LAND OF FORTUNE - A Study of the New Australian
by AITKEN, Jonathan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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East Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London, Secker & Warburg first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The author brilliantly captures the mood of the 'lucky country', as it has been called, and at the same time buries forever the traditional concepts of Australia as the land 'down under', a British satellite populated by sheep-shearers and kangaroos. 223 x 143mm., pp. viii, 267, map endpapers. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - p.o name ffep. (neat one line), contents near fine, d.j. very slight rubbing - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE
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Details
- Bookseller
- EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4aee48ce24c7df02e55c7383
- Title
- LAND OF FORTUNE - A Study of the New Australian
- Author
- AITKEN, Jonathan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- first edition - hard cover in dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Secker & Warburg
- Date Published
- 1971
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About the Seller
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- FFEP
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- First Edition
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