Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines
by Blackburn, Julia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket very lightly scuffed.
- ISBN 10
- 0679420010
- ISBN 13
- 9780679420019
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Pantheon. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket very lightly scuffed.. 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. 0679420010 . Bibliography. A biography of the unusual life of Daisy Bates, an Englishwoman who spent thirty years in the deserts of South Australia in the early 20th century. Cloth-backed boards. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 232 pages .
Synopsis
Julia Blackburn is the author of three books of nonfiction, Charles Waterton, The Emperor’s Last Island , and Daisy Bates in the Desert , and of two novels, The Book of Color and The Leper’s Companions , both of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35487
- Title
- Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among the Aborigines
- Author
- Blackburn, Julia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket very lightly scuffed.
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679420010
- ISBN 13
- 9780679420019
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1994
- Keywords
- 0679420010, BATES, DAISY, 1860, 1951, WOMEN, Australia, Aborigines
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoir; Pacific Islands and Australia;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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