Australia

New York: G.P Putnam's Sons, 1991. NEAR FINE to FINE book condition/GOOD dust jacket. Purple boards with dark green quarter spine. Bright gilt lettering on spine. Just a trace of shelf dent to spine ends. Colorful dust jacket has light corner & edge rubs & light shelf scuff. Small picture & short paragraph about the author on back flap. "Leverson, the brooding narrator at the center of these eight tales, calls himself a "people freak." Seduced by northern Queensland's sultry beauty and unique strangeness, he is as fascinated by the invading hordes of misfits and prodigals from the south as by the old, established Queenslanders....Leverson's ironical yet compassionate view makes every story, every incident a pointed example of human weakness -- or strength." 175 pp. Pages are clean, tight, unmarked & uncreased. Spine Uncracked. Appears Unread. Internally AS NEW. Not price clipped. Original price $19.95. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive. . First American Edition Stated. Hard Cover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney, Australia: Ambascol Press Pty Ltd, 1976. FINE book condition/VERY GOOD dust jacket. Dark turquoise hard cover with bright gilt design on lower front corner & bright gilt lettering on spine. Very tiny trace of rub to bottom front corner & bottom of spine. Otherwise this book is pristine. Glossy dust jacket with minor corner, edge & spine end rubs & som small surface scratches & light shelf scuff. Includes an Addendum page. Profusely illustrated in full color. "This book tells an engrossing story of Australia over the past three generations: her good times and bad, her involvement in wars and survival through depressions and national disasters, her periods of booming prosperity, her outstanding achievements in science and the arts, in international sport, and in evolving new techniques in industry and commercial development. It tells of the vicissitudes of Federal politics and the Constitutional crisis that shook the nation in November and December 1975. ... more than 500 striking, factual pictures illustrate its pages." 360 pp with Index. Pages are clean, tight, unmarked & uncreased. Spine Uncracked. Unread. Internally AS NEW condition. Extra postage of $2.50 (total $6.50) for US Non Priority mail required because of size & weight. (See Shipping Rates or Terms of Sale for additional information.) Contact seller for additional international shipping costs. Picture is provided by the seller & is of actual book you will receive.. Unstated Presumed First. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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