Laughter Not for a Cage : Notes on Australian Writing by Franklin, Miles - 1956

Angus & Robertson, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. 238 pages. Grey pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Light tanning to spine and edges. Dust jacket attached to boards and protected by plastic wrapper.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good. 22 x 14cm. Hardcover. 1956. 238 pages. Dj chipped and worn. Text edge foxed<br> .

Sydney, Angus And Robertson, (1956).. First Edition; 8vo; pp. (x), 238; index; dustjacket; endpapers browned, page edges flecked, a good copy. J. B. Prentice bookplate.

Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 238pp., and index. Red boards with gilt illustration of kookaburra in the bottom right front hand corner of the front cover and gilt writing on spine. Previous owner's name on the ffep, original bookseller's sticker of front pasted out, slight darkening of the edges of the text block, minor flecking of the cloth of the front panel. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a kookaburra on a grey background, red and black writing on front cover. Rubbing to the edges of the dust jacket, chipped missing from the top left-hand corner of the rear panel, 0.75 inch tear at the top left of the spine. Price clipping, tape repair visible from the underside. Miles Franklin had an interest in all things Australian, particularly Australian literature. This book is based on lectures about Australian literature. "her unconventional judgments may shock, they will always interest, those who have… Read More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1956. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp 238. Very good condition in good dustjacket, protected. Boards.

Angus & Robertson, 1956. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good. AUSTRALIANA Stella Maria Sarah Miles Franklin, known as Miles Franklin, was an Australian writer and feminist who is best known for her novel My Brilliant Career, published by Blackwoods of Edinburgh in 1901. While she wrote throughout her life, her other major literary success, All That Swagger, was not published until 1936.x, 238 p. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. First Edition. #050423 (edgewear to jacket) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover in Dustjacket Very Good

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1956. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket x + 238pp., index, Notes on Australian Writing, with biographical emphasis on the struggles, function, and achievements of the novel in three half-centuries