True History of the Kelly Gang
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine in Mylar Cover
- ISBN 10
- 0375410848
- ISBN 13
- 9780375410840
- Seller
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SANDY, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. First American Edition. Cloth & Boards. Fine/Fine in Mylar Cover. A true First American Edition. SIGNED by the author on an Alfred A. Knopf publisher's bookplate on the title page. In a fine dustjacket in Mylar cover, the book is in fine unread condition and price is intact. By the author of "Oscar and Lucinda," for which Mr. Carey won the Booker Prize in 1988, "Jack Maggs," "The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith," "Bliss," "Illywhacker," "The Fat Man in History," and "The Tax Inspector." A handsome copy.
Synopsis
True History of the Kelly Gang is a historical novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was first published in Brisbane by the University of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Man Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize in the same year. Despite its title, the book is fiction and a variation on the Ned Kelly story.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parrish Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 208
- Title
- True History of the Kelly Gang
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Cloth & Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine in Mylar Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0375410848
- ISBN 13
- 9780375410840
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
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