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A Man About Town, The Letters of James Graham, Victorian Entrepreneur 1854 - 1864
by Graham, Sally (edited by)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0522848214
- ISBN 13
- 9780522848212
- Seller
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Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges have some very faint foxing Boards have slight edge wear James Graham was one of the earliest pioneers to settle in Melbourne. He arrived in 1839 at the age of 20 and over a period of sixty years wrote an enormous number of letters which paint a picture of life in Melbourne and Victoria in the 1850s, B & W photos.
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54466
- Title
- A Man About Town, The Letters of James Graham, Victorian Entrepreneur 1854 - 1864
- Author
- Graham, Sally (edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0522848214
- ISBN 13
- 9780522848212
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 437
- Keywords
- Australian History - Victoria Victoria, Melbourne, James Graham, business
- X weight
- 900.000 kg
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
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