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Sydney: Angus and Robertson LTD, 1942. 253 pp. Salmon pink cloth covers with black lettering on spine. Significant wear and soiling to cover faces, edges and corners. Corners are bumped and rubbed to boards. Bubbling and marks to front and back cover, spine ends are bent and fraying. Foxing and marks to page edges. Cocked spine. Previous owner's name written on front free endpaper, bookstore sticker adhered to front inside cover. Broken hinges, spine is loose and broken throughout interior. Some interior pages are chipped along edges, some with minor foxing. Book in Fair to Good- condition.. Cloth. Fair to Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by Photographs. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Australia.
The Great Boomerang by Idriess, Ion L - 1953
by Idriess, Ion L
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The Great Boomerang
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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1953. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Gift inscription. A very good reading copy.
- Bookseller S Moss & Daughter Rare Books (NZ)
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- Publisher Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication Sydney
- Date Published 1953
- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords aust
- Size 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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THE GREAT BOOMERANG
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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The Great Boomerang
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Angus & Robertson, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 1949. Reprinted. 253 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards. Black and white photographic plates. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Some creased pages at front. Boards have moderate shelf wear with mild bumping and fraying to corners and crushing and fraying to spine ends. Some marks and staining to surfaces.
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The Great Boomerang
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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Angus and Robertson, 1942. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover, no dj. Light shelfwear to covers. Gift inscription inside. Contents clean and tight. 253 pages, b&w photos.
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The Great Boomerang
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1946. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 256 pages, last three pages blank, text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs juxtaposing dry Australia with wet Australia. Written in the years before the war, with the author's note obviously written during the war, it was the author's contention that the 600,000 returned troops at the end of the war could be employed in northern Queensland to redirect the water that flows out to sea from along the Cape, and the regions down to Townsville, into the centre of Australia, setting up a cycle of evaporation and rain, allowing reafforestation, and industrialisation, thereby permitting Australia to populate with millions more people the central areas of the continent. There are a couple of maps detailing these plans. Obviously Sir Robert Menzies thought better of doing it to the Snowy Mountains. slight darkening of the edges of the…
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The Great Boomerang
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1950. Book. Very good-. Hardcover. Corners bumped, name whited out to front free endpaper. Illustrated and complete.
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The Great Boomerang
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+/None. No DJ, orange cloth boards with black titling to spine, slight forward slant, previous owner's name to front pastedown, gift inscr. to FFEP, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Vintage volume arguing for the reclamation of Australia's great dust bowl by filling Australia's inland river and lake system with water. Illustrated with photos.
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Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1948. Book. Good+. Hardcover. Unclipped jacket is at best fair , chunks missing from the spine and front panel, tape repairs, now in a new protective sleeve. Book has a tobacco odour and spine lean..
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The Great Boomerang
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1950 Beige cloth titled in blue on spine, b&w frontis and other illstns. A name in front, light spotting to rear board.
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The Great Boomerang.
by Idriess, Ion L
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1953. viii, 253pp, bw ills. Or gray cloth in jacket. Endpapers, edges and margins toned. Jacketchipped with several tears and creases. Idriess looks at the problem of supplying water to the arid interior of Australia.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good. 8vo.
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The Great Boomerang
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Frederick, Maryland, United States
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Angus & Robertson. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. Earlier printing, 1943. (Travel, Australia, Description, irrigation) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
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