Dibble Brian Evans Jim (3 results)
- Hardcover
Seller: Spencer & Murphy Booksellers, Yungaburra, QLD, AustraliaSpencer & Murphy Booksellers
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Hardcover (original cloth). Condition: Very Good. Trust everyone, but brand your calves.-It always rains and spoils a good drought.-Most of the time, crow low and roost high.-Never say die till a dead horse….
Language: English
Published by University of Western Australia Press, Crawley, WA, Australia, 2005
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Reading Habit, Buttaba, Newcastle, NSW, AustraliaReading Habit
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Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover with maroon boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 522pp, 98gms, blue endpapers. Much wisdom and many a laugh can be found in this colourful collection of Australian sayings. They are full of laconic humour, practical goo…d sense and understatement of the everyday speech of country people, who are accustomed to extremes of weather, markets, distance - and luck. Book is in good condition with minor general wear and tear. Boards are in good condition with light scuffing, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Woldendorp, Richard (illustrator).
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Seller: RAS BAZAAR, Stoneville, WA, AustraliaRAS BAZAAR
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Trust everyone, but brand your calves.-It always rains and spoils a good drought.-Most of the time, crow low and roost high.-Never say die till a dead horse kicks you. - There is much wisdom and many a laugh to be found in this delightful collection of Australian sayings.…The play of humor, practical good sense and irony locates them unmistakably in this country and in the particular habits of people in the bush. Brian Dibble and Jim Evans, both teachers and farmers, have collected bush sayings over many years-from newspapers, advertisements, songs, books, colleagues and friends, and just talking with people. The beautifully captured photographs by award-winning Richard Woldendorp, perfectly enrich and complement the text.
