The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
by Blainey, Geoffrey
- Used
- poor
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Poor/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0725100192
- ISBN 13
- 9780725100193
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
SUN, Australia, 1993. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Poor/No Jacket. signed. Signed by Author(s)366 pages (complete). Signed publisher's bookplate affixed to the frontispage. A much sunned and tanned book that is nonetheless secure and tight. The cover is faded and has some wear to the edges and corners. The pages are tanned about the edges. They are firm against the spine, clear, clean, spirited and sure. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books (ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8gn
- Title
- The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
- Author
- Blainey, Geoffrey
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0725100192
- ISBN 13
- 9780725100193
- Publisher
- SUN, Australia
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- JPG~
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- X weight
- 1 oz
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
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