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Glenorchy 1804-1964.

By: ALEXANDER, Alison.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Glenorchy City Council: 1986

Seller ID: 5077

Sketches and maps by Mollie Tomlin. 382pp, illustrated. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. A very good clean copy. ***Traces the history of Glenorchy from its early days as a farming settlement through urbanisation, to the achievement of city status in 1964.
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Ringarooma: one hundred years 1888-1988.

By: BENNETT, Olive (and others).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Ringarooma (Tas), Authors?: [1988]

Seller ID: 15133

4to. 116pp, illustrated; index. Soft covers. A very good clean copy.
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Huon Valley : a photographic essay.

By: BENNETT, Richard.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Geeveston (Tas.), Author: 1988

Seller ID: 5336

4to. 96pp, map. Case-bound in synthetic cloth with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy ***Colour photography.
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Brothers' Home : the story of Derby, Tasmania.

By: BESWICK, John.

Price: $95.00

Publisher: Gravelly Beach (Tas), Author: 2003

Seller ID: 36256

'Copy no 40' and the author's signature on the dedication page, but no limitation indicated. Small 4to. 352pp, illustrated in colour and b&w, with 3 folding (double-sided) plates/map. Blue cloth with dustwrapper (spine slightly sunned. A very good to fine clean copy. ISBN 0975121316 ***Derby, in north-east Tasmania, was an important tin-mining centre in an agricultural district.
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Brothers' Home : the story of Derby, Tasmania.

By: BESWICK, John.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Gravelly Beach (Tas), Author: 2003

Seller ID: 20758

Small 4to. 352pp, illustrated in colour and b&w, with 3 folding (double-sided) plates/map. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0975121308 ***Derby, in north-east Tasmania, was an important tin-mining centre in an agricultural district.
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The Story of Port Dalrymple : life and work in Northern Tasmania.

By: BETHELL, L.S.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Hobart, Education Dept.: [1957].

Seller ID: 5266

First edition. x, 194pp, 9 maps/plans, illustrated in black and white, index. Original pictorial wrappers (slight fading of spine, otherwise very bright). A very good clean copy.
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The Story of Port Dalrymple : life and work in Northern Tasmania.

By: BETHELL, L.S.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Blubber Head Press: 1980

Seller ID: 5267

x, 194pp, [10]pp index, 9 maps/plans, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ***Facsimile reprint of 1957 edition.
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The Valley of the Derwent.

By: BETHELL, L.S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Hobart, Education Dept.: nd

Seller ID: 4418

140pp, includes index. Brown cloth, lettered on the upper board (lacks the dustwrapper). Owner's name on front paste-down. A very good clean copy.
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Tunnack, Tasmania : a collection of memories.

By: BEVEN, Kathleen.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Friends of Tunnack Heritage Committee: 2012

Seller ID: 36444

4to. 328pp, b&w illustrations. Soft covers; reading crease to spine, lower front corner a trifle creased. A good to very good clean copy. ***Author's inscription. ISBN 0646580604
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Bothwell Revisited, a history : foundation, Federation and the millennium.

By: Bothwell: ELLIS, Shauna (ed).

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Bothwell Historical Society: 2001

Seller ID: 13606

4to. 280pp, well illustrated. Soft covers. A fine clean copy. ISBN 095792500X
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From Montagu Swamp to Togari : a job well done.

By: BROWN, Pat.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Smithton (Tas), Author: 1997

Seller ID: 10529

4to. 188pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0958731403 ***The Montagu Swamp, in far NW Tasmania, was drained in the first half of the 20th century and developed for the Soldier Settlement scheme from 1950. It is now a productive dairy farming district.
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Campbell Town, Tasmania : history and centenary of municipal government.

By: Campbell Town:

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Campbell Town Council: 1966

Seller ID: 15733

Compiled by the Historical Committee of the National Trust of Australia (Tasmania). Published in an edition of 1000 numbered copies signed by the Warden - this is #792. 4to. 356pp, illustrations, endpaper maps, index. Pictorial cloth with dustwrapper. A very good clean copy.
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Historic New Norfolk, Series IV : St Matthew's Church Burial Records from 13th March 1826 [to] 30th October 1903.

By: CORDWELL, Stanley; Joe Cowburn & Rita Cox.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New Norfolk, Tasmania, New Norfolk Council Historical & Information Centre: nd

Seller ID: 35905

Numbered edition (this is #372) but limitation not stated, signed by the authors. Oblong 4to. 26pp, illus, 54 leaves of burial records, printed rectos only. Staple-bound in cloth-backed soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0646157477
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New Norfolk's History & Achievements. Series III.

By: COWBURN, Joe & Rita Cox.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New Norfolk Council: 1987

Seller ID: 22443

4to. 174pp, illustrated. Soft covers; some darkening of the spine and a few light spots. Slight bumping of top corners, otherwise a goo+d clean copy. ISBN 1862523037
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Wilmot : those were the days.

By: FISHER, Leonard C.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Devonport (Tas), Printed by Richmond Printers: 1990

Seller ID: 36267

First edition. Published for the Wilmot Reunion. 178pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ***Signed by the author. Owner's name. ISBN 0646027654
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The Romance of the Huon River.

By: GARNSEY, Mrs Arthur H. (Ann Stafford Bird)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Melbourne, Whitcombe & Tombs: [1947?].

Seller ID: 15282

Small 8vo. 220pp, coloured frontis & other illustrations (photos and drawings), double-page sketch map on the endpapers. Blue cloth with dustwrapper (now in protective sleeve). A fine clean copy.
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Southward Ho! : a Southland argosy which sought and found the golden fleece of freedom in the Huon, Tasmania.

By: GEEVES, Lance.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Franklin (Tas), Huon Newspaper Co.: 1988

Seller ID: 15849

232pp, illustrated. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. A very good clean copy. ***The author's own copy, signed by him and with a few of his minor corrections to the text. ISBN 0731645847 ***The dustwrapper adds 'A history of the origin, culture and characteristics of people who settled the Great South Land'. Based on the author's family history, a story of pioneering in the Huon district of southern Tasmania, especially around Geeveston.
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Glenorchy 1864-1964 : review of a century of progress, preceded by a brief summary of the pioneer half-century leading up to the proclamation of the Municipality of Glenorchy.

By: GLENORCHY Council.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Tasmania, [Glenorchy Council: 1964]

Seller ID: 4651

Oblong 8vo. 87pp, illus. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. *** Cover title 'A Century in Glenorchy 1864-1964'.
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SANDY BAY.

By: GOC, Nicola.

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Hobart, Gentrx Publications: 1997

Seller ID: 36112

4to. 344pp, well illustrated in colour and b&w, place ribbon. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy ISBN 0646331221 ***The half-title adds: 'a social history'. The print-run of 1000 copies sold out within a few months of publication.
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The West Hobart Story.

By: GOODRICK, Joan.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Shearwater Press: 1993

Seller ID: 36450

First printing. 218pp, black and white photographs and illustrations, maps. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's name. ISBN 0959018115
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Recollections of North Bruny Island.

By: GRAY, F. Oliver.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Hobart, Richard Lord: 1978

Seller ID: 20376

Second edition. 750 copies. 58pp, illus. Soft covers. Ex-library: covered in contact plastic, pocket removed inside front cover; library stamp & label on title-page, but the text unmarked. A good copy. ***First published privately in an edition of 35 copies.
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Further Recollections of North Bruny Island.

By: GRAY, F. Oliver.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Author: nd [1985?]

Seller ID: 36451

102pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's name. ISBN 0958972907
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Recollections of North Bruny Island.

By: GRAY, F. Oliver.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Richard Lord: 1978

Seller ID: 36452

Second edition (750 copies). 58pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's name. ISBN 0959747311 ***First published privately in an edition of 35 copies.
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Franklin : settlement in the Huon.

By: HAMMOND, David & Annie Rushton Nuss.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Huonville (Tas), Southern Holdings: 1987

Seller ID: 6037

Large oblong 4to. 100pp, well illustrated. Soft covers with dustwrapper (slight fading near spine, a few short closed tears, both as often, now in protective sleeve). A very good clean copy. Gift inscription. ISBN 0949089052
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A View to Cradle : a history of Tasmania's Forth River high country from white settlement to national park.

By: HAYGARTH, Nic.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Canberra, Author: 1998

Seller ID: 36271

Small 4to. 214pp, well illustrated. Soft covers. The first two leaves have pulled away from the staple which strengthens the binding, leaving a small hole in each at the gutter, but the pages still firmly in the binding. Otherwise a very good clean copy. ***Inscribed by the author. ISBN 0646342932
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Scott's New Country: reflections of Scottsdale from its origins to the present.

By: HOOKWAY, Eileen; Jeff Jennings & Phil Page (compiled and edited by).

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Scottsdale (Tas), Scott's New Country Committee: 1981

Seller ID: 36276

Celebrating the Centenary of the North Eastern Agricultural & Pastoral Society, 1881-1981. Revised edition. Large 8vo. 228pp, illustrations, coloured map, 3 folding plates (one with town plan). Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's name. ***Signed by Jeff Jennings. ISBN 0959438408
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Scott's New Country: reflections of Scottsdale from its origins to the present.

By: HOOKWAY, Eileen; Jeff Jennings & Phil Page (compiled and edited by).

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Scottsdale (Tas), Scott's New Country Committee: 1981

Seller ID: 7916

Celebrating the Centenary of the North Eastern Agricultural & Pastoral Society, 1881-1981. Revised edition. Large 8vo. 228pp, illustrations, coloured map, 3 folding plates (one with town plan). Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's small name stamp inside front cover. ISBN 0959438408
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The Story of New Town Bay.

By: HOWATSON, Donald.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hobart, Author: 2010

Seller ID: 36414

4to. [iv], 40pp, b&w illustrations. Spiral-bound with clear plastic covers. A very good clean copy. *** New Town was the first settled district beyond Hobart Town.
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A History of Bridport : to commemorate the centenary of the proclamation of the township of Bridport, 1883-1983.

By: JENNINGS, J.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Bridport, Author: 1983

Seller ID: 4455

4to. xvi, 220pp, illustrated in colour and b&w. Mid-brown cloth with dustwrapper (a little creased at head of spine, with internal tape repair). A very good clean copy. ISBN 0959210105
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A History of the Berrima District 1798-1973.

By: JERVIS, James : chapters XXIII & XXIV by A.V.J. Parry.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, Library of Australian History: 1978

Seller ID: 36145

Reprint of the revised edition of 1973. 214pp, illustrated. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper (spine slightly sunned). A very good clean copy. Owner's name. ISBN 090812015X
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The Roof of Tasmania : a history of the Central Plateau.

By: JETSON, Tim.

Price: $225.00

Publisher: Launceston, Pelion Press: 1989

Seller ID: 35892

Small 4to. 174pp, illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0731672143 ***The only thorough work on this 'remote and little-known region of rugged beauty and unpredictable weather': the Aboriginal inhabitants; European exploration; bushrangers; the development of the pastoral, fishing and fur industries; and the generation of hydro-electricity.
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Beaconsfield Gold.

By: KERRISON, Janet.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Beaconsfield, Rotary Club: 1963

Seller ID: 4412

48pp, illustrated with b&w photographs, map, mine plan. Stapled in wrappers. Very good.
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Sandy Bay : a history of the Golf Links district.

By: LORD, Gwenda M.

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Taroona, Tas, Richard Lord & Partners: 1998

Seller ID: 30680

4to. 104pp, illustrated, corrigenda slip (at p97). Soft covers; minor scuff top corner of front cover. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0646324543
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St Pauls Plains, Avoca, 1834-1984 : a brief history of the Avoca district.

By: MASTERS, David (and others).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Launceston, Mary Fisher Bookshop: 1984

Seller ID: 8943

Second edition [impression]. 118pp, illus. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ISBN 0959143203 ***In Tasmania's Fingal Valley.
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Thanks to Providence : a history of Falmouth, Tasmania, and its people.

By: McMANUS, Tim.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Falmouth, Author: 1993

Seller ID: 36283

4to. [xi], xiii, 390, [34]pp, illustrated, pictorial endpapers. Case-bound in cloth with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy. ***Signed by the author, on title-page. ISBN 0646083457
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Of Rascals and Rusty Relics : an introduction to North-East Tasmania.

By: MILLER, G. & S.

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Hobart, OBM: 1979

Seller ID: 6069

1000 copies. Small 4to. 106pp, 3 colour and numerous b&w illustrations, endpaper maps. Cloth with dustwrapper (spine slightly faded, now in protective sleeve).A very good clean copy. ***One of relatively few books on this quarter of Tasmania, covering its early history (including the Aborigines and the Bass Strait islands), much on the mining fields of the N-E (including the once sizeable Chinese community), as well as farming, fishing and timber.
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Recollections at Robigana.

By: PHILLIPS, Joan.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Robigana (Tas), Author: 1982

Seller ID: 20553

xxii, 89pp, illus. Original cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. Fine. ***The West Tamar, in Tasmania's north.
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Beyond the Ramparts : a bicentennial history of Circular Head, Tasmania.

By: PINK, Kerry & Annette Ebdon.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Smithton, Circular Head History Group: 1988

Seller ID: 36041

#199 of 250 copies, signed by the authors (the numbering is at the foot of the rear blurb of the wrapper, the signatures on the title-page). 268pp, illustrated, index. Maroon cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. A very good to fine clean copy. ISBN 0731632885
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A Vision Accomplished. Port of Burnie 1970-1995.

By: PINK, Kerry.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Burnie (Tasmania), Burnie Port Authority: 1995

Seller ID: 28810

xii, 146pp, well illustrated in colour and b&w. Original cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper. Fine. ISBN 0724641831 ***Continues on from Peter Mercer's Gateway to Progress: centenary history of the Marine Board of Burnie (1969).
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The West Coast Story. A History of Western Tasmania and its mining fields.

By: PINK, Kerry.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Zeehan, West Coast Pioneers Memorial Museum: 1982

Seller ID: 18301

First edition. 4to. 155pp, well illustrated. Soft covers. Top corner of front cover and first 10pp a little creased, otherwise a good+ clean copy.
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And Wealth for Toil : a history of north-west and western Tasmania 1825-1900.

By: PINK, Kerry.

Price: $135.00

Publisher: Burnie, Harris & Co.: 1990

Seller ID: 24855

First edition. 4to. 388pp, well illustrated, general & biographical indexes. Maroon cloth, lettered in gilt, with dustwrapper. A very good to fine clean copy. ISBN 0731699270
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And Wealth for Toil : a history of north-west and western Tasmania 1825-1900.

By: PINK, Kerry.

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Burnie, Harris & Co.: 1990

Seller ID: 5482

First edition. 4to. 388pp, well illustrated in colour and b&w, general & biographical indexes. Cloth-textured papered boards with dustwrapper (spine quite faded). A good to very good clean copy. ISBN 0731699270
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The Historic Buildings of Windsor and Richmond.

By: PROUDFOOT, Helen.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, Kangaroo Press: 1987

Seller ID: 33712

4to. 64pp, map, illustrations. Soft covers (a trifle marked), otherwise a very good clean copy. ISBN 0864171277
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With the Pioneers.

By: RAMSAY, Charles.

Price: $65.00

Publisher: Devonport (Tas), Latrobe Group, National Trust of Aust. (Tasmania): 1979

Seller ID: 36096

Second edition, revised. 306pp, illustrated. Cloth with dustwrapper. A fine clean copy. ***Port Sorell and its hinterland: the Devonport--Latrobe district.
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On the Tide : stories of the Tamar.

By: Richardson, Peter (ed).

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Launceston Library: 2005

Seller ID: 20638

Published with support of the Friends of the Launceston Library. Third impression. Oblong 4to. 180pp, illustrated. Soft covers, extremities slightly rubbed; otherwise a good clean copy. Owner's name at head of title-page. ISBN 0957937903 ***The first of a series of three: a collection of 85 short pieces on the history of the Tamar River (from the city of Launceston to Bass Strait), first published in the local press, and each accompanied by an illustration.
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On the Tide 2 : more stories of the Tamar.

By: Richardson, Peter (ed).

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Tasmania, Launceston Library: 2003

Seller ID: 27486

Published with support of the Friends of the Launceston Library. Oblong 4to. 216pp, illustrated, folding map at rear. A fine clean copy. ISBN 095793792X ***A collection of 98 short pieces on the history of the Tamar River (from the city of Launceston to Bass Strait), first published in the local press, and each accompanied by an illustration.
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Battery Point : today and yesterday.

By: ROWNTREE, Amy.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Education Dept.: 1951

Seller ID: 20854

With Appendices on Anglesea Barracks by Brigadier E.M. Dollery and W.H. Hudspeth. First edition. 138pp, vi (index), illustrated. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. ***Still the only published history of Hobart's historic Battery Point.
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Battery Point : today and yesterday.

By: ROWNTREE, Amy.

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Hobart, Adult Education Board of Tas/Melbourne University Press: 1968

Seller ID: 5005

With Appendices on Anglesea Barracks by Brigadier E.M. Dollery and W.H. Hudspeth. Reprint. 138pp, vi (index), black and white illustrations and photographs, including maps. Soft covers. A very good clean copy. Owner's name. ***Still the only published history of Hobart's historic Battery Point.
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Battery Point Sketch Book.

By: ROWNTREE, Fearn.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Hobart, Author?: 1953?

Seller ID: 25620

Oblong 8vo. [48]pp, illustrations, map. Stapled in stiff wrappers, as issued; slight wear down the spine. A good clean copy.
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Battery Point Sketch Book.

By: ROWNTREE, Fearn.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Hobart, Author?: 1953?

Seller ID: 36295

Oblong 8vo. [48]pp, illustrations, map. Issued as a stapled booklet in stiff wrappers, this copy privately bound into papered boards, retaining the original wrappers, spine titles. A very good clean copy. Owner's name.
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