ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC: Island-Hopping from Santiago to Sydney
by Finlay, Iain and Sheppard, Trish
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+/Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0207148244
- ISBN 13
- 9780207148248
- Seller
-
Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1981. xxi, + 245pp., unpaginated [16 page], full-colour photographic [primary author] colour plate section. Intext, b/white locality maps. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Mild shelf wear on head and foot of boards. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and sunned on spine. "Across The South Pacific" finds intrepid adventurers the Finlay family, island hop across the vast Pacific, travelling variously by light aircraft, boat and on foot, awe-struck by the sheer size and beauty of the area. Both authors have been career journalists, working in electronic and print media.Book weight approx. 730g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good+/Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003711
- Title
- ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC: Island-Hopping from Santiago to Sydney
- Author
- Finlay, Iain and Sheppard, Trish
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0207148244
- ISBN 13
- 9780207148248
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1981
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- TRAVEL, ADVENTURE, SOUTH PACIFIC, VOYAGES, FINLAY, IAIN, 1935-
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel and Exploration;
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Diversity Books, IOBA
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