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Wild Colonial Boys
by Clune, Frank 1893 - 1971
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Ralph Warner. Acknowledgements, introduction by author and bibliography. Endpaper maps, showing where the various bushrangers operated in New South Wales. The text is illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Ralph Warner. Rust coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. The wild men of the Lachlan, the Murrumbidgee and the Abercrombie Ranges in the lawless 1860's of Australia's history. The book is showing age and wear – please see photograph. Softening, rubbing and fraying of the cloth to the back strip; bumping, rubbing and fraying of the book corners. The cloth of the lower edge of the front panel has also afraid to the lower left hand corner and along the spine gutter edges the cloth has also started to fray. Quite a nasty stain – encompassing three quarters of the front panel – has occurred and there are rubs marks and stains to the rear panel. Flecking and fading to the back strip. The front hinge has slackened a bit and tanning of the text block edges and pages has also occurred. Some marks throughout the book. Previous owners initials to the top edge to the verso of the free front end page and to the title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [7], VIII - XXI, [2], 2 - 657, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Ralph Warner. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; Bushrangers; Australia; Genealogy & Local History. Inventory No: 0288521. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0288521
- Title
- Wild Colonial Boys
- Author
- Clune, Frank 1893 - 1971
- Illustrator
- Ralph Warner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Bushrangers, Bushranging, Australia, Crime Law & Criminal Studies; Bushrangers; Australia; Genealogy & Local History. Ralph Warner Unbranded Clune, Frank 1893 - 1971 Wild Colonial Boys
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bushrangers;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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