Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1968. First Edition. hardcover. very good. Signed. Hardcover 8vo with dustjacket, in very good condition. First Australian edition, signed by the author on title page. Jacket has been price clipped, and jacket spine is sunned, but titling still legible. Minor edgewear to jacket, now wrapped in clear non-adhesive plastic, and light bumping to boards. Gift inscription in ink to front free endpaper. Page block edges slightly foxed, but text is clean and free from foxing and annotations Sappho Angus 6/15 Cathal 03/20 Cathal 11/22

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Bookseller: Sappho Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 62563
Title: A Boat Load of Home Folk
Author: ASTLEY, Thea
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - very good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Angus and Robertson
Place of Publication: Australia
Date Published: 1968
Pages: 218pp.

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