HANABEKE. Tapa dura - 1983

Angus & Robertson, 1983. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book has no inscriptions. Dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, but has no tears. Binding is excellent, tight and square. Book is near mint and unread.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Light age and reading wear to book and dust wrapper. 134 pages. No internal inscriptions. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Australia; 1930s; History. ISBN: 0207145652. ISBN/EAN: 9780207145650. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 56075. . 9780207145650

London and Sydney: Angus&Robertson, 1983. Not stated. Hardcover. Very Good +. 133 small HC, no DJ, black boards with white title and author on spine, very nice, clean, unmarked copy. Minor puzzle in that there is no publication data inside the book and no indication of a page having been removed. This is an autobiographical novel, written by the author, Dudley St. John Magnus, when he was 72, recounting his experiences in Australia during the Depression seeking the elusive Hanabeke. Magnus at the time was a solicitor's clerk sent to locate James Whitfield Hanabeke, as heir of his aunt Isabel Hanabeke. Hanabeke was not to be found, but Magnus' adventures and misadventures in search of him create a picture of life in the Australian backblocks. An interesting little book. From various sources I have found that Dudley St. John Magnus served in the British Army in Burma in WWII and later went on to write for the Times of London, the Winnipeg Tribune, and the Winnipeg Free Press, and also appears to have… Leer más

London: Angus & Robertson, 1983. viii+136pp. Black vinyl boards. White lettering spine. Excellent unmarked condition. D/W not clipped. ISBN 0207145652. Novel set amongst Australia's "rural bagmen" during the Great Depression.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Clean, tight, unmarked; minimal wear; This is the story of Hanabeke: the story of a boy sent upon a man's mission into the empty landscapes and wild railroad camps of the Australian outback in the early 1930s. Based on the author's own experiences, this novel brings to life a fascinating Australian subculture, long disappeared and fast fading from memory - that of the outback Depression 'bagmen', city unemployed trekking dusty country roads and jumping cattle trains in the endless search of work.

Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. Hardcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1983. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in good dust jacket. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Outback Australia in the grip of the great Depression. A vivid novel in the tradition of Crow On A Barded Wire Fence. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 0207145652. ISBN/EAN: 9780207145650. Inventory No: 08040687.. 9780207145650

London: Angus & Robertson. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. 0207145652 . About new book, unmarked with just slightly darkened edges. Dj bright with small abrasion to rear panel. ; Author's first novel .

London, U.K.: Angus and Robertson, 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. FINE/FINE First Edition, 1st printing. An exceptional unmarked copy, as-new. 5.75" by 8.5", 133 pages. Includes laid-in newspaper obituary notice of author, who died July 31, 1997. - The author's first novel, written at the age of 72 is set in the Outback of Australia during the Great Depression.

Angus & Robertson [0-207-14565-2] [1983], 1st printing. (Hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 133pp. Signed with inscription by the author on the title page. The author lived in Manitoba and worked for the Winnipeg Tribune. Foreword by Jack Lindsay. Locale: Australia. (Fiction--Canada, Fiction--Canada, Manitoba Author).