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Hell's Gates
by Collins, Paul
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1740640837
- ISBN 13
- 9781740640831
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Hardie Grant, Melbourne, 2002. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Second impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 269 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. This title relates the terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, cannibal from Van Dieman's Land. Pearce and seven other convicts escaped from the prison settlement of Sarah Island in Macquarie Harbour, and nine weeks later he was the sole survivor. On the way, five of his companions had been killed and eaten by their fellows. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Adventure, Survival, Exploration; Australia; History. ISBN: 1740640837. ISBN/EAN: 9781740640831. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6606. . 9781740640831
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6606
- Title
- Hell's Gates
- Author
- Collins, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1740640837
- ISBN 13
- 9781740640831
- Publisher
- Hardie Grant
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- BZDB137 Pearce, Alexander, approximately 1790-1824, Prisoners--Australia--Tasmania--Biography, Penal colonies--Australia--Tasmania, Cannibalism--Australia--Tasmania, Trials (Murder)--Australia--Tasmania Adventure, Survival, Exploration; Australia; Histor
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- Tight
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- First Edition
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- Trade Paperback
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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