Ransom Tapa dura - 2009

Paperback. Good.

NY: George Braziller. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD CLIPT(NOPR ICE) DUST JACKET.. CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT..; GOLD spine titles on BLUE HARD COVERS hard covers.WHITE ENDPAPERS...RED & SILVER titles on BLUE & BLACK DUST JACKET SHOWS CIRCLES DESIGN .; 170pg pages; arguably Australia’s greatest living writer—Portrays the life of a discontented Australian, from his boyhood in Brisbane in the 1940s to his wanderings abroad, as he tries to catch hold of the elusive Australian Dream .

(Australia): Random House Australia. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2009. FIRST PUBLISHED"; 987654pt line. Hardcover. 5x8". VERY GOOD CONDITION IN VERY GOOD UNCLIPT(NOPR ICE) DUST JACKET.. book has gift note to ftp "Heidi Happy Birthday 9/5/09 (35) Lots of love Ric"..else CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT..under protective vinyl jacket ; GLOSSY BLACK spine titles on BLACK SPINE STRIP and hard covers.Burnt orange ENDPAPERS...RED & SILVER titles on BLACK DUST JACKET.***.bottom right corner *** SHOWING HEAD & NECK OF BURRO/DONKEY...DJ FLAP HAS 1X1" PHOTO PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR & BIOG. **(BOOK & DUST JACKET SPINE STATES KNOPF) verso states australia.. ; 224pg pages; arguably Australia’s greatest living writer—gives us a stirring reimagination of one of the most famous passages in all of literature: Achilles’ rageful slaughter and desecration of Hector, and Priam’s attempt to ransom his son’s body in Homer’s The Iliad. .

North Sydney: Knopf. 2009. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Naer Fine condition in Near Fine Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Inscribed & signed by the author on title page. 224 pages. Ransom revisits the Illiad and reflects upon the bonds that exist between men - fathers and sons, dear friends and enemies. . 2nd Printing. Hardback.

Sydney: Knopf, 2009 F-/VG+. 8vo. original black boards (paperstock a little tanned) in dustwrapper (slightly rippled from watermarking); pp. [vi (last blank)], 224. A very good copy. Inscribed to previous owner on title by the author 'For Robert, fraternally & with all good wishes, David Feb. 10'. Signed by Author. Reprint. Hard Cover. F-/VG+.