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The Connoisseur, London, 1906. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good. 5 pages, illustrated. Size: Quarto. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: The Connoisseur; Inventory No: 502241..

Cambridge University Press, 1945. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,200grams, ISBN:

Paperback / softback. New.

London: Methuen & co, 1905. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Top edge gilt. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: xiv, 295 pages; 20cm. Subjects: England Description and travel.Australia Foreign relations England. England Foreign relations Australia. England Foreign public opinion, Australian. Guides. Topography. Foreigners.

Hardback. New.

The Currawong Press, Sydney, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Illustrated. Foreword by author. Colour illustrated frontispiece, showing the 'Sophia Jane'; with 12 black-and-white reproductions of other packets throughout the book. Blue coloured textured boards with dark blue coloured embossed titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for frontispiece, with navy blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the front fold over panel blurb " ... (the author) with has succeeded in presenting and mass of facts about the early days of navigation on the New South Wales coast, in a way that will capture the interest, not only of ship loving people, but also of the thousands of Australians who at long last are beginning to curious about the past and present history of the land they live in." Softening of the back strip edges with a little bumping and rubbing of the lower… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

London : Methuen & Co., 1905. Second edition. Octavo, publisher's gilt-lettered red cloth over boards (damp staining to boards, pastedowns and endpapers); a presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free-endpaper for the Governor of Pentonville Prison 'To Major O. E. M. Davies, with best wishes from the Author, J. H. M. Abbott, August, 1908'; pp xiv, 296, 40 (publisher's catalogue, July 1907); although the condition of the book could only be rated as poor, loosely inserted is an interesting 4-page holograph letter (in fine condition) signed in full by Abbott to Major Davies at Pentonville, commenting in detail about his book, England, and prisons: 'it was a strange experience for me', writes Abbott about his observations of confinement, suggesting the benefits of 'soldiering in comparison', and asking Davies whether he should approach the Home Office in order to gain access to other such institutions. 'J. H. M. Abbott (1874 – 1953) was an Australian novelist and poet who was born… Read More