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Lawrence M. Judd & Hawaii [An Autobiography]
by Judd, Lawrence M. (as told to Lytle, Hugh W.)
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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- 9780804809108
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$19.99
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Rutland, Vt: Charles E Tuttle Co, 1971. 296pp, frontis portrait. Maroon cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket, very slight fading to spine. Lawrence Judd was the grandson of early missionaries and his father was Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Supreme Court. He became Governor of Hawaii from 1929-1934 and in 1953 Governor of American Samoa.. First Edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Bennelong Profile. Dreamtime Reveries of a Native of Sydney Cove.
by Brodsky, Isadore.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1973
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780959903935
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$16.66
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Sydney: University Co-Operative Bookshop Ltd., 1973. 95pp, index, appendix, references/notes, endpaper maps/ills, faint image of Bennelong at top of each page. Borwn leatherette with gilt embossed bust of Bennelong to front, in publsihers plastic (glassine?) jacket. Short cracks at base of jacket spine now reinforced with clear tape. News clipping relating the author's death taped in opposite title page. SIGNED… Read more about this item Item Price
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Trials & Tribulations of a Queenslander (of the Burnett districts)
by MacDonald, M. T.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1970
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$49.96
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Queensland: The Author, 1970. 105pp, bw ills. Light card with black cloth tape spien. Sticker shadow to front, stain to rear cover and light marks to front. Reminiscences of the Burnett District in Queensland. No date but c1970 stencilled publication.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Item Price
$49.96
Jackson Pollock. An American Saga.
by Naifeh, Steven; Smith, Gergory White.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First UK Edition.
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780712638661
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$19.99
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London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1990. 934pp, index, notes, bibliography, 175 bw & 12 col ills. White boards with white cloth spine in jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket, page edges foxed, tiny black spot to bottom edge, slightly shaken. Biography of American abstract painter Jackson Pollock .. First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Item Price
$19.99
From the Hands of the Wicked.
by Lawman, Tony.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1960
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$16.66
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London: Robert Hale, 1960. 191pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, map. Maroon cloth in jacket. Jacket price-clipped with several short tears and small chips, remaining bright and fresh. Small bookseller label to front free endpaper, light foxing to prelims and page edges. Biography of early Scottish missionary to central Africa and the Congo, Frederick Stanley Arnot.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read more about this item Item Price
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Gold Fever.
by Hoste, Skipper; Davies, N.S. (edited by)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1977
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780869180136
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$66.62
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Salisbury, Zimbabwe: Pioneer Head, 1977. 143pp, bw ills. Pictorial card with integral flaps. Cover rubbed at folds. Skipper Hoste was Captain of B Troop of the Pioneer Corps and in charge of the flag raising ceremony at Fort Salisbury (Rhodesia) in 1890. This book is a personal account of the occupation and settlement of Rhodesia, including the search for… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Woman on the Goldfields. Recollections of Emily Skinner 1854-1878.
by Duyker, Edward (editor); Skinner, Emily.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1995
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780522846522
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1995. 129pp, notes, few bw ills. Dark green cloth in jacket. Very light foxing to top edge. Emily Skinner not only kept a shipboard journal on her voyage to Australia in 1854, but later recorded her reminiscences of a colourful life as a gold miner's wife. Her impressions of a young Melbourne are follwoed by her… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.99
Toowoomba. More Strange and ..... Unusual Tales. Volume 7
by Talbot, Don
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2009
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780980332940
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$14.66
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Toowoomba, Qld.: The Author, 2009. viii, 196 pages, illustrated throughout with b/w photos. Near new.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Item Price
$14.66
A Pearling Master's Journey. In the Wake of the Schooner Mist.
by Norman, J.E. deB.
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- None, as Issued.
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- Second Printing
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780980358100
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$33.31
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Sydney: The Author, 2007. xiv, 338pp, index, num bw & col ills, endpaper maps, page marker ribbon. Pictorial glossy boards. Ex-library with withdrawn stamp on front free endpaper, label to spine-otherwise a very nice copy. Pearling in north-western Western Australia (Cossack and Broome) along with experiences in WWI at Gallipoli, Sinai and France. . Second Printing. Hard Cover. Good/None, as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Passport to Hell. The Story of John douglas Stark, Bomber, Fifth Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Forces.
by Hyde, Robin.
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- Used - Good
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1936
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$56.63
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London: Hurst & Blackett, Ltd, 1936. vii, 288pp + publisher's catalogue at rear (Spring 1936). Orange cloth, no jacket. Page edges evenly toned, prev owner details inside front cover. Cloth a bit spotted and rubbed. No dtae but 1936- 'With the Publisher's Compliments' stamp on title page. Experiences of a Bomber with the NZEF during WWI. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Mount Elephant Once Had Trees. A Life Shaped on the Western Plains of Victoria.
by Rawson, Josiah John 'Jack'.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Paperback
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- 9780646297583
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$49.96
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Melbourne: The Author, 1996. vi, 185pp, index, appendices, bw ills. Pictorial white card. Light edge wear to cover, minor foxing to page edges. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page with the recipients name blacked out. The author's experiences growing up in Derrinallum, Victoria located in Corangamite Shire at the foot of Mount Elephant. He also details his experiences… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Fake's Progress. The Story of a master Faker.
by Keating, Tom; Norman, Frank; Norman, Geraldine.
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- Used - Good
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- First UK Paperback
- Published
- 1978
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780099182405
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$29.98
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London: Arrow Books, 1978. 272pp, appendix, bw ills. Paperback. Page edges and margins toned, moderate edge wear and small creases to cover, small black spot on first page. The story of Tom Keating whose fakes of masters from Rembrandt to Modigliani led to controversy and fame.. First UK Paperback. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo. Item Price
$29.98
Day's Work Done. A Biography.
by McManus, Tim; Mundy, Francis.
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780959987393
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$59.96
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Launceston, Tasmania: Foot and Playstead, 1988. xviii, 171pp + epilogue, bw ills, endpaper maps. Decorated cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. Using four years of diaries of Private William Charles Gross the author's have created a biography of an Australian regular private soldier during WWI. Private Gross served at Gallipoli and the Western Front.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Anzac Diary.
by Treloar, J.L.; Treloar, Alan.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780646157320
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$63.29
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Armidale: Alan Treloar, 1993. HEAVY. xviii, 377pp, index, appendices, bw ills, maps, endpaper maps. Green cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. SIGNED and inscribed to a LT Col by Alan Treloar on acknowledgements page. John Linton Treloar sailed in a ship of the First Convoy and kept a diary from that time until March 1917 with several interruptions… Read more about this item Item Price
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Dispatched to the Derwent.
by Dale, Malcolm.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2003
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781876494728
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$33.31
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Australia: Oracle Press, The, 2003. 198pp. Pictorial card. Near new. William Mansfield was one of a myriad of convicts transported to Australia. His life, crimes, transportation and reformation to become a respected citizen of Hobart are detailed in this book.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Item Price
$33.31
Battlers of the Barkly. The Family Saga of Eva Downs 1936-1960.
by Chambers, Alf.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781875998449
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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Rockhampton: Central Queensland University Press, 1998. 137pp, bw ills. Or pictorial card. Some creasing to covers. SIGNED with personalised inscription by the author on the title page. The Chambers family were pioneers of the Barkly Tablelands in the Northern Territory. Against the odds they battled the isolation, elements, government ineptitude and the big landholders to establish Eva Downs cattle station.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pro Hart. Life & Legacy.
by Fry, Gavin.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None, as Issued.
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- First Edition
- Published
- 2014
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780987535122
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$26.65
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Broken Hill.: Pro Hart art Sales, 2014. 212pp, index, bibliography, appendices, num bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial boards with black cloth spine. As new.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. 4to. Item Price
$26.65
A Battler of the Bush. the Story of Les Humphrys.
by Humphrys, Ray.
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1998
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- Paperback
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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Brisbane: The Author, 1998. 104pp, bw ills. Pictorial card. As new. Life of Les Humphrys. He was a bushman, timbergetter, bullocky, selector and farmer. He worked the forests of the Bunya Mountains and the scrublands of the foothill country using the skills of a bushman. Most of his life was spent in and around the district of Yamsion.. First Edition.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Great Naturalists.
by Huxley, Robert (edited by)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First UK Edition.
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- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780500251393
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- 1
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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$18.65
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London: Thames & Hudson in Association with the Natural History Museum, 2007. HEAVY. 3047pp, index, further readinbg, num bw & col ills. Red cloth in jacket. Very small scuff to front free endpaper otherwise near new. The lives of the great naturalists including the ancients, the renaissance, the enlightenment and the 19th century.. First UK Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.… Read more about this item Item Price
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No Other Man. No Other Store. The Extraordinary Life of Sir Charles Lloyd Jones. Painter, Patron and Patriot 1878-1958.
by Cullen, Jenny.
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2013
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781921394836
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Ashmore, Queensland, AUS
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Melbourne: Macmillan, 2013. HEAVY. 240pp, endnotes, num bw & col ills. Pictorial boards in jacket. Bumped at bottom corner, lightedge wear to jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Item Price
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