Digging Up the Diggers' War: Australian Battlefield Archaeology.
by Laffin, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0864175043
- ISBN 13
- 9780864175045
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About This Item
Sydney, Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1993. 1st ed.. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, frontispiece, minor edgewear jacket, light foxing edges & endpapers & title page, pages lightly toned, small scuff two pages (slight loss four words), non-author written name & details. 104 pp. John Laffin, who is an acknowledged expert in the field of unearthing relics from the fighting areas of two World Wars, explains in detail how and where to search for artefacts remaining from these great battles. He places particular emphasis on the areas along the Western Front in which the Aussie Diggers were subjected to some of the fiercest fighting. A fascinating photographic selection of relics of these famous battles complements the text, and provides examples of the treasures to be found by the battlefield archaeologist.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30931
- Title
- Digging Up the Diggers' War: Australian Battlefield Archaeology.
- Author
- Laffin, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0864175043
- ISBN 13
- 9780864175045
- Publisher
- Kangaroo Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, Kenthurst
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- military, world war 1 (ww1), world war 2 (ww2), archaeology, archeology, europe, france, australia
- Bookseller catalogs
- MILITARY & ESPIONAGE;
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