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A Girl at Government House; An English Girl's Reminiscences; 'Below Stairs' in Colonial Australia
by Stokes, Agnes ( Vellacott, Helen - editor )
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0859023362
- ISBN 13
- 9780859023368
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Currey O'Neill, Melbourne, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. list of illustrations, foreword by editor, acknowledgements. Black and white illustrated frontispiece; Illustrated endpapers. The text is illustrated with either black and white illustrations/photography, line drawings or coloured illustrations/photography. Text is printed on yellow coloured stock. Brown coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper with bone coloured background and pink coloured decoration with black coloured titles to the front cover and spine. This is the story of colonial Australia in the 1880s-90s as seen by a girl 'in service'. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. A white mark to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. Light age toning of the text block edges. Minor rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with significant fading of the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VI, 146 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australia; ISBN: 0859023362. ISBN/EAN: 9780859023368. Inventory No: 0288522. . 9780859023368
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288522
- Title
- A Girl at Government House; An English Girl's Reminiscences; 'Below Stairs' in Colonial Australia
- Author
- Stokes, Agnes ( Vellacott, Helen - editor )
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0859023362
- ISBN 13
- 9780859023368
- Publisher
- Currey O'Neill
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Stokes-Agnes, servants-Australia, 1860s, History, Politics, Sociology, Genealogy & Local History; Australia; Unbranded ISBN: 0859023362 EAN: 9780859023368 Stokes, Agnes ( Vellacott, Helen - editor ) A Girl at Government House; An English Girl&
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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- Rubbing
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