People in Glass Houses; Growing Up at Government House
by Lubbock, Adelaide (Biography of Adelaide Lubbock.)
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0170051919
- ISBN 13
- 9780170051910
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Melbourne: Nelson [0-17-005191-9] 1977. (Hardcover) 196pp. Very good in near fine dust jacket. Photographs, notes, bibliography, genealogy, index. The spine and corners are worn, there are small tapestains and a previous owner's blind stamp to the front free endpaper. "Through a combination of her memories and her mother's letters, Adelaide Lubbock (nee Stanley) provides rare insights into the private and public life of a vice-regal household. This domestic view of life above and belowstairs at Government House is spiced with anecdotes about the famous people who were guests there". Biography of Adelaide Lubbock. Foreword by Geoffrey Blainey. (History--Pacific Area, Domestic Life, Government, History--Australia, History--Pacific Area, Letters, Memoir).
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153616
- Title
- People in Glass Houses; Growing Up at Government House
- Author
- Lubbock, Adelaide (Biography of Adelaide Lubbock.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0170051919
- ISBN 13
- 9780170051910
- Publisher
- Nelson
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- This edition first published
- 1977
- Keywords
- History--Pacific Area, Domestic Life, Government, History--Australia, History--Pacific Area, Letters, Memoir
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- History;
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