DIRE STRAIT - A HISTORY OF BASS STRAIT
AUTHOR - Charles Bateson
PUBLICATION - A.H. & A. W. Reed, 1973.
CONDITION - 1st edition. Very good condition. Hardback with dustwrapper. Dustwrapper is in good condition with only one small (5mm) tear on the top back of spine. The book is in very good order and the pages are clean and bright, and the binding is good. There is a little faint foxing on the top page edging and the title and pre-title pages and the last page adjacent to the back endpaper. This book was published by Reed on behalf of The Broken Hill Propriety Company Ltd.
PRICE - $24
DESCRIPTION - This book is history of the finding, exploration, exploitation of Bass Strait. This stretch of water is some of the most infamous in maritime history worldwide, and Charles Bateson explains why.
ISBN 9780589071165