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Legends , Lore & Lies, Australians and their Driza-Bones
by Retter, Catharine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 094928419X
- ISBN 13
- 9780949284198
- Seller
-
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney, NSW : The Watermark Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. Binding is tight but spine is slightly cocked. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Boards have some edge wear and some dents in the boards This is a story of a coat. The canny invention of a Scottish sailor almost 100 years ago who fashioned waterproof coats out of torn windjammer sails. B & W and colour photos
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55049
- Title
- Legends , Lore & Lies, Australians and their Driza-Bones
- Author
- Retter, Catharine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 094928419X
- ISBN 13
- 9780949284198
- Publisher
- The Watermark Press
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, NSW
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 144
- Keywords
- Fashion - Hats, Shoes & Accessories Driza-bones, Australian fashion, coats
- X weight
- 800.000 kg
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Biblio member since 2020
Yungaburra, Queensland
About Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
Books sourced from all over the world adorn our shelves. We carry a general range of books, some 18,000, including fiction and non-fiction in all genres. We stock collectibles, rare and antiquarian and many out-of-print books. Lonely Planet described Spencer & Murphy Booksellers as "the best bookshop in the North" and we are known as a treasure trove of books and often as Aladdin's Cave of Books.
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- First Edition
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- Spine
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