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Riders of Time
by Brookes, Dame Mabel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Macmillan, South Melbourne, Victoria, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Harold Freedman. XIV, 218pp., last blank, foreword by author, acknowledgements, list of illustrations. Coloured endpapers. Coloured frontispiece, by Harold Freedman. Text is illustrated with 36 two tone illustrations by Harold Freedman, and photography and other illustrations. Dark red boards with gilt writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, by Harold Freedman, with gilt and white background and black writing on front panel and spine. "Dame Mabel Brookes' fifith book has just been published. It is a history of Victoria, seen through the eyes of two women, herself and her grandmother, an early settler.". the dust jacket has several chairs with chipping on the top edge of the front panel, and chipping to the bottom of the spine and the fold over corners. Internally clean, no annotations. Now protected. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Harold Freedman. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Local History -- New South Wales; Local History -- Victoria; Australiana; Inventory No: 0278263. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0278263
- Title
- Riders of Time
- Author
- Brookes, Dame Mabel
- Illustrator
- Harold Freedman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- South Melbourne, Victoria
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- BZDB2 History, Australia, Memoirs, Social History, Victoria, Anthropology, Biography History; Local History -- New South Wales; Local History -- Victoria; Australiana; Harold Freedman Unbranded Brookes, Dame Mabel Riders of Time
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local History -- New South Wales;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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