The Sandhills of Yamboorah
by Ottley, Reginald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition (ex-library)/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0233956735
- ISBN 13
- 9780233956732
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Andre Deutsch, London, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/Very Good. Illustrator: Clyde Pearson. Fourth Impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 174 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. Dust jacket has been protected by it's library plastic cover.. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Small brown marks from adhesive tape on front and rear endpapers. Library stamps etc only on endpapers, half-title page.. Outside, he sniffed the smells that hung in the quiet stillness - the bitter-sweet peppercorns and the tangy saltbush... Even the dust had a scent of far-off places, as if it had drifted miles. It made you think of warm, red earth being blown along by the wind.In this timeless story, a boy struggles to come to terms with the loneliness of the Australian outback and the ruthlessness of living and working on a remote property.With Brolga the cattle dog and her pup Rags as his only companions, the boy begins a journey of self-discovery. It is a journey that will take him outside the confines of the Yamboorah cattle station, and into the vast, unrelenting sandhills beyond. Illustrator: Clyde Pearson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Australia; ISBN: 0233956735. ISBN/EAN: 9780233956732. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8174. . 9780233956732
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- Seller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 8174
- Title
- The Sandhills of Yamboorah
- Author
- Ottley, Reginald
- Illustrator
- Clyde Pearson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition (ex-library)
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0233956735
- ISBN 13
- 9780233956732
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- BZDB137 fiction, trilogy, reg ottley, childrens, australian outback Children; Australia; Clyde Pearson ISBN: 0233956735 EAN: 9780233956732 Ottley, Reginald The Sandhills of Yamboorah
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