The Fatal Impact: An account of the invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840
by Moorehead, Alan
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hamish Hamilton, 1966. Good. 8vo. (22cm), pp.xiv, 230 + b/w frontispiece, plates and illustrations. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and red highlight. Heel of spine and lower corner bruised. Top edge black. Illustrated endpapers. Browning to half title and final index page, else clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Quair Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 616
- Title
- The Fatal Impact: An account of the invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840
- Author
- Moorehead, Alan
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Date Published
- 1966
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About the Seller
Quair Books
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
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- Heel
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.