The Chess Men
by Lawrence, Paul
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1740084233
- ISBN 13
- 9781740084239
- Seller
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Adelaide: Seaview Press. 2006. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 305 pages. In the late autumn of 1991, in a Geelong suburb, Sunny and Lionel Watson aged ten & eleven are living at home with their parents. One stormy night midst a drunken breakdown, the father [Harry] shoots his wife and then turns the gun on himself. Lionel hides Sunny in a cramped toy box and then attempts to escape through a window. After a long and uncomfortable night Sunny goes searching for Lionel and finally tracks him down, convincing him to return and stay with him. Some thirteen years later, Sunny meets a fellow named Brett Jones at Yunta in northern South Australia. He finds work on the railways and falls in love with Brett's sister Natasha, the local school teacher. But Sunny has a secret⦠. 1st Edition. Softcover.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB257244
- Title
- The Chess Men
- Author
- Lawrence, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1740084233
- ISBN 13
- 9781740084239
- Publisher
- Seaview Press
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 2006
Terms of Sale
Adelaide Booksellers
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About the Seller
Adelaide Booksellers
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia
About Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...