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Australia: Rigby Limited, 1979. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with green boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 388gms, 72 pages, blank endpapers. This lively and entertaining excursion into a mock-heroic Australian past blends modern wit with fictionalised history. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear and light page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with light shelf wear and chipping. There is one small tear to the front top of dust jacket, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..
Chronicles of Boobyalla by Wannan, Bill - 1979
by Wannan, Bill
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Chronicles of Boobyalla
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Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Within the text there are black and white illustrations and photographs from (purportedly) Boobyallas' history. Green coloured boards with white writing on spine. Corners of book slightly rubbed at the bottom edges of book show shelf wear. The head and the heel of spine are slightly rubbed. Gift inscription on the ffep. Illustrated dustwrapper, with green background and yellow and white writing on front panel and white on spine. Corners of the dustwrapper slightly rubbed and some rubbing to the back panel. Spine slightly sunned. A satire on Australian local histories. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 72 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Fiction -- Australian; Fiction -- Humour ; Fiction -- Satire; Australia; ISBN: 0727010913. ISBN/EAN: 9780727010919. Inventory No: 0100984. . 9780727010919
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- ISBN 10 0727010913
- ISBN 13 9780727010919
- Publisher Rigby
- Place of Publication Adelaide
- Date Published 1979
- Keywords BZDB2 Bill Wannan, Satire -- Local History, Australiana History; Fiction -- Australian; Fiction -- Humour ; Fiction -- Satire; Australia; Chronicles of Boobyalla
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Chronicles of Boobyalla: Bill Wannan's Satire on Australian Local Histories
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Chronicles of Boobyalla
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Rigby, 1979. Hardcover. Good.
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Chronicles of Boobyalla
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Adelaide: Rigby. 1979. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 72 pages.. Wannan's satire on local histories. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Chronicles of Boobyalla. Satire on Australian Local Histories
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Adelaide: Rigby, 1979. 72pp, appendix, num bw ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to covers, gift notation on ffep. Bill Wannan gives a fictional but very complete local history of Boobyalla presented as a satire on the genre of Australian local histories.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Sml 4to.
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Chronicles of Boobyalla (inscribed by Author)
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Adelaide: Rigby. 1979. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Inscribed and signed by the author on half-title page. 72 pages.. Wannan's satire on Australian local histories. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Chronicles of Boobyalla
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Rigby, Adelaide, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Quarto. 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 in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Australia; Australian Literature; ISBN: 0727010913. ISBN/EAN: 9780727010919. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 11756. . 9780727010919
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CHRONICLES OF BOOBYALLA
by Wannan, Bill
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Australia: Rigby, 1979. 72pp., b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain green boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket mildly surface scuffed. From the jacket flap: "This lively and entertaining excursion into a mock-heroic Australian past blends modern wit with fictionalised history. The familiar elements of exploration and colonisation have been reworked into the story of Boobyalla - a small town distinguished by a pageant of minor eccentrics and very little else . . . No pebble is left unturned in this tribute to Boobyalla's sons and daughters, warts and all . . . " Book weight approx. 385g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.
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