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Kramer, Leonie -- Editor - My Country Australian Poetry & Short Stories Two Hundred Years Volume 1 Beginnings – 1930s & Volume 2 1930s- 1980's Selected and with an Introduction by Leonie Kramer

Title: My Country Australian Poetry & Short Stories Two Hundred Years Volume 1 Beginnings – 1930s & Volume 2 1930s- 1980's Selected and with an Introduction by Leonie Kramer
Description: Ure Smith, willoughby, New South Wales, 1985. Reprint, Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Slipcased. 9780725408572 Introduction by editor, acknowledgements and five appendices two-volume one; introduction, acknowledgements, and five appendices two-volume two. Blue coloured faux leather binding with gilt coloured decoration and titles to the front panel and back strip. In these two volumes which take their title from Dorothy MacKellar's poem, the editor has arranged the anthology chronologically but no strict progression is implied. Where the author is known to have a revised work, the text of the latest revision has been used. In the texts from the earlier. Older forms of spelling have been retained where these preserve the flavour of the original. The works have been selected to show how writers and painters have responded to a variety of experiences and how well they express their observations and impressions of a very diverse audience here and abroad. Illustrated with both black-and-white and colour plates reproducing artworks. A rather nice set, which could still be given as a gift for someone who appreciates Australian literature and poetry. Both volume show a little rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges and patchy fading of the back strip. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. this is the 1st edition by this publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XVI, 672 pages. 2-volume set (complete). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1.

Keywords: BZDB2 Poetry short stories Australia Poetry; Short Stories; Australia; 20th century; Literature & Literary. My Country Australian Poetry Short Stories Two Hundred Years Volume 1 Beginnings 1930s Volume 2 1930s 1980s Selected and with an Introduction b

Price: AUD 33.00 = appr. US$ 22.83 Seller: Syber's Books
- Book number: 0288622

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