Anzacs at War; The Story of Australian and New Zealand Battles
by Laffin, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Abelard-Schuman, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Treld Pelkey -- Dustwrapper. 450 grammes; 224pages, list of illustrations, author's note, list of maps, introduction to the Anzacs by friends and enemies, 3 appendices, and index. Within the text there are black and white photographs, line drawings, maps and illustrations. Green coloured boards with white writing on the spine. Light green coloured tint to top paper edge. Bumping and discolouration to the top and bottom spine edges and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Foxing and browning to the paper edges. Offset tanning, browning and very light foxing to the end papers and internal pages have become slightly aged toned. Illustrated dustwrapper by Treld Pelkey, with white and writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing and very slight chipping to the dust wrapper corners and to the top and bottom spine edges. There is a very small closed tear to the lower rear dustwrapper panel edge. Some marking to the lower spine edges also occurred. A few foxing spots to the verso site of the dust wrapper. The history of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps -- Anzac -- soldiers, and how they became revered soldiers worldwide. A book in tribute of the 50th landing at Gallipoli. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Treld Pelkey -- Dustwrapper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Military History; History -- New Zealand; Inventory No: 0104673. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0104673
- Title
- Anzacs at War; The Story of Australian and New Zealand Battles
- Author
- Laffin, John
- Illustrator
- Treld Pelkey -- Dustwrapper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Abelard-Schuman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzacs) -- History, Military History -- Australian and New Zealand -- History, Military History History; Military History; History -- New Zealand; Treld Pelkey -- Dustwrapper Unbranded Laffin, John Anzacs at
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; History -- New Zealand;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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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