Aussie English: an Explanation of the Australian Idiom by O'Grady, John - 1973

Ure Smith, Sydney, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Near Fine. Illustrator: WEP. Fifteenth Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 104 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. Dust Jacket is fully intact, but has small holes or chips down flap edges and other signs of wear to top and bottom edges, corners etc. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.. John O'Grady did not set out to be a writer. A pharmacist and founder of the Sydney Repetory Theatre, he occasionally wrote one-act plays for its benefit. After mocking his brother Frank's historical fiction, John accepted a bet that he could write a book and get it published. They're a Weird Mob was surprisingly successful, the first of his 18 books to be published. Illustrator: WEP. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Humour; Australia; ISBN: 072540082x. ISBN/EAN: 9780725400828. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6382. . 9780725400828