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Australian Legends: Tales Handed Down from the Remotest Times by the Autocthonous Inhabitants of Our Land
by PECK, C. W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Melbourne: The Lothian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd, 1933. First Thus. Hardcover. Good+. George H. Pownall. 12mo. Pp. 234. Frontis. drawing "The Teller of Tales." Illustrated with Pownall drawings in the text and a C. W. Peck flowers vignette on a preliminary leaf. Green cloth, titles in black on the covers and spine. Spine minimally sunned, corners a trifle bumped, moderate foxing to edges, ffep ink inscription dated 5/3/43. A collection of stories from the New South Wales region. Uncommon.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6682
- Title
- Australian Legends: Tales Handed Down from the Remotest Times by the Autocthonous Inhabitants of Our Land
- Author
- PECK, C. W
- Illustrator
- George H. Pownall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Lothian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1933
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Seas;
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Seattle, Washington
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- 12mo
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- Cloth
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