Language: English
Published by Angus & Robertson / Sirius, Australia, 1979
ISBN 10: 0207143935 ISBN 13: 9780207143939
Seller: Banfield House Booksellers, Gympie, QLD, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 131 pages. illustrated. Some ink underlining of text.
First Edition of Australian Aboriginal author's FIRST BOOK. By Colin Johnson [Mudrooroo]. -- Hardcover, 131 pages. Condition: Very good, with good dust jacket (3/4-inch chip, edge-wear, light soil).
Published by Angus and Robertson, 1965
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
First Edition
Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition Thus. 131 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards with gilt. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped jacket has moderate edge wear with chips, tears and creasing.
Published by Penguin, Harmondsworth, UK, 1966
Seller: Rokewood Books, Rokewood, VIC, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1966. 1st paperback edition. Paperback. 126 p. Very Good - owner's bookplate, spine faded, else in very good, clean, fresh and sound condition. The frightening story of a part-Aboriginal Australian trying to cope with a hostile society - by a man who lived in it.
Paperback. Condition: 1984. A very good copy.
Language: English
Published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1994
ISBN 10: 0207174466 ISBN 13: 9780207174469
Seller: Bookwood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Introduced by Stephen Muecke. Foreword by Mary Durack. Cover illustration by Elizabeth Durack. Imprint Classics. Printed in Australia. Slight handling wear, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. xxvi + 131pp. SB-20.
Language: English
Published by Angus and Robertson, Australia, 1992
ISBN 10: 0207174466 ISBN 13: 9780207174469
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Good. 131 pages. Owner's name inside front cover, otherwise a clean book.
Published by Angus & Robertson 1992, 1992
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Signed
SIGNED, paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
xvii+131pp. 8vo. Original wraps. With decorative drawings by Elizabeth Durack and a foreword by Mary Durack.
Published by Melbourne, Penguin, 1965., 1965
First Edition
128pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. A very good copy. First paperback edition of this important work.
Language: English
Published by Angus and Robertson, Australia, 1992
ISBN 10: 0207174466 ISBN 13: 9780207174469
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A firm straight book, owner's name inside front cover, otherwise unmarked.
Paperback. Condition: Good. Good condition . Tanning to pages. Orange cover.
Language: English
Published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1990
ISBN 10: 0207168059 ISBN 13: 9780207168055
Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Imprint edition with foreword by Mary Durack. 220gms weight ; 12mo ; 132 pages.
Published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1965
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Octavo Size. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. DJ spine ends lightly chipped and mild rubbing to DJ face. Black and white drawings by Elizabeth Durack. Foreword by Mary Durack. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xviii, 131pp. The first novel by an Aboriginal writer to be published in Australia. This novel is based on his early life.
Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1965
Seller: Sad Paradise Books, Rippleside, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. A few closed tears, creasing and rubbing to slightly grubby dustjacket. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. A sound attractive copy.
Published by Angus & Robertson AUST, 1965
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Shannon, New Zealand
Hardcover. Condition: Good. pp 131 d/j.
HARDCOVER. 1965. First edition. A very good copy. No d/w.
Published by Angus & Robertson Ltd, Australia, 1965
Seller: BOOK COLLECTORS GALLERY, SUMMER HILL, NSW, Australia
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Dj chipped at extremities. Price not clipped (22s. 6d.).
Published by Angus and Robertson, (Sydney), 1965
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Foreword by Mary Durack. Small soil mark on foredge, light bumping at the crown, near fine in a very good or better dust jacket with light rubbing, and a short tear on the rear panel. Long considered the first novel written by an Australian Aborigine, Johnson became a dominant figure in Aboriginal literature. However, an article in 1996 revealed that, perhaps unbeknownst to the author, he was probably not an Aborigine at all (according to the article his mother was Irish-English and his father was African-Irish). Author's first novel.
First edition. Top edge slightly spotted, fore and bottom edges less so, bookseller's label on front paste-down, erasure mark on fly-leaf, o/w very good in good price-clipped dustjacket with a 1" repair at top of rear panel, and some soiling around edges. The first novel by a writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia, with a foreword by Mary Durack, and b/w vignette drawings by Elizabeth Durack.
HARDCOVER. 1965. First edition. A near fine copy only marked by light age tanning of the edges. The d/w is unclipped and good with light panel rubbing and edge wear. Now in a protective cover.
Published by angus and robertson sydney 1965, 1965
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
first edition 131pp NF (burgundy cloth,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,remainder mark to foot edge) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.chipping to extrems.).
Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1965. First Edition., 1965
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Very good hardback copy, light stain on half title, top edge lightly foxed. Dust jacket in very good condition but a little worn and chipped.
Published by Angus and Robertson, (Sydney), 1965
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. A small bookstore stamp on the front pastedown and a short tear to the edge of one page, else fine in a lightly rubbed, very near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper, with the very scarce wraparound band. Long considered the first novel written by an Australian Aborigine, Johnson became a dominant figure in Aboriginal literature. However, an article in 1996 revealed that, perhaps unbeknownst to the author, he was probably not an Aborigine at all (according to the article his mother was Irish-English and his father was African-Irish).
Published by ANGUS AND ROBERTSON FIRST EDITION 1965, 1965
Seller: Badger Books, Woollahra, NSW, Australia
HB MAROON CLOTH FINE PP131 DW FINE 8V0 Foreword by Mary Durack.
Publication Date: 1965
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
Sydney 1965. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. xx132pp. 1st ed. NOTE: The first novel by any writer of Aboriginal blood to be published in Australia.
Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney. 1965., 1965
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Signed
8vo, 131pp. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket, Signed on the title page by Johnson.