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An Anzac's Story
by Kyle, Roy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0670910740
- ISBN 13
- 9780670910748
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Australia: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Ist Thus (Hardback). Hardcover. 0670910740 . Brown with a letter 'A' on the front and back boards - NO titling to the spine. Covers have some light 'rubbing' to the head/tail of the spine - negligible. This is slightly odd edition as it appears the First true edition was a paperback published in 2003. So this is the First Hardback with the correct Printers Key - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. In the original publisher's decorated dustjacket. The dustjacket is NOT price clipped and has negligible shelfwear - Overall the book is AS NEW.. No Inscriptions or Marks. (viii) + 277 pp. Introduction and Additional material by Bryce Courtenay. Light sepia printed photographic endpapers. Illustrated in b/w; Bibliography. Gold Ribbon book marker sewn in as issued. This is an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright 'As New' copy. "Roy Kyle, recounts his life as a young man in New South Wales countryside and then as a soldier in the Gallipoli campaign and then in the Western front in France. This accounting of World War I is all the more powerful as it is seen from the viewpoint of an ordinary soldier. The author started writing his memoirs at the age of 87 and had almost completed them when he died, aged 97, and it was up to his collaborator, Bryce Courtenay, to put them in the form that is within the book. "; 8vo 7" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109939
- Title
- An Anzac's Story
- Author
- Kyle, Roy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Ist Thus (Hardback)
- ISBN 10
- 0670910740
- ISBN 13
- 9780670910748
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- 0670910740, An Anzac's Story; First World War; WWI;, Australian And New Zealand Troops; Dardanelles; AIF; Australian Imperial , Forces;, Gallipoli; Western Front; Soldier's Diary/memoirs, New South Wales Australia;
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
Biblio member since 2006
Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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