Cobbers; a personal record of a journey from Essex, in England, to Australia, Tasmania, and some of the reefs and islands of the Coral Sea, made in the years 1930, 1931, and 1932
by Wood, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford, London, 1943. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 600 g; XVI, 256 pages, indexed, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, and with illustrated end page map. Illustrated dustjacket by Lynton Lamb. The usual darkening of the edges of the pages, and offset tanning but otherwise no damage to report. The author died in 1950, and the publishers now wishes definitive edition. The text is as revised by the author for the 2nd edition and 15 illustrations from the author's own photographs and other sources have been chosen to make a fitting memorial to Dr Wood -- front fold over blurb -- 1st edition thusly The jacket is chipped and torn. This is the first Australian printing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Inventory No: 0270331. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0270331
- Title
- Cobbers; a personal record of a journey from Essex, in England, to Australia, Tasmania, and some of the reefs and islands of the Coral Sea, made in the years 1930, 1931, and 1932
- Author
- Wood, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Oxford
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Travel, Australia, Pacific, New Guinea Tasmania Genealogy & Local History; Unbranded Wood, Thomas Cobbers; a personal record of a journey from Essex, in England, to Australia, Tasmania, and some of the reefs and islands of the Coral Sea, made
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