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AUSTRALIAN SKETCHES: The Journals & Letters of Frances Perry (Signed Copy)
by Robin, A. De Q. (Edited by)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0909174784
- ISBN 13
- 9780909174781
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Queensberry Hill Press, 1984. 191pp., plus unpaginated Bibliography and Index. Tipped-in b/white frontis, ditto b/white illustrations and portraits, throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted, white title there-on, minor rubbing to foot. Edition is limited to 225 copies. Penned number 122 and editor signature to limitation page, else leaves clean and unmarked. White title and b/white illustration to front panel of gilt decorated cloth boards which have a tiny in-production blemish to rear panel. Text-printed dustjacket has mild creasing, plus sunning and a lightly abraded patch to spine. Attached, yellow ribbon bookmark creased and shortened. Contents include: Introducing Frances Perry. Restoring the Journals and Letters. The Voyage Out. The Arrival at Port Phillip. Melbourne in 1848. The Environs of Melbourne. An Excursion to Geelong . . . and Port Fairy. Portland. A Tour in Gipps Land. The Bush. A Visit to Albury. Black Thursday. The Gold Discovery. A Visit to the Gold Fields. Melbourne in 1852. Biography. Bibliography. Index. Book weight approx. 720g. . Signed by the Editor . Limited Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm x 16cm). Limited Edition.
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014963
- Title
- AUSTRALIAN SKETCHES: The Journals & Letters of Frances Perry (Signed Copy)
- Author
- Robin, A. De Q. (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0909174784
- ISBN 13
- 9780909174781
- Publisher
- Queensberry Hill Press
- Place of Publication
- Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Date Published
- 1984
- Size
- 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm x 16cm)
- Keywords
- Frances Perry, 1815-1892, Voyages and Travels, Victoria, Australia Social Life and Customs 1834-1851, Stag (Ship), Arthur de Quetteville Robin
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australian History; Australiana;
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