Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1929 F-/VG+. 8vo. original green cloth gilt (slight leaf edge spotting, trfiling offsetting to endpapers, else clean & bright throughout) in dustwrapper (price-clipped, a little rubbed & frayed, spine sunning); pp. [xii (last blank)], 194 (last colophon), with illustrations + maps. A near fine copy in the uncommon dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.

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Bookseller: Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 027748
Title: On the Barrier Reef. Notes from a No-ologist's Pocket Book
Author: Napier, S. Elliott
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - F-
Jacket Condition: VG+
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Place of Publication: Sydney
Date Published: 1929
Keywords: Elliott Napier On the Barrier Reef Queensland Coral Sea Australian Marine Biology Fish Fisheries ocean Zoology

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