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Australian Sea Shores: A guide for the beach-lover, the naturalist, the shore fisherman and the student
by Dakin, William J
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Second impression of the First Edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 372 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Small brown marks from adhesive tape on front and rear endpapers. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science & Technology; Biology; Australia; 1950s; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9864. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9864
- Title
- Australian Sea Shores: A guide for the beach-lover, the naturalist, the shore fisherman and the student
- Author
- Dakin, William J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- BZDB137 australia, science, animals, beaches, biology, dakin, Science & Technology; Biology; Australia; 1950s; Unbranded Dakin, William J. Australian Sea Shores: A guide for the beach-lover, the naturalist, the shore fisherman and the student
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Great Southern Books
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King River, Western Australia
About Great Southern Books
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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