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NEW/FINE/VERY GOOD/GOOD/FAIR/READING COPY ONLY (+ or -) FREE POSTAGE WITHIN AUSTRALIA
2 BOOKS ON AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS : 1) YESTERDAY'S NEWS
A History of the Newspaper Press in New South Wales from 1920 to 1945 by R. B. WALKER
Publisher: Sydney University Press Date: 1980 Edition: First Edition Bound: Hardcover 8vo - 22 x 14 x 2 Dustjacket: Yes, unclipped Illustrated: Yes - B/W PHOTOS/ILLUSTRATIONS ISBN: 0424000792
Condition: Green cloth-bound hardcover with gilt title to spine, slight rubbing to spine & corners, STRAIGHT, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, no inscriptions, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with slight foxing to inside & slight edgewear.
- 'This book follows on the author's 'The Newspaper Press in New South Wales 1803-1920'. It traces the establishment of new papers and the rise of a popular, sensational press in the 1920s, and demonstrates the concentration of ownership at the end of that decade.'
- Ephemera : a With Compliments slip from Sydney University Press.
2) HEARTBEAT OF THE COUNTRY
Celebrating 70 Years of Miranda
The WEEKLY TIMES The Voice of the Country since 1869
Publisher: Crown Content, Melbourne
Date: 2001
Edition: First Edition Bound: Softcover Quarto - 30 x 21 x 1
Dustjacket: No
Illustrated: Yes - COLOUR & B/W PHOTOS ISBN: 1863503730
Condition: Illustrated softcover with title to spine & front cover, slight rubbing to spine & corners, STRAIGHT,
CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, no inscriptions.
- 'The Weekly Times' Miranda column has encouraged, provoked and inspired country women since 1931. Heartbeat of the Country captures their hopes and fears during 70 years of enormous social change.'
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