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1963 Hallcraft Publishing, Melbourne Edition

For the Term of His Natural Life

Marcus Clarke
Hallcraft Publishing, Melbourne, 1963. Later edition, later printing.
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Book
Very Good
Jacket
Good
Jacket note
The dust jacket grades Good.
Our ref
RCB-dd195cb0463e
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-dd195cb0463e · 8 photographs of this copy
✓
Hallcraft 'cheap edition' first issued 1949
examined on the copy in hand
✓
Copyright page prints a cumulative reprint list 1949-1963
examined on the copy in hand
✓
True first is George Robertson, Melbourne, 1874, long predating this imprint
examined on the copy in hand
Flaws, each one named
1
chipping and fraying, head of spine, jacket
see it — photograph 7
2
chipping, foot of spine, jacket
see it — photograph 7
3
general soiling/foxing to rear jacket panel
see it — photograph 6
4
edge wear and small losses to jacket corners
noted on the copy in hand
5
'125' in pencil, front jacket flap / endpaper area
see it — photograph 3
6
toning and offsetting to endpapers
see it — photograph 3
This copy
1963 Hallcraft Publishing, Melbourne Edition

What a true first shows: George Robertson, Melbourne, 1874 (first book edition); serialised in the Australian Journal 1870-72

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.