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The Desert Column, Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine
by IDRIESS Ion L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1936 tan cloth with navy titling and decoration, foxed or soiled cloth, head of lower joint split, map endpapers, school gift plate tipped on to half title by the top two corners, easily removed, plate is from the Southland Boys High School ( New Zealand) and awarded to L. V. Blaikie in 1937, closed edges slightly foxed or soiled, (x) 388pp + adverts, map to rear fep as well as front paste down and fep, a good clean but aged copy. reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009747
- Title
- The Desert Column, Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai, and Palestine
- Author
- IDRIESS Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- reprint
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- australia, great war, first world war, digger, anzac, ANZAC, A. N. Z. A. C., gallipoli, turk turkey, Dardanelles, military history, memoir, 5th Light Horse, A. I. F., Idriess, Southland Boys High School, L. V. Blaikie
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- Reprint
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- Edges
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- Plate
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Foxed
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- New
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