William Heinemann, Richmond, Victoria, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. dedication, acknowledgements, photographs, bibliography and index. Red coloured endpapers. Texts illustrated with black and white contemporary photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Minor scuffing to the book corners and shelf wear is evident to the bottom edges of the book. Bumping to the top spine edge and browning to the paper edges. Gift inscription on the free front endpaper. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing soldiers advancing with a pen jutting towards the title, with white coloured background and black, red and yellow coloured titles to the front pane and red and black coloured titles to the back strip. White background has become grubby and the edges are rubbed. Minor wrinkling to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. Pat Burgess, himself a War Correspondent takes a look at how Australian reporters came to their pre-eminence, quoting extensively from their reports often filed in the heat of battle. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. 254 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Journalism; Australia; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0855610565. ISBN/EAN: 9780855610562. Inventory No: 0101582. . 9780855610562

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0101582
Title: Warco: Australian Reporters at War
Author: Burgess, Pat
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0855610565
ISBN 13: 9780855610562
Publisher: William Heinemann
Place of Publication: Richmond, Victoria
Date Published: 1986
Keywords: BZDB2 War Reporting -- Australian, War Correspondents -- Australia, Journalism, Military -- Australia -- Journalism History; Journalism; Australia; Military & Warfare. Unbranded ISBN: 0855610565 EAN: 9780855610562 Burgess, Pat Warco: Australian Repo
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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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