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Big Shots
by Shand, Adam
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670040711
- ISBN 13
- 9780670040711
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Viking, Camberwell, Victoria, 2007. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. a clean secondhand copy with no annotations. At the back of the book there is a list of murder victims from the underworld, and acknowledgements by the author. The text is illustrated with 16 pages of black and white and predominantly colour photographs between pages 184 and 185. Colour photographic cover with red and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. Creasing to the book corners. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and edges. Age toning of the text block edges. This is the history of the gangland wars of Melbourne as reported and seen by the author who started out, naïvely, to unravel the bloody war that was going on in Melbourne's underworld. Soon he found himself ".... embroiled in a complex world where feuds raged between rival families, and where a new generation was clashing with criminal Establishment." -- From the rear panel blurb. Full number line. Size: Trade Paperback. (9), 2-406, (2) pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: True Crime; True Crime; Local History -- Victoria; Australia; Law & Criminal Studies. ISBN: 0670040711. ISBN/EAN: 9780670040711. Inventory No: 0282595. . 9780670040711
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0282595
- Title
- Big Shots
- Author
- Shand, Adam
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0670040711
- ISBN 13
- 9780670040711
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- Camberwell, Victoria
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Organised Crime -- Victoria -- Melbourne -- Investigation, True Crime True Crime; True Crime; Local History -- Victoria; Australia; Law & Criminal Studies. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0670040711 EAN: 9780670040711 Shand, Adam Big Shots
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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