Life: A Record for Busy Folk January to June 1914
by Fitchett, W. H. (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Nice copy
- Seller
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MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Fitchett Bros., 1914. 1st edition. Nice copy. tall octavo. hardback in original cloth 644 + xxv-xlviii + xxv -xliv + xxv-xliv + xxv-xlii + xxv-xliv + xxv-xliipp., frontis., illusts., Bound volume containing the first six months of 1914. Articles inc. How science has robbed war of its romance, Australia as a Colonising Power, ÒA Very Gallant GentlemanÓ Personal Recollections of Captain L. E. G. Oates, Irrigation in Australia, China and Australia; interview with Morrison at Peking, Douglas Mawson & his Sledge-Dog, The Wrestling Game (with photos of notable wrestlers), Padding It through Africa; adventures of an Australian Trader-Hunter, Is the Papuan a Devil-Worshipper?, Plus a novel, in parts, The Valley of the Moon by Jack London. Each copy has a section on the latest records of Motoring, Flying, and Boating. Over 120 pages of period adverts. Fascinating monthly journal published on the eve of WWI
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- Bookseller
- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 135804
- Title
- Life: A Record for Busy Folk January to June 1914
- Author
- Fitchett, W. H. (ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice copy
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fitchett Bros.
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- tall octavo
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