Australasia [Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, British New Guinea]
by Cockburn. Sir J.A. (introd.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.. 1900. 1st ed., octavo, original cloth boards with gilt flags decoration to upper cover, 2 colour folding maps (Australia and New Zealand), folding appendix plate, pp xx, 364. Previous owner's bookplate. Very good condition British Empire series, Volume IV. Essays on aspects of Australia, New Zealand, and New Guinea. 1st Edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 99818
- Title
- Australasia [Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, British New Guinea]
- Author
- Cockburn. Sir J.A. (introd.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Aborigines, Australia, British Empire, New Guinea, New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- New
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- Bookplate
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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