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STREETS OF DUST : A Novel Based on the Life of Caroline Chisholm by Irish, Lola
First Edition
Kirribilli, NSW, Australia: Eldorado Publishing, 1993. (xii), + 370pp., three facsimile maps following Preface. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped on head and heel. Plain blue boards very good. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated ('S.P."), loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly creased and edgeworn only. " . . . a novel based on the life of a remarkable woman, the (Australian) pioneer Caroline Chisholm . . . In the 1840s and beyond she worked tirelessly to improve the lives of the desperate poor, particularly young women from Ireland and Britain. She confronted an entirely male-dominated, largely disapproving, bureaucracy wary of a woman with ideas and plans . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Preface, Prologue, 21 chapters. Book weight approx. 585g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
- Bookseller: Diversity Books
 (AU)
- Bookseller Inventory #: 007700
- Format/binding: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Jacket condition: Very Good
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- ISBN 10: 1864120010
- ISBN 13: 9781864120011
- Publisher: Eldorado Publishing
- Place: Kirribilli, NSW, Australia
- Date published: 1993
- Pages: 370
- Keywords: Fiction, Australia, Modern First Editions, Colonial Australia, Chisholm, Caroline, 1808-1877, Irish, Lola
- Subjects:
FICTION / General;
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