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THE HUNTERby Aldridge, James1st American Edition
Book desription: Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1951 First American Edition of the 1950 Bodley Head First Edition. Publisher's full green cloth, gilt (brown) lettering on spine, TEG (red). Cover art by Lawrence Hoffman. 8vo. 277 pp. This is an unmarked, unopened copy. The volume is in perfect condition. The dust jacket (now in Mylar) shows only mild shelf-wear. FINE/NEAR FINE. James Aldridge grew up in Swan Hill in Victoria, Australia. In 1938, he moved to London where he established a career in journalism, working for major international news publications. The Organisation of International Journalists awarded him the gold medal for journalism in 1972. James Adridge has written about thirty novels for adults and children, short stories, plays, non-fiction, television scripts and journalism. His writing has been published in forty languages. James Aldridge is probably best known in Australia for his novels set in the fictional town of St Helen during the Depression of the 1930s. These novels are as loved by adults as they are by children. They include Ride a Wild Pony (adapted for the screen by Walt Disney), My Brother Tom (made into a TV series), The True Story of Spit MacPhee (also adapted for television plus winner of the 1986 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award and the 1986 Guardian Award), The True Story of Lilli Stubeck (1985 CBCA Book of the Year) and The True Story of Lola Mackellar.. 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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