To Serve in a Distant Land : Bishop Francis Russell Nixon and Anna Maria Nixon, the Tasmanian years 1843–1863
by ADKINS, Keith
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 090852837X
- ISBN 13
- 9780908528370
- Seller
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West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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About This Item
Hobart: Blubber Head Press. 2020. Published in an edition of 500 copies. 8vo. xvi, 222pp; well illustrated in colour and b&w. Blue buckram with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy. ISBN 090852837X ***The Tasmanian years of the first Anglican Bishop, Francis Russell Nixon (1842-63), and his wife Anna Maria Woodcock. The study concerns not only the Bishop’s role as the colony’s leading churchman, but the couple’s personal stories, and especially their under-acknowledged contribution to colonial art. The book’s numerous illustrations include over forty of their own works, brought together for the first time. .
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- Bookseller
- Astrolabe Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36047
- Title
- To Serve in a Distant Land : Bishop Francis Russell Nixon and Anna Maria Nixon, the Tasmanian years 1843–1863
- Author
- ADKINS, Keith
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 090852837X
- ISBN 13
- 9780908528370
- Publisher
- Blubber Head Press
- Place of Publication
- Hobart
- Date Published
- 2020
- Keywords
- aborigines, anglican church, art, bhp, church of england, colonial, colonial art, religion, tasmania, Van Diemen's Land
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About the Seller
Astrolabe Booksellers
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West Hobart, Tasmania
About Astrolabe Booksellers
Astrolabe Booksellers no longer has a shop of its own, but does have stock available for perusal and purchase in Scotty's on Argyle, 276a Argyle Street, North Hobart, Tasmania (open 11am to 4pm, Tuesday to Saturday, closed public holidays).Astrolabe Booksellers is the leading antiquarian/ second-hand/used bookseller in Australia's island state. Proprietor Michael Sprod is a long-standing member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers. Astrolabe carries a good range of antiquarian and second-hand books on a wide variety of subjects, specialising in works on Tasmania, Australia, Antarctica, Aborigines (especially Tasmanian), and maritime subjects.
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- A.N.
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...