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BUCKLEY'S HOPE : A Novel by Robertson, Craig
Second Edition
Melbourne, Australia: Scribe Publications, 1997. xvi, + 288pp., black, line-drawn frontis map. Book clean, slightly canted. Spine firm. Author signature, festival place and date to title page, smallest amount of loss to lower edge of four pages, slight browning to leaves, else very good. Art-illustrated (Montage of portrait of William Buckley by an unknown artist; and 'First Settlers Discover Buckley' -detail- by F. Woodhouse, both c. 1861) card wrapper minimally edgeworn and scuffed. Re-issued with a Foreword by Wurundjeri elder Joy Murphy, and a new Preface by the author, this enthralling story of William Buckley's odyssey recreates his escape from Victoria's first settlement at Sorrento, the fateful encounter between Australia's 'wild white man' and the original inhabitants of the continent, and his thirty-two years of survival in the wilderness, adopted by local aboriginal tribes . . . Book weight approx. 340g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Signed by Author. Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
- Bookseller: Diversity Books
(AU)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 006469
- Format/binding: Paperback
- Book condition: Very Good
- Edition: Second Edition
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0908011318
- ISBN 13: 9780908011315
- Publisher: Scribe Publications
- Place: Melbourne, Australia
- Date published: 1997
- Size: 5 x 7.75 x 1 inches
- Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Keywords: William Buckley, Australian History, Historical Fiction, Biographical Fiction, Australia, Victoria
- Subjects:
FICTION / General;
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