Colin johnson mudrooroo (24 resultados)

Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Novel, Australian Aboriginal. -- First Edition. -- Softcover, 130 pages. Condition: very good (marker line on bottom-edge). ISBN 0207179441.

First Edition of Australian Aboriginal author's FIRST BOOK. By Colin Johnson [Mudrooroo]. -- Hardcover, 131 pages. Condition: Very good, with good dust jacket (3/4-inch chip, edge-wear, light soil).

Paperback. A poem cycle. Edited by Veronica Brady,  Susan Miller Assoc. Editor. The Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, 1988. First edition. A very good, clean copy.

Pictorial Wraps. Condición: Very Good. First Thus. Foreword by Mary Durack. Front cover blurb: "The frightening story of a part-aboriginal Australian trying to cope with a hostile society - by a man who lived in it". Mass market paperback. Printed in Great Britain. Slight handling wear with light rubbing to cover, mild marginal toning, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 127pp. SB-91.…

Pictorial Wraps. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Introduced by Stephen Muecke. Foreword by Mary Durack. Cover illustration by Elizabeth Durack. Imprint Classics. Printed in Australia. Slight handling wear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. xxvi + 131pp. SB-20.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. pp.viii+184. 21cm. 2 black and white line illus. Soft covers. A good clean copy ISBN. 0-947062-66-1.

Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. 233pp., appendix, select bibliography, index. Age toned, foxed text block else clean and bright. Slightly rubbed covers and bumped corners.(BH) 5/25.

Paperback. Condición: Good. 131 pages. Owner's name inside front cover, otherwise a clean book.

[vi]+142pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. . First edition.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. A firm straight book, owner's name inside front cover, otherwise unmarked.

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Paperback large trade, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), card covers, full-page black & white drawings, minor edgewear, copy 2. 77 pp. In his second collection of poems, based on the Aboriginal form of the manikay or song cycle, Colin Johnson (Mudrooroo Narogin) adapts the story of Dalwurra, the black bittern (a small bird sacred to Aborigines), to his own experience. He tells the story of his journey that leads from Perth in Western Australia to Singapore, then to India and finally to Scotland and England, to the Commonwealth Writer's Conference in Edinburgh - and then to London at the time of the Brixton riots. The return to Western Australia is not only a return to his own country but to full possession of his Aboriginal inheritance, a return which this poem celebrates. (1 of 2 available copies.).…

Hardback. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ spine ends lightly chipped and mild rubbing to DJ face. Black and white drawings by Elizabeth Durack. Foreword by Mary Durack. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xviii, 131pp. The first novel by an Aboriginal writer to be published in Australia. This novel is based on his early life. …

Paperback large trade, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), card covers, full-page black & white drawings, spine little creased & bumped, autograph (author's written name & date on flyleaf). 77 pp. In his second collection of poems, based on the Aboriginal form of the manikay or song cycle, Colin Johnson (Mudrooroo Narogin) adapts the story of Dalwurra, the black bittern (a small bird sacred to Aborigines), to his own experience. He tells the story of his journey that leads from Perth in Western Australia to Singapore, then to India and finally to Scotland and England, to the Commonwealth Writer's Conference in Edinburgh - and then to London at the time of the Brixton riots. The return to Western Australia is not only a return to his own country but to full possession of his Aboriginal inheritance, a return which this poem celebrates. (1 of 2 available copies. Autographed copy.).…

Condición: NEW.

Softcover. 77 pp. In this collection of poems, based on the traditional form of the manikay or song cycle, he adapts the story of Dalwurra, the black bittern, to his own experience, telling the story of a journey which leads from Perth in Western Australia, to Singapore, then to India and finally to Scotland and England, to the Commonwealth Writer's Conference in Edinburgh - and then to London at the time of the Brixton riots. The return to Western Australia is not only a return to his own country but to full possession of his Aboriginal inheritance, a return which this poem celebrates. #1120 (Name on prelim.)ISBN 10: 0864220685 ISBN 13: 9780864220684 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Softcover (Stiff Boards). Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 78 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Australia; Poetry. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 33174. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.…

First edition. Octavo-size, stitch-bound paperback original. Fine in wrappers as issued. Poems by the Australian Aboriginal poet and novelist who wrote as "Colin Johnson" at the beginning of his career. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $3, so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards when the order is processed by the bookseller.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Mary Durack. Small soil mark on foredge, light bumping at the crown, near fine in a very good or better dust jacket with light rubbing, and a short tear on the rear panel. Long considered the first novel written by an Australian Aborigine, Johnson became a dominant figure in Aboriginal literature. However, an article in 1996 revealed that, perhaps unbeknownst to the author, he was probably not an Aborigine at all (according to the article his mother was Irish-English and his father was African-Irish). Author's first novel.…

Wraps. 8vo, wraps, b&w plates, pp 77. Very good condn. Illus. Karin Hearn (ilustrador).

Reprint ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, bottom corner tip rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. 142 pp. This Australian novel by Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson) is a sequel to his classic urban Aboriginal novel 'Wild Cat Falling'. Set in the boom years of Perth bankers and entrepreneurs, we see the same wheeling and dealing from inside Fremantle prison. Wildcat has to survive in prison, and understand the new order, set by the Chief Warder and an ex-Indian Army officer. Soon he too is part of their great creation, The Panopticon Prison Reform Society. (Originally published, 1992. This copy: New edition, 1995.).…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. A small bookstore stamp on the front pastedown and a short tear to the edge of one page, else fine in a lightly rubbed, very near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper, with the very scarce wraparound band. Long considered the first novel written by an Australian Aborigine, Johnson became a dominant figure in Aboriginal literature. However, an article in 1996 revealed that, perhaps unbeknownst to the author, he was probably not an Aborigine at all (according to the article his mother was Irish-English and his father was African-Irish). …

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 77pp., b/w ills., Illustrated by Karin Heam. Ownership inscription o/w nice copy.