Goodbye Girlie de Adam-Smith, Patsy

Viking, Victoria, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. VI, 266 pp., table of contents. Text illustrated with two 16 page inserts of black and white photography. Tan coloured boards with white writing on spine. Coloured endpapers. Photographic dustwrapper, which is protected, shows the author in sepia tones, with red and back writing on the front panel and on the spine. This is Patsy Adam - Smiths' sequel to her 1st autobiography "Hear the Wind Blow". This accounting of her life from age 17 to time of writing of the book. From the wartime experiences as a nurse to the present where she is a respected writer of tales of more than 40 years and 30 books. Light rubbing of the base of the boards, colour loss on the spine from sun fading. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana;… Leer más

Viking, Victoria, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. VI, 266 pp., table of contents. Text illustrated with two 16 page inserts of black and white photography. Tan coloured boards with white writing on spine. Coloured endpapers. Photographic dustwrapper, which is protected, shows the author in sepia tones, with red and back writing on the front panel and on the spine. This is Patsy Adam - Smiths' sequel to her 1st autobiography "Hear the Wind Blow". This accounting of her life from age 17 to time of writing of the book. From the wartime experiences as a nurse to the present where she is a respected writer of tales of more than 40 years and 30 books. The bumping into the bottom edge of the front board and the heel of the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana;… Leer más

Viking, Victoria, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. VI, 266 pp., table of contents. Text illustrated with two 16 page inserts of black and white photography. Tan coloured boards with white writing on spine. Coloured endpapers. Photographic dustwrapper, which is protected, shows the author in sepia tones, with red and back writing on the front panel and on the spine. This is Patsy Adam - Smiths' sequel to her 1st autobiography "Hear the Wind Blow". This accounting of her life from age 17 to time of writing of the book. From the wartime experiences as a nurse to the present where she is a respected writer of tales of more than 40 years and 30 books. Light rubbing of the base of the boards, slight colour loss on the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 067085395X.… Leer más

Sage Book Publishing Consultants, Rozelle, New South Wales, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Large Print 750 g.; VI, 266 pp., table of contents. Text illustrated with two 16 page inserts of black and white photography. This is Patsy Adam - Smiths' sequel to her 1st autobiography "Hear the Wind Blow". This accounting of her life from age 17 to time of writing of the book. From the wartime experiences as a nurse to the present where she is a respected writer of tales of more than 40 years and 30 books. Light rubbing of the base of the boards, slight colour loss on the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Type: Large Print. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 1875939008. ISBN/EAN: 9781875939008. Inventory No: 0216211. . 9781875939008

Penguin, 1995. Later Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 265 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges foxed and browned. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Travel & Places. ISBN: 0140235078. ISBN/EAN: 9780140235074. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: RB10630. . 9780140235074

Melbourne, Viking 1994.. vi+266pp. Large 8vo. B/w plates.Original boards in dustwrapper. Near fine. . First edition.

Viking, Melbourne, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Wear and tears to extremities of dust wrapper. Moderate age and reading wear to book. 266 pages. No internal inscriptions. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 067085395X. ISBN/EAN: 9780670853953. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55533. . 9780670853953

Viking, Australia, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 265 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking, Australia, 1994. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Continues the story of an exceptional woman and her life as an Army nurse, her years at sea, her many adventures all over Tasmania and Australia, and a writing career which has produced over 30 volumes. This title continues the earlier volume of biography, Hear the Train Blow. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 067085395X. ISBN/EAN: 9780670853953. Inventory No: 21030377.. 9780670853953

Melbourne: Viking, 1994. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The second part of her autobiography. BW photos. 266 pp. Size: 8vo

Penguin Books Australia, Melbourne, 1995. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Duodecimo12mo. 265 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Mild tanning throughout. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. For Patsy Adam-Smith, the bright-eyed little girl whose childhood is recounted in the best-selling autobiography Hear the Train Blow, the Second World War was a ticket away from a cherished but restricting life with her railway family. The Depression had taken its toll and the glorious days of dancing the three-hop polka and tin-kettling newly-weds were fading: country life held few prospects for the 17-year-old Patsy, with her thirst for knowledge and zest for life. In Goodbye Girlie, the long-awaited sequel to Hear the Train Blow, Patsy recounts a rich but often… Leer más