The Emigrant
by Howard, Frederick
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Octavo, pale offsetting on endpapers & foxing on edges, contemporary name on front free endpaper, very good in bright original black cloth lettered in red with Theyre Lee-Elliott Deco dustwrapper (slightly chipped).
First edition.
Scarce with dustwrapper.
Howard's first novel, mostly set in Melbourne, including Trades Hall, but also Gippsland. From 1931 Howard mostly worked on the Melbourne Herald. (Longmans also issued a second or 'cheap' 3/6 edition in 1930.)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 328
- Title
- The Emigrant
- Author
- Howard, Frederick
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australian Literature; Pre-war dustwrappers;
Terms of Sale
Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
Biblio member since 2023
ARMADALE, Victoria
About Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
Specialising in Australian Literature, especially pre-war, including out-of-print and forgotten novels &c., and scarce period dustwrappers.
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