Freedom and Independence For the Golden Lands of Australia; the Right of the Colonies, and the Interest of Britain and of the World
by LANG, JOHN DUNMORE
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1852. FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, WITH MAP, octavo, green textured cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece/map, xvi + 339pp, VG (light bruising & moderate chipping to extrems, heavy discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, many pages uncut, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
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- Title
- Freedom and Independence For the Golden Lands of Australia; the Right of the Colonies, and the Interest of Britain and of the World
- Author
- LANG, JOHN DUNMORE
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1852
- Keywords
- Australia Australian history John Dunmore Lang colonies British settlers first edition
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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...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...