossicked for old books . . . This book ranges lightly over many bookish - and not so bookish - subjects. Proust, the nabbing of a book thief, Mauritius, eucalypts, Jerusalem, dogs in bookshops, Dr Johnson, paperbacks, Scottish family history, millennium buggery - all human life is here!" Contents include: Introduction. 37 chapters. Book weight approx. 462g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm. x 15.5cm.).
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- Title Fossicking for Old Books
- Author Marshall, Anthony
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Bread Street Press, Melbourne
- Date 2004
- ISBN 9780975186121
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FOSSICKING FOR OLD BOOKS
by Marshall, Anthony
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