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Waterless Horizons; The first full-length study of the extraordinary life-story of Edward John Eyre, Explorer, Overlander and Pastoralist in Australia
by Uren, Malcolm and Stephens, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Robertson and Mullens, Melbourne, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 520 g.; 256 pp., last page blank, preface by authors, list of illustrations, bibliography. Illustrated endpapers, showing a map of Australia with a portrait of Edward John Eyre overlaing pastoral scenes. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, being a portrait of Edward John Eyre. The text is illustrated with 7 maps -- 3 double-page, and 25 black and white plates. Orange coloured boards with black titles and decoration on front panel and black titles on the backstrip. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the back strip and to the book corners. light foxing to the edges of the pages, internally bright and clean. Biography of one of Australia's most daring of early explorers, Edward John Eyre. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Exploration. Inventory No: 0282387. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0282387
- Title
- Waterless Horizons; The first full-length study of the extraordinary life-story of Edward John Eyre, Explorer, Overlander and Pastoralist in Australia
- Author
- Uren, Malcolm and Stephens, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robertson and Mullens
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Edward John Eyre -- Biography, Exploration and Discovery -- Australia, Australian History, First Contact -- Aboriginals, Biography & Autobiography; Australia; Exploration. Unbranded Uren, Malcolm and Stephens, Robert Waterless Horizons; The fi
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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