Man Tracks, With the Mounted Police in Australian Wilds
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Yungaburra, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney, NSW : Angus & Robertson , 1949. Later ('new') edition . Printed boards. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers and interior edges of pages have some tanning/browning Edges browned Boards have considerable edge wear and wear on spine. The front and spine of the dustjacket has been attached to boards Idriess studies the mounted police keeping law and order in vast areas of north and western Australia. In the Northern Territory 40 mounted men covered an area larger than Britain, France and Germany. B & W photos
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Details
- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54845
- Title
- Man Tracks, With the Mounted Police in Australian Wilds
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Printed boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later ('new') edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney, NSW
- Date Published
- 1949
- Pages
- 272
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- Policing & Police Idriess, police, mounted police, outback
- Size
- Octavo (standard book size)
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About the Seller
Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Octavo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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