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To the Isles of Spice with Frank Clune. A Vagabond Voyage by Air from Botany Bay to Darwin, Bathurst Island, Timor, Java, Borneo, Celebes and French Indo-China
by Clune, Frank
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Sydney-London: Angus & Robertson, 1940. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Sydney-London: Angus & Robertson, 1940, first printing. Thick 8vo., x+329pp., lavishly illustrated with b/w photos, frontis, map endpapers. Pale green cloth with burgundy titles. spine titles bit faded, light dust spotting on top edge of page block, short gift inscription on verso of frontis. Near fine. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009260
- Title
- To the Isles of Spice with Frank Clune. A Vagabond Voyage by Air from Botany Bay to Darwin, Bathurst Island, Timor, Java, Borneo, Celebes and French Indo-China
- Author
- Clune, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney-London
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Far East; Travel and Exploration;
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The Wild Muse
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
Literary and modern first editions. Established 1985. Mail order only.
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