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Alfred A Knopf, Sydney, 2001.. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Small 8vo hardcover 120pp illus. Very good / Very good+ d/w with slightly faded spine. Readers familiar with the epic sweep of Louis de Bernières' previous novels, and especially his phenomenally successful Captain Corelli's Mandolin, might be shocked by this small volume of (literally) shaggy dog stories. But those who have enjoyed the humour of those same novels will appreciate this sleeker, slimline de Bernières.nnIn 1998, de Bernières visited the mining towns of Western Australia and stumbled across a bronze statue of Red Dog (1971-1979) outside Dampier. Inspired by this legendary canine, he made another visit, collecting the stories of his life and gently fictionalising them. We follow Red Dog, the itinerant, resourceful, if flatulent hero ( .
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- Title Red Dog
- Author De Bernieres, Louis
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- Publisher Random House Australia, Sydney
- Date 2001
- ISBN 9781740510851
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Red Dog: An Australian Story
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London: Alfred A. Knope Inc, 2001. First edition, first printing. Very good hard cover, with unclipped dust jacket. Very light shelf and handling wear, including minor creasing to DJ edges. Boards very clean, pages tightly bound, content in 'as unread' condition. CN. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Baker, Alan. Used.
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Alfred A. Knopf / Random House, Sydney, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrator: Alan Baker. Ochre coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with single coloured drawings by Alan Baker. Black coloured boards with red coloured embossed drawing of a dog to the lower edge of the front panel; and, red coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Alan Baker, with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. In 1998 the author was invited to the Perth literary Festival, and, as part of the arrangements he was invited to attend Karratha's first literary dinner. Karratha is a mining town, a long way from anywhere  let alone Perth. While he was there the author decided to explore, and, outside Dampier he found a bronze statue to Red Dog  an Australian kelpie. Louis thought this bore needed more investigation  and the book…
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Red Dog - an Australian Story
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Alfred A Knopf/Random Australia, 2001. First. . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Alan Baker. pp.119 clean tight copy orange jacket with dog running across it some corner wear to d/j Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Sydney: Alfred A. Knopf / Random House Australia, 2001. 1st Australian ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), single-colour drawings, some edgewear bottom edge cloth cover, jacket cover photo differs from stock photo. 119 pp. Australian novel by Louis de Bernieres, based on a famous red kelpie who lived in Dampier, Western Australia. 'Red Dog' has now become a star in a major motion picture. The author states that the stories are based upon what really happened to Red Dog, but the characters are invented, except John. The real Red Dog was born in 1971, and died in 1979. His bronze statue is just outside the town of Dampier. First Australian edition.
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Alfred A Knopf/Random Australia. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 1740510852 . Previous owner's neat name. Old pencil price shadow to endpaper. Edges lightly foxed; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 128 pages .
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