The restless waterfront de James Gaby - 1974

Australia: Antipodean Publishers, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Jacket has a little edge and corner wear with some insect scars.

Antipodean Press, North Sydney, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 256 pages, last four pages blank, colour frontispiece and four other pages of black-and-white photography. Woodgrain style of dust wrapper. Traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block, it's like rubbing bottom of the spine jacket, no other damage, and internally clean, with no annotations that I can find. This book is the true, fascinating, down-to-earth account of the day-to-day working life of a wharf foreman who rises in rank to become the manager of his company. This book is the genuine story of the Sydney wharfies told with humour, frankness and honesty. It catalogues their rise from the role of abused underdogs to outspoken unionized men asserting their rights under new laws. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1.… Leer más

Antipodean Publishers, Australia, 1974. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Signed by Author. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears.. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Australian History; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0869440241. ISBN/EAN: 9780869440247. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 44274. . 9780869440247

Sydney: Antipodean Publishers, 1974. 252pp, bw ills. Or boards in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket, minor foxing to endpapers and edges. True down-to-earth account of the day-to-day working life of a wharf foreman who rises to become manager of his own company.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

(Sydney: Antipodean Publishers: 1974) First Edition. ISBN 0 86944 024 1. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 252. Illustrated. 'The true ... day-to-day working life of a wharf foreman who rises in rank to become manager of his company. This book is the genuine story of the Sydney wharfies told with humour, frankness and honesty.' Signed by the Author on the title-page ('Capt. J. Gaby') with an annotation by him on the blank page opposite: 'Graham, This is how it was. J.G.' First Edition. An ownership inscription on the front free endpaper (by the owner to whom the Author's annotation was addressed). Near fine copy in dust-jacket which has a red stain at head of its spine but is otherwise very good.