Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 650 g.; 168 pages, last 2 blank, foreword by Dame Elizabeth Murdoch, acknowledgements and index. Photographic endpapers showing the two sisters and and their caravan. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the top book corners. Shelfwear to the lower book edges. Browning and dust marks to the top text block edge and browning to the other text block edges. Very light age toning to the internal pages. Photographic dustwrapper, showing Joan and Betty Rayner against a blurred background with purple and white titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and to the backstrip edges. Some fading of the dustwrapper panels. The biography of Joan and Betty Rayner, who through the middle part of the 20th century, travelled the world with a caravan putting on theatre performances for all people but with a special emphasis for children. They were invited to Australia and there , in 1948, founded the Australian Children's Theatre. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Theatre; Biography -- Arts; Australia; Inventory No: 0104098. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0104098
Title: Joan and Betty Rayner; Strolling Players
Author: Clark, Mavis Thorpe
Illustrator: Photographic
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Lansdowne Press
Place of Publication: Melbourne
Date Published: 1972
Keywords: BZDB2 Joan and Betty Rayner -- Artistic Biography, Australian Children's Theatre -- History History; Theatre; Biography -- Arts; Australia; Photographic Unbranded Clark, Mavis Thorpe Joan and Betty Rayner; Strolling Players
Bookseller catalogs: Theatre; Biography -- Arts;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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