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Hesperian Press is a locally owned and operated book publisher located in Perth, Western Australia.
Peter Bridge first published technical material in 1969. [1] [2]
The business of Hesperian Press in its current format started in 1979. The Press republishes out of print books together with new texts, as can be seen from the catalogue. [3] [4]
It has also published facsimiles of early out-of-print Western Australian books, and the writings of early Australian explorers. [5] [6]
It continues[ when? ] to produce otherwise difficult to trace items. [7]
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