Iris In Her Garden Eight Stories with relief etchings by the author No. 4 of 30 casebound copies signed by Barbara Hanrahan
by Hanrahan, Barbara
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/no dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Canberra: Officina Brindabella, 1991. Numbered Limited Edition. hardbound. Very Good/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w and colour illustrations Eight stories by Barbara Hanrahan, illustrated with etchings by the author, the eighteenth book produced by Alec Bolton at the Officina Brindabella (Brindabella Press), this being No. 4 of the scarce casebound edition of only 30 copies (total edition 250 with 31-250 in wrappers), signed and numbered by Hanrahan to colophon; half green leather with gilt titling to spine, brown cloth boards, Caledonia on Mohawk Superfine with hand-set Bodoni for display; etchings letterpress printed, hand-binding by Robin Tait, etchings in colour and b&w; very mild foxing to prelims, o.w. Very Good throughout; boards with the faintest rubbing lower front; overall a Very Good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22525
- Title
- Iris In Her Garden Eight Stories with relief etchings by the author No. 4 of 30 casebound copies signed by Barbara Hanrahan
- Author
- Hanrahan, Barbara
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Numbered Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Officina Brindabella
- Place of Publication
- Canberra
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 59pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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