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London: Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 1956. Hardcover. 8vo. We specialize in fine books in collectible condition. Orders are professionaly packaged and shipped promptly. W13 .
THE GOVERNOR'S LADY: Mrs Philip Gidley King. An Australian Historical Narrative by Bassett, Marnie - 1961
by Bassett, Marnie
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THE GOVERNOR'S LADY: Mrs Philip Gidley King. An Australian Historical Narrative
by Bassett, Marnie
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Parkville, VIC, Australia: Melbourne University Press, 1961. (viii), + 131pp. Unpaginated, b/white halftone plates (including frontispiece) throughout (each leaf of plates printed one side only). Book clean and square. Spine firm, mildly bumped and tanned. Illustrated stiff card wrapper trivially edgeworn, else good. A nondescript inscription on ffep., else textblock unmarked. 'The Governor's Lady' tells the story of Anna Josepha King (Mrs Philip Gidley King, b.1765-d.1844), the wife of Captain Philip Gidley King (b.1758-d.1808), third Governor of New South Wales. Contents include: Prelims., Acks., 7 chapters. Appendices x 3. Index. Book weight approx. 325g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel.. Second Thus . Softcover. Good+. 8vo - (approx. 21.5cm x 14cm).
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- Format/Binding Paperback
- Book Condition Used - Good+
- Edition Second Thus
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- Publisher Melbourne University Press
- Place of Publication Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Date Published 1961
- Keywords Biography, Colonial Australia, Colonial Administrators (Australia)< Mrs Philip Gidley King (1765-1844), Flora Marjorie (Marnie) Bassett (1889-1980)
- Size 8vo - (approx. 21.5cm x 14cm)
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The Governor's Lady
by Bassett, Marnie
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The Governor's Lady: Mrs Philip Gidley King: An Australian Historical Narrative.
by Bassett, Marnie
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- 2nd ed.
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press, 1956. 2nd ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in fair dustjacket), black & white photos, frontispiece, map, edgewear jacket (few tiny chips, lightly foxed covers & reverse side, few small stains), pages lightly toned & foxed, endpapers lightly toned, bookshop label front pastedown, protected by removable semi archival plastic sleeve. 131 pp. The adventurous life of Mrs King, who traveled with her husband, Governor Philip King, to the outposts of Sydney and Norfolk Island, far from the niceties of her English home. Mrs King recorded her observations of their life in a journal. This book is charming, full of interest and lively detail. The book provides an enjoyable look at Australian society in the early colonial years. Originally published, 1940.
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