AN AUSTRALIAN COLONY The Government Handbook of Victoria
by Dow, T. K. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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WARRNAMBOOL, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer. Very Good+. 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in red roan half leather with marbled sides, fern leaf decorated endpapers, binding is of the period of printing, with a Preface by J. W. Taverner, Minister for Agriculture dated 1st June 1898. Previous owner's name on front endpaper, full page black/white photographic illustrations, 2 fold out maps at rear that had splits along a couple of folds and are now repaired, marbled paper sides have worn to boards along bottom edge due to shelf wear, a very copy. ; [ii], 202 pages .
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- Bookseller
- M & A Simper Bookbinders (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25564
- Title
- AN AUSTRALIAN COLONY The Government Handbook of Victoria
- Author
- Dow, T. K. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1898
- Bookseller catalogs
- Agriculture;
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M & A Simper Bookbinders
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Glossary
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...