For the Term of His Natural Life Tapa dura - 1987

Reader's Digest, Australia, 1987. Hardcover. Fine. Illustrator: Douglas Albion. Hardcover. 488 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Reader's Digest, Australia, 1987. *** CONDITION: This book is in fine condition. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: World's Best Reading insert is included. SYNOPSIS: Told with great force, FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE is a narrative of great suffering - of whips, chains and man's inhumanity. There is no attempt to soften the truth of degradation and dark cruelty in convict Australia. And yet the novel is filled with life, and peopled with vivid characters, Rufus Dawes, condemned to transportation for a crime he did not commit, is one of the most unforgettable characters of Australian literature. This is perhaps Australia's most significant and most famous 19-century colonial novel and has found success both in Australia and abroad. ***… Leer más

Reader's Digest 1987 Hardcover. Very good. No dj; Heavy - additional postage may be required. Heavy - extra postage may be required.

Sydney: Reader's Digest. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1987). Hardcover. 0864380488 . A few small abrasions to fore edges of boards. ; 488 pages. Red papered boards with grey spine. Page dimensions: 229 x 152mm. An edition of a novel that was originally first published in 1870-1872, in monthly instalments of the "Australian Journal". With illustrations (wood-engravings/linocuts?) by Douglas Albion. With a 6 page Afterword by W. N. Scott (dated 1987). Series title: "The World's Best Reading". Novel of "the dismal condition of a felon during hist term of transportation." - from the author's Preface. Australian penal settlements. .

Sydney: Reader's Digest. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. (1987). Hardcover. 0864380488 . No signatures. ; 488 pages. Red papered boards with grey spine. Page dimensions: 229 x 151mm. Loosely included is a [4] page leaflet by Reader's Digest, which is mainly biographical about the author Marcus Clarke, with an inset about the artist to this edition, Douglas Albion. This is an edition of a novel that was originally first published in 1870-1872, in monthly instalments of the "Australian Journal". With illustrations (wood-engravings/linocuts?) by Douglas Albion. With a 6 page Afterword by W. N. Scott (dated 1987). Series title: "The World's Best Reading". Novel of "the dismal condition of a felon during hist term of transportation." - from the author's Preface. Australian penal settlements. .