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Song and Slapstick, Various Verses
by Melrose, Alex
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- Used -
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- 1st Edition
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- 1934
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- Hardback
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$45.00
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Adelaide: The Hassell Press. 1934. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. The dustjacket is age-toned with some light chipping to top of spine and upper corners. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. 233 pages. Alexander Melrose… Read more about this item Item Price
A$45.00
Further Letters of Gerard Manley Hopkins Including His Correspondence with Coventry Patmore (Second Edition Revised and Enlarged)
by Hopkins, Gerard Manley; Abbott, Claude Colleer (Edited withNotes and Introduction by)
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- Used -
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- 2nd Edition Revised & Enlarged
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- 1956
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- Hardback
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- 1
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$60.00
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London: Oxford University Press. 1956. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Price clipped DJ is age-toned with small tears to spine ends and upper edge and some tiny chips to corners. Illustrated with Black and White plates. xliii, 465 pages. The … Read more about this item Item Price
A$60.00
The Letters of Gerard Manley Hopkins to Robert Bridges
by Hopkins, Gerard Manley; Abbott, Claude Colleer (Edited withNotes and Introduction by)
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- Used -
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- 2nd Edition Revised
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- 1955
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- Hardback
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$75.00
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London: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press. 1955. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with 7 plates including one large fold-out of the hand written poem 'Harry Ploughman.' The price clipped & age-toned DJ is chipped at upper front corner with smaller chips… Read more about this item Item Price
A$75.00
The Correspondence of Gerard Manley Hopkins and Richard Watson Dixon
by Hopkins, Gerard Manley; Abbott, Claude Colleer (Edited withNotes and Introduction by)
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- 2nd Edition Revised
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- 1955
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- Hardback
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$60.00
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London: Geoffrey Cumberlege Oxford University Press. 1955. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with 4 plates including one large fold-out of the hand written poem 'Fallen Rain'. The price clipped & age-toned DJ is chipped at corners and spine ends - especially… Read more about this item Item Price
A$60.00
Collected Poems
by Sitwell, Edith
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- Reprint
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- 1979
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- Hardback
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- 9780333065402
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- 1
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$22.00
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London: Macmillan. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine is age-toned with a small sticker 'ghost' to the upper front panel. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xlvi, 445 pages. The most complete collection of… Read more about this item Item Price
A$22.00
The Vision of Piers The Plowman by William Langland ( The Medieval Library Volume XVI)
by Langland, William; Skeat, Prof. W. W.
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- Used -
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- Reprint
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- 1933
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- Hardback
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$25.00
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London: Chatto & Windus. 1933. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ has a couple of small chips to spine tail and some faint marking to fore edge. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages (twice). Contains a lengthy… Read more about this item Item Price
A$25.00
The Canterbury Tales
by Chaucer, Geoffrey; Tyrwhitt; Thomas (Notes & Glossary)
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- Used -
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- New Edition
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- 1854
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- Hardback
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$90.00
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London: G. Routledge & Co.. 1854. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Ornate leather binding with gilt to edges. Some rubbing to book edges and paper at hinges is cracked but binding solid. Some quite faint foxing to preliminary pages. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Lovely detailed black &… Read more about this item Item Price
A$90.00
Landscape With Rowers : Poetry From The Netherlands
by Coetzee, J. M. (Translated & Introduced by)
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- Like New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 2004
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- Hardback
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- 9780691117362
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- 1
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$75.00
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Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. 2004. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine copy in a Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. 105 pages. Coetzee's finely wrought translations side-by-side with the original Dutch poems. Highlights the work of six of the most important modern… Read more about this item Item Price
A$75.00
Inside Black Australia. An Anthology of Aboriginal Poetry
by Gilbert, Kevin (Editor)
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- Used -
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- 1st Edition
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- 1988
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780140111262
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- 1
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$15.00
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Melbourne: Penguin. 1988. Octavo Size [approx 14x21cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 213 pages. Forty angry voices are heard in this first anthology of Aboriginal poetry. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Item Price
A$15.00
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, Etc. (The Chandos Classics)
by Percy, Thomas; Walford, Edward (Edited by)
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- New Edition
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- No Date. Circa 1890s?
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- Hardback
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$50.00
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London: Frederick Warne and Co.. No Date. Circa 1890s?. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Some mild rubbing and corners very lightly bumped. 438 pages + Publisher's Catalogue. This edition contains a Glossary and a Life of Thomas Percy and some additional footnotes by the Editor. First published in 1765. Robust,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$50.00
T.S. Eliot Selected Poems 80th Anniversary Collection
by Eliot, T. S.
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- 1st thus
- Published
- 2009
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- Hardback
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- 9780571247059
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- 1
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$18.00
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London: Faber & Faber. 2009. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial boards. Cover design by Clare Curtis. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 114 pages. First published in 1954, this special edition commemorates Faber's 80th anniversary. . 1st thus. Hardback. Item Price
A$18.00
Child's Dreaming
by Gilbert, Kevin [Poetry] & Williams, Eleanor [Photographs]
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- Used -
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- 1st Edition
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- 1992
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- Hardback
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- 9780947062972
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$40.00
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Melbourne: Hyland House. 1992. Quarto Size [approx 19x27cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 63 pages. The poetry leads the reader through the Bush conversing with the wonderful diversity of creatures who inhabit the land.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$40.00
Calling Me Home The romance of South Australia in story and song
by Jenkin, Graham [written and composed by]
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- Used -
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1989
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780908087303
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- 1
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$18.00
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Adelaide: South Australian College of Advanced Education. 1989. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 329 pages. Includes both words and musical scores. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Item Price
A$18.00
The Children's Treasure House
by Various Authors
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- Used -
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- 1st thus
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- 1935
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- Hardback
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$30.00
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London: Odhams Press Ltd. 1935. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with five full-page colour plates by Anne Anderson (all present) and numerous in-text black & white drawings. Introduction by John R. Crossland. 768 pages. A selection of stories and poems from famous authors and poets. - nearly 150 in all. … Read more about this item Item Price
A$30.00
First Things Last : Poems
by Malouf, David
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- 1st Edition
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- 1980
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- Hardback
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- 9780702215643
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$90.00
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St Lucia, QLD: University of Queensland Press. 1980. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ a little sunned on rear panel and some mild scattered foxing to top edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all… Read more about this item Item Price
A$90.00
All Pam's Poems
by Ayres, Pam
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- 3rd Impression
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- 1978
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- Hardback
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- 9780091343804
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$18.00
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London: Hutchinson. 1978. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Faint dusting of foxing to top edge. DJ spine a little sunned. Sepia-toned illustrations by Ray Garnham Elmore. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$18.00
Earth Hour
by Malouf, David
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- Used -
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- 1st Edition
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- 2014
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- Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780702250132
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$28.00
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St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press. 2014. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Ribbon bookmark. 88 pages. Winner of the Kenneth Slessor Prize for Poetry. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Item Price
A$28.00
Labour Ward
by Strauss, Jennifer
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- Used -
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1988
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- Softcover
- ISBN
- 9780949245113
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- 1
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$22.00
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Kew Victoria: Pariah Press. 1988. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. 56 pages. The third poetry collection by the notable Australian poet, academic and women's rights activist. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover. Item Price
A$22.00
Another Time (90th Anniversary Edition)
by Auden, W. H.
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- 1st thus
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- 2019
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- Hardback
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- 9780571351152
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- 1
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$20.00
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London: Faber & Faber. 2019. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near fine condition in pictorial boards. 116 pages. An anniversary edition of the first volume that Auden published after his departure to America, and includes some of his best-known and often-quoted poems in their original forms. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st… Read more about this item Item Price
A$20.00
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Speak to Strangers
by Murphy, R. D. (Redmond D.)
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- 1st Edition
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- [1960]
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- Softcover
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Clarence Gardens, South Australia, AUS
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A$60.00
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Sydney: E.J. Dwyer. [1960]. 12mo [approx 12.7x18.7cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers, staple bound. Includes a letter from Murphy to fellow poet, Robert Clark. Robert Clark has signed the inside of the front cover. Covers a little age-toned. 38 pages. Redmond Murphy was an Australian Marist Brothers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$60.00