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Penguin Books, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Penguin, Ringwood, Victoria, 1968. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. preface to the second edition and index. Illustrated softcover binding, adapted from a painting by Albert Tucker. This book is a revised and enlarged edition of Donald Hornes' book of the same name. "Its honest and sometimes startling analysis of Australia today, both in her home life and in her relations with other countries, has made it a centre of debate about the nation's attitudes and responsibilities." -- from the rear panel blurb. Rubbing of the book edges and panels with reading creases to the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with a few marks to the half title page. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 258 pages. The Spine Has Faded from Exposure to Light. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Australia; History. Inventory No: 0289812. .

Penquin, 1977. 250 pages, white pictorial with blue and black ltrs, corners & edges are chipped, name crossed out in blue ink on upper free end paper.. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin. Fair. 18 x 11cm. Paperback. 1965. 258 pages. Cover worn. Text foxed. Name on ffep<br> .

Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin. Fair. 18 x 11cm. Paperback. 1966. 258 pages. Cover worn. Text foxed. Name on ffep<br> .

Penguin Books, 1964. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Paperback. Good. PLEASE READ: Softcover book in Good condition: Clean and Firm with No highlighting or underlining. A crease down the spine, light shelfwear along the periphery of covers and corners and previous owner's inscription inside front cover. It will be promptly shipped by experienced booksellers.

Penguin Books, Australia, 1965. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Penguin AU12. Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck.' The phrase 'the lucky country' has become part of our lexicon; it's forever being invoked in debates about the Australian way of life, but is all too often misused by those blind to Horne's irony. When it was first published in 1964 The Lucky Country caused a sensation. Horne took Australian society to task for its philistinism, provincialism and dependence. The book was a wake-up call to an unimaginative nation, an indictment of a country mired in mediocrity and manacled to its past. Although it's a study of the confident Australia of the 1960s, the book still remains illuminating and insightful decades later. The Lucky Country is valuable not only as a source of continuing truths and revealing snapshots of the past, but above all as a key to understanding the anxieties and discontents of Australian society… Leer más

Paperback. Fine. Paperback Fine Light shelf wear and fading down the spine, otherwise the book looks like new, tight with clean unmarked pages Quality Books Because We Care - Shipped from Canada Usually ships within 1-2 business days If you buy this book from us, we will donate a book to a local school We donate 10,000+ books to local schools every year If there are any problems, pleases ask us to resolve it amicably before leaving any feedback

Sydney, London, Melbourne: Angus & Robertson, 1965 238 pages. The cover some wear, with a few small tears, foxing, creasing and scuffs. The page edges are moderately foxed and tanned. The endpapers are lightly foxed, otherwise the pages are clean and unmarked. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket.

Victoria, Australia: Penguin, 1964. Paperback. VG. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight. Just a little browning to edges. Used; Very Good Cover painting by Albert Tucker, an Australian artist, and member of the Heide Circle, a group of modernist artists and writers. 'Australian' Penguin Books: "This series began in March 1963. After the publication of AU29, Australian editions were catalogued under the appropriate Penguin series marked 'Aust. Ed. only'" (Penguin First Editions.)

Penguin, 1965. Paperback. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.