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Narmaarkon and George Jones; A New Dreaming Australian Story for the Young at Heart
by Phillip-Wright, Maxine
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0646326902
- ISBN 13
- 9780646326900
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Gra'Max And the Aussie Bush Buddies, Healesville, 1997. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Wilma Sutherland. Signed by Author on Title Page. 180 g.; 32 pages. The text is illustrated with coloured illustrations by Wilma Sutherland. Illustrated front cover with black titles. Rubbing and creasing to the corners of the book and rubbing to the book edges. A few creases to the book covers. Colour photograph of both the author and the illustrator on the back cover. " This book traces the journey by a Scotsman to Australia. It provides a visual introduction to Australia's Northern Territory. It introduces George, an early migrant miss out from Scotland, his wife from Queensland and their son of George James who ran away at the age of 11 from his home in Narragai Creek in New South Wales. He was accepted by remote aborigines in the Gulf of Carpentaria where he lived for seven years." -- from the rear panel blurb. Size: Oblong 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" tall but wider. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Wilma Sutherland. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: History; Aboriginal -- Australia; Illustrated -- Childrens Books; Australia; Signed by Author on Title Page. ISBN: 0646326902. ISBN/EAN: 9780646326900. Inventory No: 0106825. . 9780646326900
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0106825
- Title
- Narmaarkon and George Jones; A New Dreaming Australian Story for the Young at Heart
- Author
- Phillip-Wright, Maxine
- Illustrator
- Wilma Sutherland
- Format/Binding
- Softcover (Stiff Boards)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0646326902
- ISBN 13
- 9780646326900
- Publisher
- Gra'Max And the Aussie Bush Buddies
- Place of Publication
- Healesville
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Illustrated Children's Book -- Australia, Northern Territory -- Pioneers -- Australian Aborigines -- Children History; Aboriginal -- Australia; Illustrated -- Childrens Books; Australia; Wilma Sutherland Signed by Author on Title Page Unbrande
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aboriginal -- Australia; Illustrated -- Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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