The Tyranny of Distance Tapa dura - 1975

Macmillan and Co, Limited. Collectible - Acceptable. Signed Copy Collectible - Acceptable. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. Inscribed by author on title page. Gifter's inscription on title page.

This was Geoffrey Blainey's breakthrough book, and very influential in its day, and still relevent now. Everybody knows Australia is a long way from anywhere else, and also that most places in Australia are a long way from other places in Australia, with not much going on in-between. Blainey showed in this book how those facts affected the way the country developed. It's a great read, and even nicer in this folio-sized illustrated version, with some lovely plates along with pertinent black-and-white illustrations. This particular copy is in great nick, although the covers are slightly warped, probably from sitting on a car seat in the sun. I've got it in the book-press, so by the time you buy it they may be straighter...222 pages. Colour plates, B&W photographs and drawings, notes, index. Book in good condition, covers slightly warped from being in the sun, but binding tight and text good. Dust jacket has a couple of small tears and bumps, but is in good condition otherwise. Photographs show actual… Leer más

Melbourne: Macmillan. 1975. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine very slightly sunned & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Previous owner's neat blind-stamp to preliminary pages. Colour and black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 222pages. Deluxe Illustrated Edition. . 1st thus. Hardback.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Macmillan, 1975-09-01. paperback. Good. 8x5x0. 1974 used hardcover copy some wear to dust jacket, sunning to pages with age, spine intact, price tag uncut.