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Kangaroo Island, 'Adelaide's Sanatorium'. Comprising a Series of Articles written for 'The Register' and 'The Observer'
by [Kangaroo Island]. HALLACK, E.H. ('A Native')
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers, 1905. 3rd Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Adelaide, W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers, 1905 (third edition, preface dated 30 June)/ May 1905 (second edition, first in book form). Small octavo, 47 pages with an illustration plus 22 pages of plates, a small folding map, an additional leaf (printed recto only) tipped in on page [3] (being a reprint of the introduction to the second edition, dated May 1905), and advertisements on both sides of the rear wrapper. Pictorial wrappers slightly creased and marked; spine sunned, cracked and slightly chipped at the head; an excellent copy. The first edition was the series of newspaper articles treating of visits to the island in January and March 1905. Apart from the tipped-in leaf, this third edition also contains additional text on pages 45-47 ('Addenda, 3rd Edition'). It is referred to in the introduction to this edition as 'a letter written by the late Colonel Light, having reference to Kangaroo Island, also an extract from "The Adelaide Observer", of October 11, 1845'. Provenance: George S. Fowler (of the Adelaide-based wholesale grocery dynasty), with his contemporary ownership signature at the head of the title page.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89560
- Title
- Kangaroo Island, 'Adelaide's Sanatorium'. Comprising a Series of Articles written for 'The Register' and 'The Observer'
- Author
- [Kangaroo Island]. HALLACK, E.H. ('A Native')
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Publisher
- W.K. Thomas & Co., Printers and Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1905
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Tipped In
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- Cracked
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- Octavo
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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