The Waifs
by Briand, Rena
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket As Issued
- Seller
-
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Melbourne: Phuong-Hoang Press, 1973. First Edition, First Impression . Softcover. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover copy in good condition with rubbing/creasing to edges, and tanning/marking to page edges. Cheap paper tanning but contents clean without bookplates, inscriptions, foxing or other markings. Firmly bound. 168 pp.; b/w photographs. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A moving account of Rena Briand's fight to rescue destitute children from war torn Vietnam and re-home them in Australia. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA) (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005303
- Title
- The Waifs
- Author
- Briand, Rena
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket As Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Phuong-Hoang Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- History; Australia & New Zealand; Military & Maritime; Vietnam War; Children's Welfare;
Terms of Sale
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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