Lasseter's Last Ride: An Epic in Central Australian Gold Discovery
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. No signatures. Some spotting to page edges. Fading to ends of spine. Small bumps to corners of boards. Heavy rubbing to dust wrapper spine. Several 1" tears and smaller chips to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; [xiv], 251, [1] pages + maps on endpapers. Red boards with black lettering on spine. Stated "Thirtieth Edition" on title page and on spine of dust wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6442
- Title
- Lasseter's Last Ride: An Epic in Central Australian Gold Discovery
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1947
- Keywords
- New Zealand Discovery Captain Cook Whaling Mission
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
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- Good+
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- 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....
- Title Page
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- Jacket
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