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Remembered with Affection: A New Edition of Lady Broome's Letters to Guy, with Notes and a Short Life By Alexander Hasluck
by Hasluck, Alexandra (editor )
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Allison Forbes. The text is illustrated with black and white line drawings by Alison Forbes along with a studio portrait of Lady Broome and her husband. Brown illustrated boards, with a lace pattern on front and back boards, with brown coloured titles on spine. Coloured end papers. Slight rubbing of the corners of book has occurred. Previous owners name on the free front endpaper. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a line drawing of Lady Broome, a pale pink coloured background white and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The dustwrapper is faded, particularly on the spine. There has been also some rubbing and grubby marks occurring to the front and back panels. Lady Broome was the wife of an early Governor of Western Australia. While she was out here she wrote letters back to her son Guy, "... she is observant and her lively descriptions of her extensive tours with her husband in Western Australia are of interest to the historian." – from the rear panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 137 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Allison Forbes. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Letters; Local History -- Western Australia; Inventory No: 0100361. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0100361
- Title
- Remembered with Affection: A New Edition of Lady Broome's Letters to Guy, with Notes and a Short Life By Alexander Hasluck
- Author
- Hasluck, Alexandra (editor )
- Illustrator
- Allison Forbes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Letters, Western Australia, Nineteenth Century, Biography, Politics, Australia History; Letters; Local History -- Western Australia; Allison Forbes Unbranded Hasluck, Alexandra (editor ) Remembered with Affection: A New Edition of Lady Broome&#
- Bookseller catalogs
- Letters; Local History -- Western Australia;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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