Scholars and Gentlemen; A Biography of the Mackerrras Family

Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 328 pages, author's note, acknowledgements, family tree, and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs. Maroon coloured boards with white coloured titles and decoration to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrapper with green background and maroon coloured titles and decoration to the front panel and maroon coloured titles to be backstrip. A family history of the Mackerras Family. Across four generations, and of the remarkable lady, Catherine Mackerras, at its head. Taking in Edwardian Sydney, her European journeys in the 1920s and .." Australia's musical, cultural and educational development over the following decades revealed through the diverse careers of engineer and yachtsman husband, Alan, and their extraordinarily gifted family who take us from Sydney Grammar School to Cambridge University, the Sydney Bar, a concert Forms of Europe, the People's Republic of China and the Australian political scene." -- from the front fold over panel. Rubbing and bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners and lower book edges. Light dustiness and foxing to the top text block edge. A little rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges, but the major fault has been uneven sun fading across the dustwrapper panels. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Family History; Australia; ISBN: 0864390130. ISBN/EAN: 9780864390134. Inventory No: 0106599. . 9780864390134