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Land, Labour & Gold, or Two Years in Victoria, with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land. Volumes I and II. With an Introduction by Professor S.J. Butlin
by HOWITT, William
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1972. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Sydney, Sydney University Press, 1972 (facsimile edition)/ 1855. Octavo, 14, xvi, 360, 31 (Index) pages. Cloth; bottom corners slightly bumped; foot of the spine very slightly sunned; edges slightly marked; rear hinge cracked (the binding remains sound); a very good copy with the slightly rubbed, marked and bumped dustwrapper a little sunned on the spine, with the laminate lifting slightly along the top edge and a very slight tear to the rear flap.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 123325
- Title
- Land, Labour & Gold, or Two Years in Victoria, with Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land. Volumes I and II. With an Introduction by Professor S.J. Butlin
- Author
- HOWITT, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Sydney University Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1972
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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