The White Cockatoo Flowers: Stories
by Yu, Ouyang
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 192302308X
- ISBN 13
- 9781923023086
- Seller
-
melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Transit Lounge, Melbourne, Australia, 2024. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Acknowledgements. Illustrated end pages, being illustration of Australian plants and flowers. Black coloured boards with white coloured titles to the back strip. Yellow coloured place marker â with no damage. Colour illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound) with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Colour photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. A series of short stories, including some set in China and Australia, about the migrant experience. What it is like to move from one culture to another on one hand; what it means to be a writer and a husband, a parent and, most of all, what it is like to be a stranger on foreign and familiar ground. Very minor rubbing of the book corners. A hint of rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall . 262 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Short Stories; Modern; ISBN: 192302308x. ISBN/EAN: 9781923023086. Inventory No: 50016. . 9781923023086
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50016
- Title
- The White Cockatoo Flowers: Stories
- Author
- Yu, Ouyang
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 192302308X
- ISBN 13
- 9781923023086
- Publisher
- Transit Lounge
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne, Australia
- Date Published
- 2024
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Literature, short stories, migrant experience Literature & Literary; Short Stories; Modern; Unbranded ISBN: 192302308x EAN: 9781923023086 Yu, Ouyang The White Cockatoo Flowers: Stories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
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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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