The Puzzles of Childhood
by Clark, Manning
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670827827
- ISBN 13
- 9780670827824
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Viking, Melbourne, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. preface by author. Gray coloured endpapers. Text is illustrated with 17 black and white photographs from authors' photo album. Blue coloured boards with white coloured titles to the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing the author and his siblings, with mottled background and pale grey coloured titles to front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. In this book Manning Clark records his recollection of his childhood. Softening of the backstrip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Browning of the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Gift inscription to the top edge of the free front end paper. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 214 pages, last blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; Australia; ISBN: 0670827827. ISBN/EAN: 9780670827824. Inventory No: 0119154. . 9780670827824
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0119154
- Title
- The Puzzles of Childhood
- Author
- Clark, Manning
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670827827
- ISBN 13
- 9780670827824
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Manning Clark -- Autobiography, Australian Historian, Australian Childhood, Biography Biography & Autobiography; Australiana; Australia; Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0670827827 EAN: 9780670827824 Clark, Manning The Puzzles of Childhood
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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