Arms and the Covenant.
Speeches on Foreign Affairs and National Defence.
Stock Code 106595
London, George G. Harrap and Co. Ltd, 1938
Original price
$2,179.00
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Original price
$2,179.00
Original price
$2,179.00
$2,179.00
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$2,179.00
Current price
$2,179.00
First edition. This copy is a colonial issue, sold by A.H. Spencer of Melbourne and with UK price clipped from jacket. A letter from Government House, Australia, confirms its status together with the Australian label applied to spine. The first edition comprised only 5000 copies, with this example in the earliest state pale blue dust jacket, published June 1938.
First edition, colonial issue; 8vo, (23 x 16 cm); frontispiece, letter from Government House (Australia) tipped in, leaves a little toned but otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dark topstain, watermark to top edge, earliest state pale blue dust jacket, UK price clipped from jacket, Australian label applied to spine, some spotting to jacket, spine toned, overall a very good copy; 466pp.
First edition, colonial issue; 8vo, (23 x 16 cm); frontispiece, letter from Government House (Australia) tipped in, leaves a little toned but otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dark topstain, watermark to top edge, earliest state pale blue dust jacket, UK price clipped from jacket, Australian label applied to spine, some spotting to jacket, spine toned, overall a very good copy; 466pp.
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