Australia 1949 The Courier Mail Year Book
by Alexander, J.A. (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G-VG in fair boards
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Brisbane: Queensland Newspapers Pty. Ltd., 1949. hardbound. G-VG in fair boards. 8vo. b&w illustrations. Brisbane Courier Mail Year Book for the year 1949, being a general reference to world events, statistics, sport, but with the main focus being on Australia (and the Commonwealth); Immigration to Australia in 1948, Australian mining, Post Office communications, Australian Turf Records, Sport in Australia, Australian states and territories (including Papua New Guinea and Nauru), etc; b&w illustrations throughout and including some nice period advertising; scarce title, with only one copy listed in Australian collections; this copy tanned to text block and edges of pages, o.w. G-VG throughout; boards heavily worn, with insect damage along spine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19824
- Title
- Australia 1949 The Courier Mail Year Book
- Author
- Alexander, J.A. (ed)
- Illustrator
- b&w illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - G-VG in fair boards
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Queensland Newspapers Pty. Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Brisbane
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 800pp
- Keywords
- Antiquarian and Rare Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Rare Books;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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