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Oceania, or the Tempestuous Voyage of J. A. Froude (edited by Geoffrey Blainey)
by Froude, James Anthony
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0454007329
- ISBN 13
- 9780454007329
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Methuen Haynes, North Ryde, New South Wales, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 500 g; XX, 212 pages, illustrated with a frontispiece, and several other reproductions of drawings. Illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket is somewhat rubbed across the top edge with a small split at the top of the rear fold over crease, bumping to the tail of the blue papered spine, with slight rubbing it to the bottom edge of the front board, previous owner's bookplates on the front paste down with a gift notation dated 1985 on the front free end page. No other damage to detail. "Even today Ocean is perhaps the most widely quoted of all travel books about Australia in the 19th century. Here it is republished for the 1st time in nearly a century. Edited and abridged by Geoffrey Blainey, this new edition includes a foreword on Froude and his life, and notes that illuminate his travels." -- Dustwrapper blurb please note that the publisher has issued the same ISBN for "Greater Britain Charles Dilke visits her new lands 1866 & 1867" Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Travel; Australia; ISBN: 0454007329. ISBN/EAN: 9780454007329. Inventory No: 0236362. . 9780454007329
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0236362
- Title
- Oceania, or the Tempestuous Voyage of J. A. Froude (edited by Geoffrey Blainey)
- Author
- Froude, James Anthony
- Illustrator
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0454007329
- ISBN 13
- 9780454007329
- Publisher
- Methuen Haynes
- Place of Publication
- North Ryde, New South Wales
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- BZDB2 voyages: Transworld, Australia, description, travel, New Zealand Genealogy & Local History; Travel; Australia; Various Unbranded ISBN: 0454007329 EAN: 9780454007329 Froude, James Anthony Oceania, or the Tempestuous Voyage of J. A. Froude (edit
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- Travel;
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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