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Book Description 1st Ed. XXXVI, 528 PP with 9 maps or plans & 107 b/w illustrations, plus 24 pages with 49 colour illustrations. FEP: Queensland border Customs patrol on the Barwon River at Mungindi. REP: Passing the Customs at Wodonga, 1881. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and chipped and now in a protective sleeve. Newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Contents near fine. 25.8 x 18. Story of European civilization carved onto the Australian continent as observed through the eyes of Customs officers. Seller Inventory # 49239
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HEAVY. Foreword by Geoffrey Bolton. 528 pages, illustrated with colour plates, b/w photos, facsimiles, drawings, paintings, notes, bibliography, index, pictorial end-papers. Or blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, in dust-jacket. Moderate edge wear to jacket and light rubbing. In recounting the history of the Customs officers, the author traces the evolution of colonial Australia, from its beginnings as a convict settlement to the valuable dominion of mother Britain that it became. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 037968
Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HEAVY. Foreword by Geoffrey Bolton. 528 pages, illustrated with colour plates, b/w photos, facsimiles, drawings, paintings, notes, bibliography, index, pictorial end-papers. Or blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, in dust-jacket. Minor edge wear to jacket and light rubbing. SIGNED by author on half title (also another signature, possibly that of comptroller of customs). In recounting the history of the Customs officers, the author traces the evolution of colonial Australia, from its beginnings as a convict settlement to the valuable dominion of mother Britain that it became. Size: 4to. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 037730
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First volume of the author's two vol. Customs History of Australia. Some edge wear to dust jacket including a number of small tears, chips and rubbing. Moderate spotting to top edge and a few marks to the fore and bottom edges. Internally tight and clean. GL. Seller Inventory # ABE-1561594213268
Book Description Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Sub-titled The Customs History of Australia Owner signature. Very good in dustwrapper chipped and worn around edges. book. Seller Inventory # 46997
Book Description HARDCOVER. Australian Government Publishing Service, 1992. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by a light shelf rubbing of the boards. The d/w is good with shelf rubbing and a couple repaired edge tears. Seller Inventory # 4243393
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The first volume in the two volume set on the Customs History of Australia 1788-1901. Small tare to top back of D/J. None. Seller Inventory # 001209
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 528 pp. Illust. with numerous b&w & colour photographs, illustrations, portraits & paintings, including illustrated endpapers & jacket; Notes, Bibliography & Index. Cover extremities rubbed, head of spine chipped. Seller Inventory # 2031