ISBN: 9780140066562 - Mr. Scobie's Riddle (7 results)

Paperback Original. Condition: Fine (rm). First Australian Edition. | Remainder mark else fine -- illus. wraps. Paperback original.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Tanning of pages. Scratches on covers due to shelf wear. Original price sticker back cover. Mr. Scobie's admission to a nursing home offers a severe challenge to its domineering proprietress, Matron Hyacinth Price.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. Very Good Owners Name To The Fep Pp 226.

Paperback. 'Startlingly good. It divines riddles of mortality.' The Age Mr Scobie's arrival at the nursing home of St Christopher and St Jude - and descent into the clutches of Matron Hyacinth Price - is accidental. Adrift in his own memories but preserving a gentle politesse, Mr Scobie stands apart from the others. For long-term resident and eccentric, Miss Hailey, he represents a kindred spirit; for Matron Price - a lady of questionable practices - the latest victim. This bleakly comic investigation of old age, exile and displacement shows Elizabeth Jolley at her finest. It is written with wry humour, melancholy and great warmth. Winner of The Age Book of the Year 1993. 1983, First edition. A very good copy only marked by light age tanning of the pages and a previous owners details on the first page.…

1st ed. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned as common, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. 226 pp. This unusual award-winning Australian novel by Elizabeth Jolley is a satire about nursing homes. Mr Scobie's arrival at the dysfunctional nursing home of St Christopher and St Jude, run erratically by Matron Price, changes lives. A very simple riddle, plus nephew Hartley and a group of nocturnal poker players, ultimately lead to change in the establishment. The author was a former nurse.…

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Front cover blurb: "Winner of The Age Book of the Year Award". Cover illustration by John Burge. A Penguin Original. Mass market paperback. Printed in Australia. Very slight shelfwear, former owner's neat ink name to first page, otherwise a very nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 226pp. SB-99.…

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Edition. 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & creased, occ. spots & marks); pp. [xiv (last blank)], 226. A near fine copy.