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L'Homme Fossile: Aventures d'une Expedition Scientifique dans les Mers Australes.
by Gros, Jules
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0521275938
- ISBN 13
- 9780521275934
- Seller
-
Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Marpon et Flammarion, 1892. Hardback very small, very good condition, black cloth cover (gilt spine lettering), marbled endpapers, pages toned as usual, staple marks front free flyleaf, string bookmark, minimal EX-LIBRARY (hospice library, rubber stamps, small spine sticker remnants), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (acetate). 256 pp. A novel that is an obscure example of the "lost race" theme in adventure fiction. The story is set in the sealing grounds off southeastern Australia, with the imaginary expedition of geologists and paleontologists on board the ship "Le Glorieux" using Melbourne as its base. French language text.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 17027
- Title
- L'Homme Fossile: Aventures d'une Expedition Scientifique dans les Mers Australes.
- Author
- Gros, Jules
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0521275938
- ISBN 13
- 9780521275934
- Publisher
- Librairie Marpon et Flammarion
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- general fiction, australian fiction, maritime, sealing, marine, seals, foreign language, french language, europe, france, collectible, collectable
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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