martin boyd (470 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 439 pages; corners bumped, edge wear to boards, light soiling to page ends, some uneven sunning to cloth.

Condición: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condición: Acceptable. Item in acceptable condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

paperback. Condición: Very Good.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Staple bound. 80 pages. Cover has edge wear, scuffs, minor creases, rubbed corners/spine, very slightly chipped, very slightly soiled. Minor yellowing at edge. No writing. Very good.

Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Near Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. 546 pp. The cover edges are rubbed, and there are two stress creases in the spine. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Condition very good in blue cloth boards, red lettering front and spine, no DJ, no markings, very clean and tight.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

hardcover. Condición: Acceptable. Acceptable: This item shows clear signs of use but remains completely readable and functional. The cover may have visible wear such as scuffing, creases, or small tears. Pages may contain writing, highlighting, or underlining, but the text is not obscured. The binding is intact and secure. May include stickers or sticker residue from previous use. A solid reading copy.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. At the outbreak of World War I, Dominic Langton leaves his wife on a remote sheep farm in New South Wales to enlist in the British Army. What he experiences in the trenches changes him forever; his return home sees him cast off his past and find his own integrity. He has seen the true nature of war-the senseless waste of life, the millions of young men condemned to pointless slaughter-and has emerged a wiser, but troubled, man.When Blackbirds Singis a masterful recreation of the vanished world of 1914, and a moving and powerful testament to the devastation of war. In this final instalment of Martin Boyd's celebrated Langton Quartet, Boyd confirms his reputation as one of the most outstanding novelists Australia has ever produced. A masterful recreation of the vanished world of 1914, and a moving and powerful testament to the devastation of war. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Our minds are like those maps at the entrance to the Metro stations in Paris. They are full of unilluminated directions. But when we know where we want to go and press the right button, the route is illuminated before us in electric clarity.Diana von Flugel warned her husband: a piece of toast that hard could break a tooth. When Diana goes to Melbourne to have the tooth fixed, Wolfie is far too concerned with finding inspiration for his musical compositions to realise the chain of events he has just set in motion. On Collins Street, Russell Lockwood catches a glimpse of his childhood friend and knows at once that she is a rare womanNow Diana and Wolfies marriage is under threat, the Great War is approaching, and no one quite knows where their hearts belong.First published in 1957, the third novel in Martin Boyds celebrated Langton Quartet is a beguiling comedy of manners about the outbreak of love in inconvenient places. This edition of Outbreak of Love comes with an introduction by Chris Womersley. The story of a marriage under threat, it is a comedy of manners which carries an undercurrent of unease, reflecting the contrasting issues of approaching war and the personal conflict between the head and the heart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: Good. 1948 E. P. Dutton hardcover, light cover wear, fading on blue cloth cover, name inside, tight binding, clean text Prompt, reliable service, shipped next business day. Int'l mailed via first class or priority.

Paperback. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Introduced by Brenda NiallThis remarkable novel, first published to a chorus of acclaim in 1952, is one of the lost classics of Australian literature. Martin Boyd is a deeply humane novelist, a writer of family sagas without peer. Set in Australia and England in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, The Cardboard Crown presents an unforgettable portrait of an upper middle-class family who love both countries but are not quite at home in either.At the centre of this scintillating and immensely readable novel is Alice Verso, whose unexpected marriage to Austin Langton not only brings financial stability to the Langtons but founds an Anglo-Australian dynasty. But when her grandson finds her diaries and begins to uncover her story he chances on an intricate web of deception and reveals the complex fate of his family over three generations.Features an introduction by one of Australia's best-known and award-winning biographers, Brenda Niall. A lost classic of Australian literature. Boyd is a deeply humane novelist, a writer of family sagas without peer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Introduced bySonya HartnettWinner, Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 1956Nearly everyone between the ages of eighteen and thirty turns against his family and wants to escape from it. When he is sixty he wants to creep back to the nursery fireside, but it is no longer there.Handsome, proud, reprehensible, misunderstood. Dominic Langton is the dark heart of A Difficult Young Man. His brother Guy can scarcely understand where he fits into the pattern of things or what he might do next. Martin Boyd's much loved novel is an elegant, witty and compelling family tale about the contradictions of growing up. A Difficult Young Man (1955) charts the complex personal relationships in an upper middle class Anglo-Australian family. It won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal in 1956 Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Day of my Delight: An Anglo-Australian Memoir This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Hardbound Clothbinding. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Barye Phillips (Jacket Illustrations) Ilustrador. BCE - Book Club Edition. 439 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Dj shows moderate wear in places. Clean text save slight foxing on page edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Poor. The jacket is extensively torn and is falling apart. Due to age and/or environmental conditions, the pages of this book have darkened. Moderate edgewear on the boards. Binding is very loose. Shows more than the usual amount of shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Used - Very Good. Very good condition, contents unmarked and binding perfectly intact. Spine is a little faded but shows no wear. Cover is in very good condition. 256 pages.