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An Angel in Australia
by Thomas Keneally
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Sydney : Doubleday, 2002. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9.5" by 6". None. A first edition of Thomas Keneally's 'An Angel in Australia'. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. "A story of a catholic priest in Sydney during the second world war and the dilemma posed by the confession of a murder in the confessional." Thomas Keneally is a novelist best known for his best-seller 'Schindler's Ark'. His other novels include 'The Place at WHitton', 'Three Cheers for the Paraclete', and 'Gossip from the Forest'. In original cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light shelfwear to the boards. Minor edgewear to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MOD9-G-12
- Title
- An Angel in Australia
- Author
- Thomas Keneally
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 9.5" by 6"
- Keywords
- thomas keneally an angel in australia sydney war an angel in australia
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
About Rooke Books
Welcome to Rooke Books Antiquarian Bookseller
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Dustwrapper
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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