Heroes in Our Eyes Tapa dura - 1998

Information Australia, Melbourne, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Navy blue coloured boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. Navy blue coloured place marker. Photographic dustwrapper with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Illustrated dustjacket. 15 articles are reprinted here, covering subjects as diverse as Rex Hunt, and the nature of modern fame, nationhood, Gallipoli, Don Bradman, Bart Cummings, Patrick White Professor Blainey, Mohammed Ali, Ted Whitten, Princess Diana and Tim Leary. Rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges top a few marks to the book panels and there is a little fading to the book edges. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a little creasing to the top edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 112… Leer más

Information Australia. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Information Australia, Melbourne - ISBN:1863502467 1998 Hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with dust jacket Small white-out to ffep (previous owner's name?). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This collection of Les Carlyon's journalism reveals his regard for the power and beauty of our language, and his ability to use it to great effect. Carlyon assesses some Australian heroes: Don Bradman, Bart Cummings, Patrick White, Bob Santamaria, Ted Whitten. And some from abroad, too: Diana Princess of Wales, Muhammad Ali, for example.