Hesperian Press is a locally-owned and operated book publisher

Publishing

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 in Perth

Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

, Western Australia

Western Australia

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Peter Bridge, first published technical material in 1969. The business of the Hesperian press in its current format started in 1979. The press is a publisher of both out of print and new texts can be seen in the catalogue.

It has also published facsimile

Facsimile

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s of early out-of-print Western Australian books, and has a catalogue of books that include early Australian Explorers.