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A Fortunate Life
by Facey, A. B
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0140081674
- ISBN 13
- 9780140081671
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Penguin Books Australia, Melbourne, 1986. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 331 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Small rubber stamp marks indicating library book.. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This BOOK IS IN STOCK and READY TO MAIL NOW. Your book when ordered will be securely packed and promptly dispatched by Great Southern Books. This truly is a classic of Australian writing. A wonderful story about a man and his life in the early part of the 20th century in Western Australia. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australia; 20th century; ISBN: 0140081674. ISBN/EAN: 9780140081671. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9665. . 9780140081671
Synopsis
A Fortunate Life is an autobiographical drama novel written by Albert Facey and was written in 1981 (nine months before his death) and tells the complete story of his life. It chronicles his early life in Western Australia, his experiences as a private during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I and his return to civilian life after the war. It also documents his extraordinary life of hardship, loss, friendship and love.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9665
- Title
- A Fortunate Life
- Author
- Facey, A. B
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140081674
- ISBN 13
- 9780140081671
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Australia
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- BZDB137 bert facey, memoir, autobiography, western australia, a b facey, Biography & Autobiography; Australia; 20th century; Unbranded ISBN: 0140081674 EAN: 9780140081671 Facey, A. B. A Fortunate Life
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Trade Paperback
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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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
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