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This was Geoffrey Blainey's breakthrough book, and very influential in its day, and still relevent now. Everybody knows Australia is a long way from anywhere else, and also that most places in Australia are a long way from other places in Australia, with not much going on in-between. Blainey showed in this book how those facts affected the way the country developed. It's a great read, and even nicer in this folio-sized illustrated version, with some lovely plates along with pertinent black-and-white illustrations. This particular copy is in great nick, although the covers are slightly warped, probably from sitting on a car seat in the sun. I've got it in the book-press, so by the time you buy it they may be straighter...222 pages. Colour plates, B&W photographs and drawings, notes, index. Book in good condition, covers slightly warped from being in the sun, but binding tight and text good. Dust jacket has a couple of small tears and bumps, but is in good condition otherwise. Photographs show actual…
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- Title The Tyranny of Distance
- Author Blainey, Geoffrey
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Language ENG
- Publisher Macmillan, Australia
- Date September 1975
- ISBN 9780333139998
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The Tyranny of Distance: how Distance shaped Australia's History
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Melbourne: Macmillan. 1975. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine very slightly sunned & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's neat blind-stamp to preliminary pages. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 222pages. Deluxe Illustrated Edition. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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