Peter Biddulph : The Story of an Australian Settler
by Kingston, W. H. G. (William Henry Giles)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
£40.25£28.18
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, United Kingdom: The Sunday School Union, 1913. Originally published 1881 as Peter Biddulph: the rise and progress of an Australian settler. Not Dated, 13th thousand. Green bds with bright Gilt title flag to spine, 3 colour palette illus to front showing a covered wagon beig watched by a group of Aboriginal Hunters (fresh with crease to front) Brown floral decorated Victorian eps, pp 142 with 14 nice steel engraved illus and nice illustrative vignettes through out. A nice tight copy with mild edge browning to pages and top cnrs of few pages folded down, prize inscription to first blank dated 1913. #Australian History#. Re-Issue. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11923
- Title
- Peter Biddulph : The Story of an Australian Settler
- Author
- Kingston, W. H. G. (William Henry Giles)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Re-Issue
- Publisher
- The Sunday School Union
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1913
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Austalian History
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- BDS
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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