An Anzac's Story - Hardcover
This book was written by an ordinary ANZAC soldier. Roy Kyle started writing this memoir at the age of 89 and almost completed it before he died. A typical Anzac, fiercely patriotic, he enlisted in the A.I.F. in 1915, several months underage. He spent his eighteenth birthday in the terrible tranches of Gallipoli and then went on to serve on the Western Front. Roy Kyle's story begins with his colorful, classic Australian childhood in country new South Wales and Victoria in the early years of last century. Bryce Courtenay, who helped get Roy Kyle's memoirs published, has provided a moving introduction to this life and times.
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- PublisherViking
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0670910740
- ISBN 13 9780670910748
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages277
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Light edge wear. A nice, crisp copy. ; B&W Plates; 8.0 X 5.4 X 1.1 inches; 277 pages. Seller Inventory # 287599
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Introduced by Bryce Courtenay. viii, 277pp, b/w plates, bibliography, decorated end-papers. There are a few marks on the page edges. With page marker. Papered boards in dust-jacket. This personal memoir is an extraordinary record of the the experiences of an ordinary Anzac. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 025294
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Edges lightly foxed; 135 X 26 X 205 millimeters; 277 pages. Seller Inventory # B3766
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: 8"-9" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0670910740. ISBN/EAN: 9780670910748. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27441. Seller Inventory # 27441
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. The 'Anzac spirit' is central to the Australian legend. Roy Kyle was a typical Anzac, and his very personal memoir is an extraordinay record of the experiences of an ordinary soldier. 277pp. well illustrated in black and white. Seller Inventory # 23999sG6
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Book Description Hardcover. Viii, 277pp; illustrations, fine copy in near fine dustwrapper. Introduction by Bryce Courtenay. ; 205 x 135mm. Seller Inventory # 15165
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Book Description Hardcover in Dustjacket. Condition: Fine. Shelf wear to jacket. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY This book was written by an ordinary ANZAC soldier. Roy Kyle started writing this memoir at the age of 89 and almost completed it before he died. A typical Anzac, fiercely patriotic, he enlisted in the A.I.F. in 1915, several months underage. He spent his eighteenth birthday in the terrible tranches of Gallipoli and then went on to serve on the Western Front. Roy Kyle's story begins with his colorful, classic Australian childhood in country new South Wales and Victoria in the early years of last century. Bryce Courtenay, who helped get Roy Kyle's memoirs published, has provided a moving introduction to this life and times.Kyle, Roy, 1897-1996. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Turkey -- Gallipoli Peninsula -- Personal narratives. | Soldiers -- Australia -- Biography.277 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 21 cm. Bibliography: p. 275-277. #240623 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Seller Inventory # 79653
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Ist Thus (Hardback). Brown with a letter 'A' on the front and back boards - NO titling to the spine. Covers have some light 'rubbing' to the head/tail of the spine - negligible. This is slightly odd edition as it appears the First true edition was a paperback published in 2003. So this is the First Hardback with the correct Printers Key - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. In the original publisher's decorated dustjacket. The dustjacket is NOT price clipped and has negligible shelfwear - Overall the book is AS NEW. No Inscriptions or Marks. (viii) + 277 pp. Introduction and Additional material by Bryce Courtenay. Light sepia printed photographic endpapers. Illustrated in b/w; Bibliography. Gold Ribbon book marker sewn in as issued. This is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'As New' copy. "Roy Kyle, recounts his life as a young man in New South Wales countryside and then as a soldier in the Gallipoli campaign and then in the Western front in France. This accounting of World War I is all the more powerful as it is seen from the viewpoint of an ordinary soldier. The author started writing his memoirs at the age of 87 and had almost completed them when he died, aged 97, and it was up to his collaborator, Bryce Courtenay, to put them in the form that is within the book. "; 8vo 7" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 109939
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