The Way of the Whirlwind
by Durack, Mary and Elizabeth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0207137404
- ISBN 13
- 9780207137402
- Seller
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Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Manila: Angus and Robertson Publishers, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 78 pages, illustrtaed. First Published in 1941, this is a first reprint of the revised 1979 edition. The jacket's spine is chipped at the head and tail, with minor loss at the head; at the back, the head is also chipped with minor loss, including a short closed tear; and both flaps are lightly foxed. The head and tail of the spine is lightly chipped and apart from an ownership signature on the front end paper, the body of the book is immaculate. 'Story of two Aboriginal children who undertake a search for their baby brother who has been taken by a whirlwind. The story adapts aspects of Aboriginal Dreaming stories to give substance to their tale of a lost child and the search for him by his older siblings. It also draws upon European folk tale traditions to produce a children's fantasy with a strong Australian flavour.' (trove)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Good Reading Second Hand Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020494
- Title
- The Way of the Whirlwind
- Author
- Durack, Mary and Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0207137404
- ISBN 13
- 9780207137402
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Manila
- Date Published
- 1980
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Keywords
- Mary Durack Elizabeth Durack
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Good Reading Second Hand Books
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Benalla, Victoria
About Good Reading Second Hand Books
Good Reading operates from a house, which is all bookshop, and holds approximately 35,000 titles. It is open by appointment only.Benalla is a country town two and a half hours north of Melbourne on both the Hume and the Midland Highway.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- 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....
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.