Coral Sea Calling
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good+ in Good dust jacket. (1957). First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy foxing to top page edges. Foxing and dampstain to dust-jacket. Previous owner's inscription. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, 239 pages. Maroon boards with silver lettering on spine and small silver illustration in corner of front board. Page dimensions: 214mm x 134mm. Illustrated by Frank Norton. "The treacherouso and beautiful Coral Sea is the setting for the story of the adventurers who throughout the nineteenth century made perilous voyages into its waters in quest of the bêche-de-mer and pearlshell, of the savage chiefs who ruled its islands, of the seamen who charted it, of the explorers struggling up its mainland coast [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21111
- Title
- Coral Sea Calling
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- (1957)
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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