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Walkabout
by Marshall, James Vance
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1961. Novel of two white children, survivors of an airplane crash in the Australian bush, who are rescued by an aboriginal youth, and cultural confusions that arise - with tragic results; basis of the acclaimed 1971 Nicolas Roeg film. The author was born and raised in Australia, and worked in the interior desert region depicted in the novel. Appears to be the first American edition, dated 1961 on the title page - though First Edition is not stated, as was Doubleday's normal practice: they did not always do this on books published earlier elswhere, which this was two years previous, as The Children. Slim hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, minor stain on free endsheet; jacket rubbed & lightly chipped with some foxing, tiny tears & creasing to lower front panel. Text clean; [126] pages, line drawings.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Noela Young. Small Octavo.
Synopsis
Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them to survive, and guides them along their long journey. But a terrible misunderstanding results in a tragedy that neither Mary nor Peter will ever forget...
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0815
- Title
- Walkabout
- Author
- Marshall, James Vance
- Illustrator
- Noela Young
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Australia, Aboriginal Life, Children
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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