Headhunters of the Coral Sea
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. (1951). Hardcover. No signatures. Quite heavy foxing to top page edges. Foxing spots to dust-jacket. A 30mm tear at tail of front flap fold of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1951 reprint of a title originally published in 1940. viii, [2], 207, [4], [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece "Bogo struck. His dagger sunk deep". 2 full page charts, 1 illustration "Tomb at Bunnerong Cemetery". Illustrated papered boards with brown cloth spine. Black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 182 x 121mm. A children's adventure novel. "Here is an exciting book of adventure for all readers from nine to ninety [. . .] During wanderings in the Coral Sea the author was amazed by the story of two white boys who had lived amongst the islanders many years ago. The story of the capture of the two Lamars, as the white boys were called, and their subsequent adventures until their rescue, was pieced together from authentic records [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23603
- Title
- Headhunters of the Coral Sea
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- (1951)
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Reprint
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- Jacket
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- Blurb
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