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Viking, Australia, 2000. First Omnibus Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good. Hardcover (Printed Boards). 1696 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Viking, Australia, 2000. First Omnibus Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Edges of pages are slightly soiled. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Bryce Courtenay's classic trilogy of novels, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, and Solomon's Song, has won the hearts of Australians. These three books are presented together for the first time in this special collector's edition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 0670893897. ISBN/EAN: 9780670893898. Inventory No: 19080057.. 9780670893898

F. W. Cheshire, Australia, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Hardcover. 211 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: F. W. Cheshire, Australia, 1967. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have moderate wear. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear. Dust jacket is unclipped. Page edges are slightly foxed and slightly soiled. Pages are lightly tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Australian; Inventory No: 14100141..

Collins, UK, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrator: Margery Gill. Hardcover. 256 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 1968. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book is a rich anthology of verse and prose containing some of the best writings to come from Australia. The book has been divided into four parts: City, Country, Outback and Shoreline, and the contributions within those parts include extracts from early pioneers as well as writings from today's authors. *** Illustrator: Margery Gill. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 21030453..

Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Broadhurst. Hardcover. 374 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1953. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition but dust jacket is not included. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** Illustrator: Broadhurst. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 23020248..

Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1966. Reprint. Medium Trade Paperback. Very Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 216 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1966. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have slight soiling. Spine is uncreased. . Edges of pages are slightly soiled. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 14100143..

Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover. 423 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1976. Reprint. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Corners of boards are lightly bumped. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping and minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are lightly browned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Australian; ISBN: 0207133468. ISBN/EAN: 9780207133466. Inventory No: 23080173.. 9780207133466

Fontana, UK, 1961. First Paperback Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 221 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Fontana, UK, 1961. First Paperback Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are reasonably tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 23030014..

Allen & Unwin, 1999. Trade Paperback. Good (ex-library). Trade Paperback. 219 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin, 1999. *** CONDITION: This book is in good (ex-library) condition. More specifically: Text and spine/cover marked with Library stamps, in all other respects in very good condition throughout. Covers have no creasing or wear. Spine is uncreased. Cover is protected in clear, self-adhesive laminate. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is the story, across 200 years, of Australia beyond the sprawling suburbia of the big cities. From the first days of white settlement to the last days of the 20th century, the text describes what has happened to the great majority of the island continent. It is the story of the rural identities which have powered national development, the patchwork of regions which have created their own identities, and the gulf which has grown up between city and country. It is the story of people - their lives, their sense of time and place, their views of the land… Read More

Macmillan, Australia, 2001. First Trade. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 468 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Macmillan, Australia, 2001. First Trade. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The bay is a beautiful and peaceful town on the Australian east coast a melting pot of city escapees, alternative life-stylers, feral dropouts and lost kids. This story centres on Holly Jamieson, corporate wife, who decides to open a B&B in the town. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 0732911133. ISBN/EAN: 9780732911133. Inventory No: 21050074.. 9780732911133

Murray David Publishing, Australia, 1997. Softcover. Near Fine. Softcover. 204 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Murray David Publishing, Australia, 1997. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. Minor creasing to covers. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Australian; ISBN: 0908048351. ISBN/EAN: 9780908048359. Inventory No: 11100202.. 9780908048359

Doubleday, Australia, 2002. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good. Softcover. 599 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Doubleday, Australia, 2002. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The epic Australian novel that was inspired by a diary Tom Keneally discovered while researching The Great Shame. When Sydney film producer Dimp Bettany discovers the memoirs of her ancestors, John Bettany and Sarah Bernard, she is convinced she has found the vehicle for her next masterpiece. Filtered through Dimp's correspondence with her sister, Prim, an aid worker in the Sudan, we are drawn into the lives of John Bettany, a man far ahead of his time, as he shares his vivid impressions of a new colony, and his future wife Sarah, a former convict who has been interred in the notorious Female Factory and who has a close friendship with an English murderess. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 1864710047. ISBN/EAN: 9781864710045. Inventory No: 10110611..… Read More

Doubleday, Australia, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 599 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Doubleday, Australia, 2000. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has light creasing and superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have minor chips and/or tears. . Pages are reasonably tanned. Gift inscription in ink. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The epic Australian novel that was inspired by a diary Tom Keneally discovered while researching The Great Shame. When Sydney film producer Dimp Bettany discovers the memoirs of her ancestors, John Bettany and Sarah Bernard, she is convinced she has found the vehicle for her next masterpiece. Filtered through Dimp's correspondence with her sister, Prim, an aid worker in the Sudan, we are drawn into the lives of John Bettany, a man far ahead of his time, as he shares his vivid impressions of a new colony, and his… Read More

Pacific Books, Australia, 1964. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. 192 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Pacific Books, Australia, 1964. Reprint. *** CONDITION: This book is in near fine condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 20010215..

Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1975. Paperback. Very Good. Paperback. 140 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1975. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have superficial rubbing/wear. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are considerably tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 0207132607. ISBN/EAN: 9780207132605. Inventory No: 17040075.. 9780207132605

Ward Lock, London, 196?. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 256 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Ward Lock, London, 196?. Reprint. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Edges of boards have superficial wear. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Edges of pages are lightly browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Norah, Jim and Wally have to grow up, but that is always the order of things. Growing up brings its own attractions and its own romances. One of the best books in the Billabong series, Billabong's Daughter delves a lot more into the emotions of Jim, Norah and Wally than previous books, using Wally's experience in Queensland and his bonding with Norah as examples. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 23040462..

Readers Book Club, UK, 1964. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Hardcover. 251 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Readers Book Club, UK, 1964. Book Club Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear and minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are slightly foxed. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Cusack's classic that broke new ground in its treatment of the values of present-day Australia and in its picture of the changing Aboriginal world. For Tempe Caxton, glamorous television star, life has lost its lustre. Her son was killed in the war, her lover has walked out on her, her job is over and life seems meaningless. Suicide seems to promise an easy way out. While recovering from a failed attempt, she discovers… Read More

Australasian Book Society, Sydney, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Good. Hardcover. 211 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Australasian Book Society, Sydney, 1977. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in fine condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have moderate wear and minor chips and/or tears. . Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 0909916802. ISBN/EAN: 9780909916800. Inventory No: 23070342.. 9780909916800

The Vulgar Press, Melbourne, 1999. 40th Anniversary Edition. Medium Trade Paperback. Good. Medium Trade Paperback. 233 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: The Vulgar Press, Melbourne, 1999. 40th Anniversary Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in good condition. More specifically: Covers have light creasing. Edges of covers have superficial wear. Spine is uncreased. . Cover is protected in clear, self-adhesive laminate. Pages are reasonably tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: The present edition contains a corrected text of the first edition and includes a new introduction by the author as well as her introduction to the 1985 Virago edition. Stephen Knight's important essay, 'Bobbin Up and the Working-Class Novel' and Nathan Hollier's look at the 40 years of Bobbin Up's critical reception are also included to make this edition appeal to both casual and scholarly readers. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 0646370251. ISBN/EAN: 9780646370255. Inventory No:… Read More

Kaye & Ward, London, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illustrator: Clarrie King. Hardcover. 240 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Kaye & Ward, London, 1969. First Edition. This is the first UK edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. The dust jacket has been price-clipped. Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for short gift inscription in ink. *** Illustrator: Clarrie King. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; ISBN: 0718207947. ISBN/EAN: 9780718207946. Inventory No: 23090230.. 9780718207946

Carlton Press, USA, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 93 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Carlton Press, USA, 1971. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has slight fading. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. Edges of dust jacket have superficial wear. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Pages are lightly tanned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Australian; Inventory No: 23070325..