A Few Home Truths by Gray, Sharon - 1985

Currey O'Neil, South Yarra, Victoria, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Mary Leunig – Cover Art. foreword by Phillip Adams, A Sun Lamp in Antarctica – by author and acknowledgements. Colour illustrated card cover, by Mary Leunig, with pink, white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A collection of columns written by the author which show "... Common sense, pain, pathos and a rare and mordant wit slide effortlessly from her pen. Her small deception of using a pseudonym enables her to adapt a degree of self-revelation rare in 'flicker and die' journalism, and to explore fully the morasses and mores of the world around her." -- from the rear panel blurb. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Very light age toning of the text block edges with a few spots to the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 114, [2]… Read More

South Yarra: Currey O'Neil, 1985. xii+116pp. Illustrated card covers. Author's signature and date opening page. Book firm and clean. Cover illustration by Mary Leunig. ISBN 0859023540. Collection of author's writings for the Age newspaper. Postage at cost - contact EldoradoBooks.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+. 8vo.

South Yarra: Currey O'Neil, 1985 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & marked, inscrip. to first page); pp. xii (last blank), 114. A very good copy. Inscribed to prev. owner by the author, as Sharon Gray, with author's ALS in stamped addressed envelope and an example of the author's 'Home Truths' column from 'The Age', is loosely enclsoed. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG+.