ISBN: 9780713916102 - a fortunate life (5 resultados)

hard cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st edition. First Allen Lane edition. Illustrations by Robert Juniper. 22 cm. 334 pages VG. Very good condition in original pictorial slipcase, gift inscription on reverse of front endpaper. Juniper, Robert (ilustrador).

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. First Thus. A bestseller by an ordinary man who considered himself fortunate, This is the first Allen Lane (Penguin Group) 1983 edition of the original 1981 printing. This special edition has an added afterward by Jan Carter and endpapers depicting family photographs of the author. Navy boards with silver lettering in slipcase. Appears unread, crisp and clean, giftable/collectible copy. There is some light general wear to slipcase exterior and it is possible that the book spine and matching slipcase ends have faded slightly. On the back board is a small white spot (undyed thread in the cloth?) which appears to be a production flaw and there is very slight wear to boards in general. Binding and corners intact. A special copy of a special and very Australian book. Juniper, Robert (ilustrador).…

Paperback. Albert Facey's story is the story of Australia. Born in 1894, and first sent to work at the age of eight, Facey lived the rough frontier life of a laborer and farmer and jackaroo, becoming lost and then rescued by Indigenous trackers, then gaining a hard-won literacy, surviving Gallipoli, raising a family through the Depression, losing a son in the Second World War, and meeting his beloved Evelyn with whom he shared nearly sixty years of marriage. Despite enduring unimaginable hardships, Facey always saw his life as a fortunate one. A true classic of Australian literature, Facey's simply penned story offers a unique window onto the history of Australian life through the greater part of the twentieth century - the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. 1983. First Allen Lane edition. A near fine copy in blue boards with gilt lettering on the spine. Only marked by light uniform age tanning of the pages. Housed in a fine pictorial slipcase. Robert Juniper (ilustrador). …

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. 334 pages. 8vo. Fine 1983 copy of this autobiography by AB Facey first published in 1981. In as new slipcase with no shelf wear. Illustrated with b&w maps and drawings by Robert Juniper. Inscribed to owner in half title page for Xmas 1984 and owners name on full title page. Robert Juniper (ilustrador).…

Hardcover/Hardback. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Comes in a decorative box; great condition. A little faded on the spine of the book, otherwise immaculate. Robert Juniper (ilustrador).