Illywhacker - SIGNED
by Carey, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0571132073
- ISBN 13
- 9780571132072
- Seller
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Palm Desert, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, Limited, 1985. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fine and appears unread in a fine unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page.
Synopsis
Illywhacker is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was published in 1985, short-listed for the 1985 Booker Prize, and won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award and The Age Book of the Year Award. It was also short-listed for the 1986 World Fantasy Award. The novel tells the story of Herbert Badgery, self-admitted liar, trickster, and confidence man, the "Illywhacker" of the title (though "illywhacker" is also supposed to be Australian slang for "a stick for smacking a child with").
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5893
- Title
- Illywhacker - SIGNED
- Author
- Carey, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0571132073
- ISBN 13
- 9780571132072
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 600
- Keywords
- jpg
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
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Palm Desert, California
About James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
Specializing in Modern First Editions, including many signed copies
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