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The Secret River
by Kate Grenville
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition
- ISBN 10
- 1921145250
- ISBN 13
- 9781921145254
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Text Publishing Company, Melbourne, 2007. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 336 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. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. The Secret River is a 2005 historical novel by Kate Grenville about an early 19th-century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story explores what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aboriginal people. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Historical Fiction; Australia; 19th century; ISBN: 1921145250. ISBN/EAN: 9781921145254. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9100. . 9781921145254
Synopsis
The Secret River, written by Kate Grenville in 2005, is a historical fiction about an early 19th century Englishman transported to Australia for theft. The story begins with an insightful flashback to England, and goes on to explore issues surrounding the question of what might have happened when Europeans colonised land already inhabited by Aboriginal people. According to a review in The Telegraph, The Secret River has more action than Grenville's previous novel,The Idea of Perfection.
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9100
- Title
- The Secret River
- Author
- Kate Grenville
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1921145250
- ISBN 13
- 9781921145254
- Publisher
- Text Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB137 fiction, australia, 19th century, Fiction; Historical Fiction; Australia; 19th century; ISBN: 1921145250 EAN: 9781921145254 Kate Grenville The Secret River
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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