Forty Fathoms Deep: Pearl Divers and Sea Rovers in Australian Seas
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1937). First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Quite heavy to top page edges. ; First printing. x, 343, [1] pages + [10] pages advertisements + frontispiece + plates. Green boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Small black illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 183 x 121mm. Map on front endpaper. An account of the pearlers and pearling industry of Broome. The pearl seas of north-western Australia. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18960
- Title
- Forty Fathoms Deep: Pearl Divers and Sea Rovers in Australian Seas
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- (1937)
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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