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Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary ofTom Collins
por Collins, Tom (Joseph Furphy)
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Bom/No Dust Jacket
- Livreiro
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
The Discovery Press Pty Ltd, Penrith, New South Wales, 1968. Reprint. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Good/No Dust Jacket. 371pp., introduction by John Barnes; the imitation leather binding is decorated with gilding, and the top edge has a faux gilt finish. Red silk place marker ribbon . The corners are slightly rubbed and there is minor shelf wear evident on the bottom edges. Previous owner's name on the title page. Tom Collins has been said to be the first and best of Australian writers. In this, is most famous work, he employs rare and beautiful language to give us a book that is, as he said, offensively Australian. "It registers for us a faithful picture of life in the Riverina generation ago, when our institutions, our ideals, and our particular national character, when in a fluid and mutable state.". 680 g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0214481. .
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 0214481
- Título
- Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary ofTom Collins
- Autor
- Collins, Tom (Joseph Furphy)
- Formato/Encadernação
- Hardcover (Imitation Leather)
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- Reprint
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Editorial
- The Discovery Press Pty Ltd
- Local de publicação
- Penrith, New South Wales
- Data de publicação
- 1968
- Palavras-chave
- BZDB2 Novel, Australia, Literature, 19th-Century, Social Commentary Fiction; Unbranded Collins, Tom (Joseph Furphy) Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary ofTom Collins
Termos da venda
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
Sobre o Vendedor
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Membro de Biblio desde 2005
melbourne, Victoria
Sobre Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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