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Parson on the Track; Bush Brothers in the Australian Outback
by Southall, Ivan
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. 525 grammes; 216 pages., last two blank, acknowledgements, appendices. Endpapers illustrated by map, showing areas visited by the Bush Brotherhood. Black and white map frontispiece, showing the area where Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd worked. Within the text there are black and white photographs. In color boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners of book are slightly rubbed and the head and the heel of spine are soft and bumped. There are foxing marks to the paper edges and foxing intrudes onto the endpapers and internal pages. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a bush church, with black & white writing on front panel and white on the spine. The corners of the dustwrapper are slightly rubbed and there is a 0.5" tear on the front top panel. Both the top and bottom of spine are chipped. The panels are rubbed. The story of The Bush Brothers, an Anglican order of monks, who took Chistianity to the Outback. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Religion -- Christianity; Local History -- Australia; Inventory No: 0100855. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0100855
- Title
- Parson on the Track; Bush Brothers in the Australian Outback
- Author
- Southall, Ivan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lansdowne Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Bush Brothers of Australia, Anglican Brotherhood, Religion -- Australia, The Outback, Missionary Work -- Australia History; Religion -- Christianity; Local History -- Australia; Unbranded Southall, Ivan Parson on the Track; Bush Brothers in the A
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local History -- Australia; Religion -- Christianity;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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