Tapestry.
by Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 009183872X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091838720
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Random House, 2000. Reprint ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, minor edgewear, crease front cover, faint foxing top edge, light toning edges & pages. 267 pp. An Italian-Australian reports on her family, and her ties to Italy. Explores the rich tapestry embroidered from five generations of women and men in her family, from the turn of the 20th century to its final years, from the poor villages of Italy to the cities of Australia, and back to a nineties Italy that is both alien and home.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26220
- Title
- Tapestry.
- Author
- Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Reprint ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 009183872X
- ISBN 13
- 9780091838720
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- australian biography, autobiography, ethnicity, migration, immigrants, family, italian-australians, europe, italy
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...