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Exhibition of 150 Years of Australian Art : Art in Australia 3rd Series Number 70
by Ure Smith, Sydney and Gellert, Leon (edited by)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
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About This Item
Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons Pty Limited. 1938. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Good condition - Card Wraps. Covers are age-toned at spine and edges with some mild wear to edges & some chipping to spine ends. Mild cracking to paper at front hinge. Illustrated with 8 tipped-in colour and numerous black & white plates. 88 pages. Includes articles by Lionel Lindsay (150 Years of Australian Art Exhibition, & Will Dyson), Norman Carter (Rayner Hoff), and Basil Burdett (Paul Montford). Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB318170
- Title
- Exhibition of 150 Years of Australian Art : Art in Australia 3rd Series Number 70
- Author
- Ure Smith, Sydney and Gellert, Leon (edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- John Fairfax and Sons Pty Limited
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- art-australian;
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Adelaide Booksellers
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About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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- Quarto
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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