Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse.
by Weidenbach, Kristin
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 073361521X
- ISBN 13
- 9780733615214
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Hodder, 2003. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos centre spread, corner rear cover faintly creased, front cover little creased near base spine, minor rubbing bottom edge, top edge minimally foxed, minor edgewear. 283 pp. The Birdsville Track is one of the best known and loneliest tracks in Australia, and for 20 years Tom Kruse was the mailman, battling everything from searing heat and floods to mechanical breakdown. Tom always got the mail through - come drought, hell or high water. A truly classic Australian story, by Kristin Weidenbach, that captures part of Australian history that is fast vanishing. (1 of 2 available copies.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14809
- Title
- Mailman of the Birdsville Track: The Story of Tom Kruse.
- Author
- Weidenbach, Kristin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 073361521X
- ISBN 13
- 9780733615214
- Publisher
- Hodder
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- australian biography, postal service, rural, travel, queensland, birdsville
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....