Isbn: 9780959210484 - Islands (3 results)

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing, a trade paperback original. The second collection of stories, including many prize winners, by this Australian author. Themes in the 15 stories range from the fire-bombing of Dresden, to the struggles of ordinary people, Aborigines, Bali and more. 187 pp Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (usual toning to the pages, bookstore stamp on first page).…

Softcover. 1st Edition. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Mild age-toning to covers and page edges. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 187 pages. Prize-winning stories from the Australian playwright and writer. Range in scope from the fire-bombing of Dresden, Lasseter's gold, Bali, Indigenous Australia, the dispossesed of Europe. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 187 pages, the front cover's outer edges are lightly bumped; there is very minolr foxing on the fore edge and the pages are tanned, else clean, unmarked and solid. "Graham Sheil's boyhood was divided between Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs and the goldmining country south of Ballarat where his father had gold and diatomaceous mines. He left school at fifteen and began writing in the late 1960s. He managed a wholesale optical company as well as writing. His short stories appeared in many periodicals and anthologies in Australia, the United States, Canada and China. Sheil also wrote several plays" (Auslit).…