hardcover. Rigby, 1983. Reprint. A near fine copy only marked by light shelf rubbing to the base of the spine. The d/w is good with light edge and panel rubbing and short repaired edge tears.
Published by Robert Hale, London, 1958,, 1958
Seller: BRIMSTONES, Lewes, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st edition, hardback, 221pp, edges browned and some foxing, WH Smith Library label on endpaper, Good condition in slightly frayed dustwrapper.
Seller: Book Merchant Bookstore, Bunbury, WA, Australia
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Bruce Wroth (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges.Previous owner has signed inside front page, now covered with blank ex libris bookplate sticker. Interior and binding are still excellent. Dust jacket, like so many of these sketchbooks, is in fair condition with a tear at the spine top and significant wear to edges.Dust jacket is now enclosed in protective covering. The two towns and the surrounding districts are full of colourful stories and relics of the colonial era, and for this book, Freda Vines has chosen 29 subjects closely associated with the early days. Her text, complemented by strongly executed drawings by Bruce Wroth, presents a fascinating panorama of the period.
Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine in chipped dustjacket. #260422/080924 Western Australia. Bunbury & Busselton. Description & travel. | Bunbury (W.A.) -- Description and travel. | Busselton (W.A.) -- Description and travel. | Bunbury (W.A.) -- History. | Busselton (W.A.) -- History. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Very Good +. Edgewear to jacket.
Published by Robert Hale Limited, London, 1958
Seller: Cotswolds Rare Books, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A very clean bright tight copy - no inscriptions.
Hardcover. Ist Edition. The coastline of Western Australia-"the lonely shore"- sweeps more than five thousand miles from the Southern Ocean to the tropical north, where men still fight racing thirty-foot tides from the Southern Ocean and devastating hurricanes to win pearls from the sea.Scene of the bloodiest mutiny in the annals of the sea, refuge of desperate men escaped from the convict hells, haunt of American Whalemen, and graveyard of many a fair ship bound for the East Indies-the lonely shore knew no permanent settlement until 1829. Then genly-bred men and women from an England impoverished by the Napoleonic wars, came to make their fortues at the Swan River settlement, and found instead unbelievale hardships. 1st Edition.In Good condition. Only slight yellowing on edges of pages. The dust jacket is encased in a protective clear cover. Not glued on. Dustjacket has some chipping on front edges.
Published by London: Robert Hale 1958 First Edition 8vo 221pp, 1958
Seller: N & A Smiles, Kellerberrin, WA, Australia
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. VG+ original maroon cloth, slight lean, gift inscription on ffep, otherwise a nice copy, very clean throughout, in Near VG slightly frayed & worn DW, now protected in Brodart sleeve. Signed by the Author. Signed by Author(s).