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A Hard Chance: The Sydney-Hobart Race Disaster. [hardcover]
by Leighton, Kim
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine dj. (book like new, appears never read, no writings. jacket complete/clean, faintly scuffed, no tears)
- ISBN 10
- 157223282X
- ISBN 13
- 9781572232822
- Seller
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Minocqua, Wisconsin. Willow Creek Press. (c1999) HARDCOVER.. Fine/Near Fine dj. (book like new, appears never read, no writings. jacket complete/clean, faintly scuffed, no tears) 8vo. Illustrated: photographs, line drawings, maps, tables. 288pp. Gilt lettered, full black cloth covers. Presumed First Edition (none stated). NOT a remainder. Includes Chronology of Events tables. a very nice copy.
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- Bookseller
- Booktopia
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3020514
- Title
- A Hard Chance: The Sydney-Hobart Race Disaster. [hardcover]
- Author
- Leighton, Kim
- Format/Binding
- HARDCOVER.
- Book Condition
- New Fine/Near Fine dj. (book like new, appears never read, no writings. jacket complete/clean, faintly scuffed, no tears)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 157223282X
- ISBN 13
- 9781572232822
- Publisher
- Willow Creek Press.
- Place of Publication
- Minocqua, Wisconsin.
- Date Published
- (c1999)
- Pages
- 288pp.
- Keywords
- 20th Century Sail Yacht Racing Australia, 54th Sydney Hobart Tasmania Race Disaster History
- Size
- 8vo.
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