A Vision of Australian History: The Tyranny of Distance; Triumph of the Nomads; A Land Half Won
by BLAINEY, GEOFFREY
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Macmillan Co of Australia 1982. Three-volume set in slip case, octavo, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, vi + 366pp (vol 1), x + 285pp (vol 2), v + 388pp (vol 3), illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep in all vols, inscription in ink painted over with white-out to fep in all vols) in fine d/ws, in VG+ slip case (rubbing to sides, slight bruising to rear upper edge, small nick to rear/side edges, soiling to top & bottom)
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- Title
- A Vision of Australian History: The Tyranny of Distance; Triumph of the Nomads; A Land Half Won
- Author
- BLAINEY, GEOFFREY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan Co of Australia 1982
- Keywords
- Geoffrey Blainey Australian history aborigines aboriginal society economic history archaeology
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