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Published by Melbourne, Oxford University Press, (1998)., 1998
First Edition; 8vo; pp. xxi, 321; sources, index of writers, index of recipients; original cloth, dustjacket, minor bumping to spine and corners, otherwise a fine copy.
Published by Oxford University Press Australia, Melbourne, 1998
ISBN 10: 0195539850ISBN 13: 9780195539851
Seller: Wormhole Books, Kunyung, VIC, Australia
Book First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First. 321 pp. Very light scuffing to unclipped dustjacket. Tiny chips to corners of red cloth boards and ends of spine. All else as new. Two hundred letters, each with a brief editorial comment. Index of authors; index of recipients; sources. Letters include Conrad Martens to Charles Darwin; Arthur Streeton to Tom Roberts; 'Ethel Malley' to Max Harris; Patrick White to Father Christmas; John Kerr to Gough Whitlam. Size: Octavo.
Published by Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
ISBN 10: 0195539850ISBN 13: 9780195539851
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1998
Book First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Australian Edition. First Australian edition, first printing. Hardback in dustwrapper. 23.5 × 15.5cm. xxi + 321pp. The collection is impressively eclectic. There are letters from explorers, convicts, politicians, journalists, scientists, judges, painters, and musicians. The anthology represents those who made no special mark on history but whose letters illuminate a particular aspect of the national experience. Among these are letters from pioneers, expressing their sense of dislocation. One notable group of letters comes from men and women at war - and from wives and mothers back in Australia. The editors have also represented indigenous Australians whose lives were so abruptly changed by European settlement. The term Australian has been interpreted broadly to represent letters with a strong Australian connection, such as those from Charles Darwin, Anthony Trollope, D. H. Lawrence, and Joyce Grenfell. Condition: Very good condition, with a little tanning to the page edges' top edge, and a little rubbing to the spine ends.