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Bush Holiday
by Fennimore, Stephen
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- Seller
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Kirkwall, Orkney, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1948. Some creasing and small tears to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping and shelf-wear to spine ends and corners of red boards, original owner's gift message (Xmas 1948) on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. A childrens story dealing with an English boy travelling in the Bush country of the Great Dividing Range. A sequel "Bush Voyage" appeared the next year. The author's real name was Dale Collins, but he wrote several under the name of Stephen Fennimore. 180pp, 6 full-page b&w drawings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Illus. by Hawkins, Sheila. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- JimsOldBooks
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013054
- Title
- Bush Holiday
- Author
- Fennimore, Stephen
- Illustrator
- Hawkins, Sheila
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dale-Collins, Australian-childrens-Fiction, childrrens-stories-set-in-australian-outback
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australasia; Children's Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
JimsOldBooks
Biblio member since 2004
Kirkwall, Orkney
About JimsOldBooks
Based in Kirkwall, Orkney off the north coast of Scotland. No shop, internet sales only..
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
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