Allen Lane, Ringwood, Victoria, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. 1/4 black coloured cloth covered backstrip with silver titles. 3/4 orange coloured cloth covered boards. Dark blue coloured tint to the top text block edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with silver background and black-and-white titles to the front panel and backstrip. A novel set in a future Australia and follows the life of a young girl, Alethea Hunt, up to her 18th birthday. It is the world that is "..... almost totally unforgiving, steeped as it is in a ruthless competition, brutality, misshapen lives, frenzied promiscuity, and utter disdain to those who do not make "the grade". -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Some dust marks to the top book edges. Age toning and faint foxing of the text block edges. Offset tanning to the end pages. Some creasing of the dustwrapper edges, particularly the top edge of the back strip. There is a small tear to the top edge of the rear panel. First Australian Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. VIII, 9-352 pages, last page blank.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0807609250. ISBN/EAN: 9780807609255. Inventory No: 0286878. . 9780807609255

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A Woman of the Future is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author David Ireland.

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0286878
Title: A Woman of the Future
Author: Ireland, David
Format/Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0807609250
ISBN 13: 9780807609255
Publisher: Allen Lane
Place of Publication: Ringwood, Victoria
Date Published: 1979
Keywords: BZDB2 Literature -- Australian -- Futuristic Literature & Literary; Unbranded ISBN: 0807609250 EAN: 9780807609255 Ireland, David A Woman of the Future

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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