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The Astonished Earth
by Kempe, Humphrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
William Heinemann, London Melbourne Toronto, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. acknowledgements, list of illustrations, foreword by Sir R. George Stapleton, bibliography and index. frontispiece, showing flood scene, Lindsay Creek stop the text is illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and black-and-white illustrations. Brown coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. The story of the author's rehabilitation and conservation of an eroded and nutrient poor farm, by means of water conservation, plantings and contour irrigation. Softening and rubbing to the backstrip edges, book edges and rubbing to the lower book edges. Browning to the textblock edges and pages. Previous owners rubber stamp to the top right-hand corner of the free front end paper and original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Offset tanning to the endpapers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], IX - XXII, [1], 2-144 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Australia; Environment & Ecology. Inventory No: 0115689. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0115689
- Title
- The Astonished Earth
- Author
- Kempe, Humphrey
- Illustrator
- Photographic & Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London Melbourne Toronto
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- BZDB2 farming, contour irrigation, conservation, soil erosion, Australia Farming & Rural Life; Australia; Environment & Ecology. Photographic & Illustrations Unbranded Kempe, Humphrey The Astonished Earth
Terms of Sale
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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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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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