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THE PECULIAR HONEYMOON and Other Writings
by Bruce, Mary Grant (Edited by Prue McKay)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0869140329
- ISBN 13
- 9780869140321
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: McPhee Gribble Publishers, 1986. viii, 242pp. B/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain brown cloth boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked, albeit mildly tanned. Colour art-illustrated (a detail of an illustration by J. McFarlane, from 'Norah of Billabong' by Mary Grant Bruce) dustjacket softly edge-creased, small corner-crease to rear flap. "Mary Grant Bruce's reputation stretched far wider than her children's books. Readers in Australia and Great Britain were familiar with her journalism and short stories in major newspapers and magazines. For the first time, we have a collection of these writings . . . " Book weight approx. 565g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 23cm x 17.5cm).
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014910
- Title
- THE PECULIAR HONEYMOON and Other Writings
- Author
- Bruce, Mary Grant (Edited by Prue McKay)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0869140329
- ISBN 13
- 9780869140321
- Publisher
- McPhee Gribble Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo - (approx. 23cm x 17.5cm)
- Keywords
- Frontier and Pioneer Life, Australia, Literary Collections, Addresses, Essays, Lectures, Prue McKay 1938-
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
Diversity Books, IOBA
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