A NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA
by EVANS, Alun
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0642527342
- ISBN 13
- 9780642527349
- Seller
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East Victoria Park, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney, ABC first edition - hard cover in dust jacket An engrossing story of Australia's awarness of its vulnerability from when the colony entertained the arrival of foreign ships and when strange ships were perceived as a threat; to 1911 and the formation of the Royal Australian Navy. Evans also looks at the RAN in wartime and during peace, the increasing role of women and the difference of sailors of 75 years ago. 238 x 152mm., pp. 4, 172, b/w plates. H/cover in dust jacket. Contents - NO INSCRIPTIONS, dust jacket, no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0642527342
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Details
- Bookseller
- EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- b45677a94d1a1c386c222caa
- Title
- A NAVY FOR AUSTRALIA
- Author
- EVANS, Alun
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- first edition - hard cover in dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0642527342
- ISBN 13
- 9780642527349
- Publisher
- Sydney, ABC
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1986
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About the Seller
EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS
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