The Silence Calling: Australians In Antarctica 1947-1987 (The Anare Jubilee History)
by Bowden, Tim
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- Hardcover
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1997. 25.0 x 18.0cms, 594pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good+ hardback with navy faux [?] leather spine , gilt type & very good+ slipcase. Author's signature no 8/150 collector's edition. This is a book about personal endeavour and hardship as well as exploration, discovery and Australia's constributions to international scientific research (into global warming, climate change etc).
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- Bookseller
- THE CROSS Art + Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180301
- Title
- The Silence Calling: Australians In Antarctica 1947-1987 (The Anare Jubilee History)
- Author
- Bowden, Tim
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin, Sydney 1997
- Keywords
- Australian National Antarctica Research Expeditions science scientific history limited edition
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THE CROSS Art + Books
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
About THE CROSS Art + Books
THE CROSS ART + BOOKS
We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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