Australian Jungle Stories. Legends of the Aborigines, Book No. 1
by TURNER, Robert
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: The Boy Scouts' Association, 1944. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Sydney, The Boy Scouts' Association, 1944. Octavo, 28 pages with 9 illustrations; the last page, plus three surfaces of the covers, are advertisements. Pictorial wrappers a little tanned and chipped, with slight loss to the front top edge; text paper tanned; a very good copy. Scout Shop Service Library, No. 3. 'This little book is to be the first of a Series on the Legends of the Australian Aborigines. Most of the stories have been published previously, but all are now out of print or very difficult to obtain. There will be a number of new Legends appearing in the series' (foreword). Muir 7686 (not recording any other numbers in the series).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 131426
- Title
- Australian Jungle Stories. Legends of the Aborigines, Book No. 1
- Author
- TURNER, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Boy Scouts' Association
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1944
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