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The Land Policy of South Australia From 1830 to 1842
by OLDHAM, Wilfrid (B.A.)
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Adelaide: Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1917. First Edition. Leather bound. Near Fine. Tall 8vo. Pp. 118. Preface. Introduction. A list of sources, listing primary references and published materials. Three folding maps. Printed wraps bound in. Bound in three-quarter red morocco over red pebbled cloth. Gilt title, author and publication date stamped on spine. A Melbourne bookseller's tag to front pastedown; bookplate of Bernard Gore Brett. First volume in the series "Historical Compliations based upon the Study of Original Documents." Oldham was the Tinline Scholar, University of Adelaide. This is an exemplary copy, handsomely bound, with the bookplate of noted Australiana collector Bernard Gore Brett.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 723
- Title
- The Land Policy of South Australia From 1830 to 1842
- Author
- OLDHAM, Wilfrid (B.A.)
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Australiana Oceania Knatchbull South Seas Joseph Banks New Holland Van Diemen's Land William Bligh
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Gilt
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Morocco
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- Fine
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- Pebbled
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