ISBN: 9780170058735 - Victoria : History (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Reprint. B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. Forward: John Cain. Previous owner's signature half-title page. Some discolouration to text block edges only. 26.5 x 19 cm. 468 pp. Heavy book may require extra postage.

Hard Cover. First Edition. Xii, 468pp; numerous b/w illustrations, 6 maps, illustrated endpapers. Published to commemorate the 150th anniversay of Victoria. Foreward by John Cain. A fine copy in fine dustjacket. ; 270 x 190mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Size 170mmX190mm. In this handsome volume, published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Garden State, there is a complete coverage of the development o Victoria's social, political, economic and cultural life, in town and country. We see the strange new land through the eyes of early explorers and settlers; we experience the excitement and challenge of the gold rushes; we feel for the ordinary people through periods of unemployment and hardship. **The book has shelf rubbing at the extremities and the cover has shelf storage stains.**. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. B&W photographs and illustrations throughout. Forward: John Cain. 26.5 x 19 cm. 468 pp. Heavy book may require extra postage.

(4187) VERY HEAVY large format hardback. Overseas buyers will require extra postage. Before ordering please contact us direct for a postage quote. 468 pages. B.w. illustrations. Maps. Near-fine in dark purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, illustrated endpapers, in a v.g. (small closed tear top of spine) unclipped d.w. No markings or inscriptions. Complete coverage of the development of Victoria's social, political, economic and cultural life, in town and country. We see the strange new land through the eyes of the early explorers and settlers; we experience the excitement and challenge of the gold rushes; we feel for the ordinary people through periods of unemployment and hardship. Here are also the great and notorious personalities of Victoria's, and Australia's history - the Kelly gang, John Wren, Nellie Melba - as well as an impressive parade of leading politicians, wartime leaders and statesmen which Victoria has produced - Higinbotham, Monash, Menzies, Cain, Dunstan, Bolte, to name a few. ISBN: 0-17-005873-5.…

Blue Boards. Condition: Very Good Plus. Very Good Plus. Reprint. 468pp. A super copy. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographs and several maps throughout supporting the text. Gilt embossed lettering to the spine. Light bump to the tail of the spine and a slight bump to the lower edge of the front board. A few light small speckles to the upper fore edge. Gift inscription to the half title page. Fresh and clean. Dust wrapper not price clipped. Light fading to the spine of the wrapper, otherwise the wrapper is well preserved. A very good copy.…