Thirteen volumes, totalling approximately 7,000 pages, printed double column, with corrigenda sheets loosely inserted in all but Volumes 1, 8 and index; roy. 8vo; red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, a couple of boards faintly marked, fore-corners a trifle bruised Volume 7; dust wrappers, occasionally lightly soiled, head of Index volume backstrip a trifle rubbed and split, a couple of the backstrips slightly faded; bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown Volume 1, minor production (trimming) fault to bottom fore-corner pp. 445/6 in Volume 4, light glue mark at gutter of half-title page Volume XII; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967-1990. First editions. *General Editor for Volumes I-5 Douglas Pike; Volume 6, Bede Nairn; Volumes 7-10, Bede Nairn & Geoffrey Serle; Volume 11, Geoffrey Serle; Volume 12, John Ritchie; Index, Hilary Kent. The index volume includes a consolidated corrigenda incorporating the corrections published from 1967-1990, plus previously unpublished corrections. Seller Inventory # 158185

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Title: AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY. Volumes ...

Publisher: Melbourne University Press, Melbourne

Publication Date: 1966

Edition: 1st Edition

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Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller Pty Ltd 156 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Australia books@kaycraddock.com +61 3 9654 8506 ABN: 16 007 334 312 Director: Kay Craddock Established in 1965, a salon-style bookshop in the heart of Melbourne's central business district. The shop has a large and varied stock of antiquarian and secondhand books, ranging from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries, covering most subjects and price ranges. Specialities include fine press and illustrated books, literature, children's books, books about books and militaria.

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