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Founder of a City; The Life of Colonel William Light, First Surveyor-General of The Colony of South Australia: Founder of Adelaide, 1786-1839 (Seal Books)
by Dutton, Geoffrey
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- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0851790968
- ISBN 13
- 9780851790961
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Seal Books/Rigby, Adelaide, 1971. First Australian Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Illustrated. intentionally, list of illustrations, author's note, introduction by author, notes, bibliography and indexed. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, of Col. William light. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white illustrations. Colour photographic front cover with white titles to the front panel and black titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and reading creases to the backstrip. There is a small nick to the front fore edge of the front cover. Browning and slight foxing to the text block edges. The biography of the founder of the city of Adelaide Colonel William Light. Part of the Seal Books series. Size: Standard Paperback. XVI, 326 pages, last the page bank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; Exploration; Local History -- South Australia; Australia; ISBN: 0851790968. ISBN/EAN: 9780851790961. Inventory No: 0110195. . 9780851790961
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- Title
- Founder of a City; The Life of Colonel William Light, First Surveyor-General of The Colony of South Australia: Founder of Adelaide, 1786-1839 (Seal Books)
- Author
- Dutton, Geoffrey
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Australian Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0851790968
- ISBN 13
- 9780851790961
- Publisher
- Seal Books/Rigby
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Colonel William Light -- Biography, Local History -- Adelaide -- South Australia, Seal Books Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; Exploration; Local History -- South Australia; Australia; Illustrated Unbranded ISBN: 0851790968 EAN: 97808517
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local History -- South Australia; Exploration;
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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