Autobiography from Lansdowne Books

Fine Hardback. No inscriptions or bookplates. Fine slipcase. Introduced by Diana Athill. Bound in Cloth, blocked with design by Neil Gower. Pp. (no inscriptions) THE COUNTRY CHILD is a semi-autobiographical story about a girl growing up in the country. Alison Uttley has drawn on her own youth to produce memories so vivid and nostalgic that you can almost smell the honeysuckle… Saber más sobre este artículo

First Edition. Hardcover. N Fine Condition/Fine. Signed by Authors. Dust jacket unclipped. Decorative endpapers. Remains particularly well-preserved overall with pages clean and tight. Biography & Autobiography General; Mazari, Najaf, 1971-; Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.; Refugees -- Australia -- Biography.; Signed by Authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Pale green board, illust. unclipped jacket; Numerous illustrations and photographs. Written by the author (1880-1945) Stirling writes about her childhood at Omeo, where James Stirling, her father, was a renowned miner and geologist and Elizabeth Stirling, her mother, was a botanist and botannical illustrator. This book outlines the progressive values a middle-class… Saber más sobre este artículo

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Condition: NF. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J a clear removable sleeve. Cloth boards with pages clean and tight. Overall a fine copy. Blanche was the youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General of NSW, a wealthy middle class colonial official who garnered fame and admiration as an explorer, map-maker, artist, scholar, and eminent public figure.

Original black boards, gilt lettering to spine, black and white illustrations, blue illustrated endpapers. Unclipped Dust Jacket Condition: NF. D/J protected by a clear removable sleeve. Pages clean and tight, photographs and delightful illustrations. Light wear to base of boards. Overall a very nice copy. A lovely copy of this memoir that includes much on the… Saber más sobre este artículo

Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy printed on yellow paper. Dust Jacket is in very good condition with mylar protective cover. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Delightfully illustrated throughout with images from the times. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category:… Saber más sobre este artículo

First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Pages clean with B&W illustrations throughout. Hardcover. with Dust Jacket and mylar protective cover, no names or marks inside. B&W Illustrations. Dust Jacket unclipped. The Corfu Trilogy #2 Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell's dazzling sequel to My Family and Other Animals is based on his boyhood… Saber más sobre este artículo