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Poor Fellow My Country
de HERBERT, Xavier
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Sydney: Collins, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Sydney, Collins, 1975. Large octavo, 1463, [3] (first blank, last two glossary) pages. Quarter leather and cloth; top edge gilt, spine lettered in gilt; original attached ribbon bookmark; a very fine copy with the original clear plastic dustwrapper in the pictorial slipcase. Number 86 of the deluxe version of the first edition, limited to only 150 copies signed by the author (on an adhesive label attached to the verso of the half-title, as issued; the adhesive is now discoloured, as ever).
Sinopsis
Poor Fellow My Country is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert. It is the longest Australian book ever written. Primarily, it is the story of Jeremy Delacy and his illegitimate grandson Prindy in the years leading up to World War II. It covers matter on Aboriginal affairs, Australian patriotism and nationalism; subjects also dealt with in Herbert's novel Capricornia.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 130961
- Título
- Poor Fellow My Country
- Autor
- HERBERT, Xavier
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Collins
- Lugar de publicación
- Sydney
- Fecha de publicación
- 1975
Términos de venta
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Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
Sobre Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
