South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Macmillan, 1980. v, 388pp., plus 6 x 2 page b/white plate illustrated sections. Book clean. Spine firm, very slightly canted, bright gilt title there-on. Plain green boards very good+. A concise personal inscription, signed by author, on title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated (View upon the Nepean River at the Cow-Pastures, New South Wales') dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. From the jacket flap: " . . . covers the second phase of Australia's history from the coming of the first fleet to the long drought and depression which ushered in the new Commonwealth in 1901. It offers new explanations of many events in Australian history." Contents include: 22 chapters over three 'parts'. Acks. and Sources. Index. Book weight approx. 658g. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.5cm).

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Bookseller: Diversity Books, IOBA (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 014917
Title: A LAND HALF WON (Signed Copy)
Author: Blainey, Geoffrey
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0333299493
ISBN 13: 9780333299494
Publisher: Macmillan
Place of Publication: South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date Published: 1980
Size: 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.5cm)
Keywords: Australian History, Social Conditions to 1900, Race Relations, Massacres, Colonisation, Racism, Explorers, Aboriginal History, Settlement, Geoffrey Blainey 1930-
Bookseller catalogs: Australian History; Australiana; Signed Books;

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