Life australian goldfields (11 Ergebnisse)

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Quarto Size [approx 22x29cm]. Very Good condition in pictorial laminated boards. Illustrated with many Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 221pages. Describes the life of the people who worked the goldfields - the minutiae of daily life - from diaries and contemporary writings.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. xx, 660pp. Blue cloth-covered boards, blind embossed design on front. 16mo. Sun-faded spine, very lightly rubbed corners and spine ends. Text block edges starting to tan. Endpapers tanning, previous owner's name on front free endpaper otherwise internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, loss to spine, some closed tears, has light shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 447pp. c.21cm. Hard cover in dust jacket. A good clean copy 'Australian Classics' series. [761g].

Hard Cover. Zustand: F-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None Issued. Reprint. 4to. original pictorial boards (slightly rubbed, spine a little sunned); pp. 224, with illustrations. Heavy item (1.5 kgs), additional postage may be required. A near fine copy.

224pp.4to. Original laminated boards, b/w photographic illustrations throughout. A near fine copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket has some light creasing at edges and spine. Light fading to spine. Interior and binding are also very good.

224pp. Lg.4to. Original boards, in dustwrapper. B&W photographic illustrations throughout. A very good copy.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Thus. Hardback. First Edition. Previous owners name and address to inside cover. Slight mark to edge. As one of the foremost adventure stories of the Australian bush, as an insight into life on the goldfields and, above all, as the most famous story of burshranging ever written, this book well deserves its place among Australian classics. Captain Starlight, the mysterious 'gentleman bushrange', and the Marston boys, are some of the best-known characters in Australian literature. Starlight, in particular, has become an accepted part of the folklore of the bush: a colonial version of the noble outlaw. Rolf Boldrewood (Thomas Alexander Browne), although born in London, psent almost all of his life in Australia - as a squatter, a police magistrate and a goldfields commissioner. Although he was forty before he started to write, he completed some twenty books, of whcih the most widely acclaimed is Robbery Under Arms, first published in 1881. 447 PP. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…

224pp. Lg.4to. Original boards, in dustwrapper. B&W photographic illustrations throughout. A very good copy. First edition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Robbery under Arms | A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Australian Goldfields | Rolf Boldrewood | Taschenbuch | 640 S. | Englisch | 2018 | hansebooks | EAN 9783337497927 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: BoD - Books on Demand, In de Tarpen 42, 22848 Norderstedt, info[at]bod[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This XpressRead Cram Edition of Robbery under Arms pairs the complete original text with carefully prepared study materials, designed for deeper engagement with this classic. Venture into the heart of 19th-century Australia with Thomas Alexander Browne's classic adventure, 'Robbery Under Arms.' Set against the backdrop of the gold rush, this historical fiction plunges readers into a world of daring outlaws and relentless pursuit. Experience the untamed Australian landscape as it shapes the lives of those caught between the law and the allure of fortune. This enduring tale captures the spirit of a nation in formation, where bushrangers roam free and the promise of gold fuels dreams and deadly conflicts. A timeless story of adventure and survival, 'Robbery Under Arms' remains a compelling read for anyone fascinated by Australia's past and the enduring appeal of the Western genre. A meticulously prepared print republication of this historical text.…