The University Boat Race: Official Centenary History 1829-1929
by Drinkwater G C & Sanders T R B
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket as Issued
- Seller
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Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Cassell & Company, 1929. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Olympic Medallist. Commemorative Edition of 600 Copies. 230mm x 290mm. Inscribed to ffep thus by 1912 Olympic medalist and Chaplain to King George VI, Sidney Swann: 'A hundred years of races from a rowing father (Sidney Swann) to his rowing son Alfred July 1929. Light wear and minor marks to cloth. Gilt top edge. Browning to other rough-cut edges. Some internal foxing to preliminaries and endpapers. Less so to page margins. Text very clean. Numbered 364 of 600 copies. 244pp plus fold-out map. Heavy book. SHIPPING TO UK AU$40..
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- Bookseller
- Lectioz Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020013
- Title
- The University Boat Race: Official Centenary History 1829-1929
- Author
- Drinkwater G C & Sanders T R B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Commemorative Edition of 600 Copies
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 230mm x 290mm
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sports and Pastimes;
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Gloucester, New South Wales
About Lectioz Books
Welcome to Lectioz. We are an internet-based bookseller located in Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia.The majority of our inventory is non-fiction, with a bias towards the Arts - in all its forms. In addition we stock books on Australian History, Natural History, Transport, Exploration, Science and many other subjects
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- Gilt
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