Publisher:J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London and Toronto, 1945
Edition:First
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Good
J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1945, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First
preface by editor. Illustrated cover with cream and brown coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as the underlying board, with cream and brown colour titles to the front panel and backstrip. A series of short stories from Australia written prior to the end of World War II. Contributors include Ethel Turner, Vance Palmer, Marcus Clark and Barbara Baynton. Creasing to the top book corners and to the backstrip. Browning to the book panels and there is a brown spot to the front spine gutter edge. Browning to the textblock edges and to the internal text. Some foxing to the endpapers. Rubbing, staining and foxing to the dustwrapper panels and that there is a few small tears to the top dustwrapper edge. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (4), V-VIII, 336 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; short stories; Australia; Inventory No: 0112569.
preface by editor. Illustrated cover with cream and brown coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as the underlying board, with cream and brown colour titles to the front panel and backstrip. A series of short stories from Australia written prior to the end of World War II. Contributors include Ethel Turner, Vance Palmer, Marcus Clark and Barbara Baynton. Creasing to the top book corners and to the backstrip. Browning to the book panels and there is a brown spot to the front spine gutter edge. Browning to the textblock edges and to the internal text. Some foxing to the endpapers. Rubbing, staining and foxing to the dustwrapper panels and that there is a few small tears to the top dustwrapper edge. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (4), V-VIII, 336 pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; short stories; Australia; Inventory No: 0112569.