Adam & Charles Black, 1944-01-01. First Australian Edn. VG/ACC/ACC. Box 80 HARDBACK "FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1944 (1942)* Publisher: (The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd.)* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, white title to spine and southern star logo to face. Slightly bumped & rubbed, severely damp stained and moulded. ACC.* Jacket condition: B/w photo illustrated dust wrapper with yellow frame. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Considerable shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with some losses. Jacket aged overall. ACC.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with only very slight reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks & ageing to end papers. Fore edge slightly grubby. VG* Illustrations: 34 illustrations, b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 287 pp. text. x pp. blank pages & index at rear.* Description: An in depth discussion on the origins and the development of Australian society, government and democratic civilisation. The author traces its evolution from a form of totalitarian brutality to its present enlightened state and claims for it in the very near future a commanding position in the arts and humanities.* A VG text copy with only minor faults with age and wear to covers & jacket reducing it to ACC* 0 297 pp. 1944-01-01.

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Title

Waltzing Matilda: A Background to Australia

Publisher

Adam & Charles Black

Publication Date

1944

Binding

Hardcover

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y First Australian Edn.

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VG/ACC/ACC

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Cocksparrow Books are a small on-line second hand book sellers which originated 25 years ago with a high street second-hand Book Shop in Wadhurst, East Sussex.
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