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Book Description Hardback. Reprint. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24cm x17.5cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial laminated boards in a near fine dustjacket. Dustjacket now protected in our purpose made clear archival plastic sleeve. Previous owner's initials to top corner of front free endpaper. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Maps to both pastedowns. 144 pages. Describes the adventures and difficulties encounters by Beadell and his group in surveying and construction the Emu and Maralinga atomic bomb sites and access roads and then with the Gunbarrel Road Construction party. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Seller Inventory # 324458
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed. hardback book with dust jacket, both in fine condition, not ex-library. There are no names or marks, clean white pages, tight binding and immaculate ochre board covers. The unclipped dust jacket has been covered in heavy plastic. Many coloured photos, map inside front board. Prior to Australia's atomic bomb test in 1953, Len Beadell's job was to form the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party and construct roads in the desert to link Emu Claypan and Maralinga west of the Stuart Highway. Over a period of 8 years this gallant group built 6000 kilometres of roads. This is a heavy book and may require extra postage for overseas. Seller Inventory # BAY004