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London, Adam & Charles Black, 1942;. 1st Australian Edition. Hardback. Very good/ Dust jakcet good. xxiii, 295pp with numerous illustrations. Navy covers with small 5 star decoration on front, title on spine. Protected Dust jakcet has edge wear. " A fascinating and intensely personal record of travels in Australia. A travel classic and an indispensable guide." .

Adam & Charles Black, 1944-01-01. First Australian Edn.. Hardcover. VG/ACC/ACC. Box 80 HARDBACK ""FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION,"" SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1944 (1942)* Publisher: Adam & Charles Black. (The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd.)* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, white title to spine and southern star logo to face. Slightly bumped & rubbed, severely damp stained and moulded. ACC.* Jacket condition: B/w photo illustrated dust wrapper with yellow frame. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Considerable shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to head & tail of spine with some losses. Jacket aged overall. ACC.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp and tight with only very slight reading wear, no marks to text, slight marks & ageing to end papers. Fore edge slightly grubby. VG* Illustrations: 34 illustrations, b/w photos, prints and line drawings throughout.* Pages: 287 pp. text. x pp. blank pages & index at rear.*… Read More

London: Adam & Charles Black. 1943 Adam & Charles Black hardback, fifth edition, the diggers' edition; good+ copy, bookplate inside, lightly aged, with good dj with edge wear and tear; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 5th or later Edition. 1943.

Publisher: Readers Union, by arrangement with Adam & Charles Black, 1943. Pictorial Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Green cloth covered boards with a black vignette of trees on front cover. Titles stamped in red to the spine. Illustrated with 16 full page photographs throughout the texts. Top page edges red. Size 7 1/2" x 5" 266 pages. Condition Very Good. Clean, tight and complete inside, few marks on cover, tiniest bumps to corners else fine.

London: Adam & Charles Black, 1941. Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Very Good. A little rubbed at extremities with some soiling over most of the cover. Inscription to front pastedown. A little shaken but text bright and clean.. Hardback. Physically 8¾” x 5¾” (1 kg); (xxiii) 294pp; Index; 2nd, revised, edition, 1st printing, first published 1940. Contains: Black & white photographs; Top edge dyed Red; || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #113520|| Condition:

London: Adam & Charles Black. Chipped and soiled jacket. First Australian edition. . Very Good. Cloth. 1944.

London : A. & C. Black, 1945. 5th (Diggers') ed.. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Provenance: Boultham Moor Secondary Girls' School Physical description: xxiii, 294 p., [30] p. of plates : illus ; 23 cm. Subjects: Australia Description and travel; Manners and customs; Travel; Australia Social life and customs 1929-1939.

1945. The Diggers' Edition. London, Adam & Charles Black, 1945. 13.5 cm x 20 cm. XXIV, 295 pages. Original hardcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Australia Begins: On board / Transcontinental: West to South / Victoria: Melbourne / Federal Capital: Canberra / New South Wales: Sydney / The Arts / Tasmania / Van Diemen's Land: Port Arthur etc.