Riding the Elephant.
por Keesing, Nancy
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
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- ISBN 10
- 0041500873
- ISBN 13
- 9780041500875
- Livreiro
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1988. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition, (in very good dustjacket), black & white drawings & photos, illustrated endpapers, rear cover corner slightly bumped, minor edgewear jacket (rear cover little rubbed), pages lightly toned, faint foxing top edge, base spine & bottom corners rubbed, non-author written name front pastedown. 233 pp. This memoir by Nancy Keesing, the Australian author and poet, is her latest contribution to Australian literature, or in her words 'the kind of autobiography I write when I'm not writing an autobiography'. The photos include her parents. As a writer, critic - and through her lifelong friendships with writers, journalists and people in the book world - she tells a story with wit and compassion which gives a rare look at Australian cultural life. First edition.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 41297
- Título
- Riding the Elephant.
- Autor
- Keesing, Nancy
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Edição
- 1st ed.
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0041500873
- ISBN 13
- 9780041500875
- Editorial
- Allen & Unwin
- Local de publicação
- Sydney
- Data de publicação
- 1988
- Palavras-chave
- australian biography, autobiography, australian authors, poets
- Catálogos de livreiros
- AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY;
Termos da venda
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
Sobre o Vendedor
Bookhome Sydney
Membro de Biblio desde 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
Sobre Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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