First Australians: An Illustrated History.
by Perkins, Rachel (editor); Langton, Marcia (editor); Atkinson, Wayne (with); Boyce, James (with); Kimber, RG (with); Loos, Noel (with); Kinnane, Steve (with); Pascoe, Bruce (with)
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0522853153
- ISBN 13
- 9780522853155
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About This Item
Melbourne, Carlton: Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2008. 1st ed.. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket, red cloth boards, white lettering on spine, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) photos (many full-page), frontispiece, errata slip loosely inserted, base spine little rubbed, protected by removable archival plastic sleeve. Very heavy (2.4 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. 393 pp. First edition. The dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals - both black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period in history. Based on the SBS-TV award-winning series. (The scarce lavish first edition. This is number 112 in the second series of the Miegunyah Press.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30720
- Title
- First Australians: An Illustrated History.
- Author
- Perkins, Rachel (editor); Langton, Marcia (editor); Atkinson, Wayne (with); Boyce, James (with); Kimber, RG (with); Loos, Noel (with); Kinnane, Steve (with); Pascoe, Bruce (with)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0522853153
- ISBN 13
- 9780522853155
- Publisher
- Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press (MUP)
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Carlton
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- aborigines, indigenous, australian history, media, television (tv)
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