Warrego (8 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R160210366: 1905. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Agrafes rouillées, Intérieur acceptable. 8 pages agrafées - quelques illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte - plats légèrements âbimés - quelques rousseurs quelques piqûres de vers en en tête. . . . Classification Dewey : 840.091-XX ème siècle. …

Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R110037094: AOUT 1899. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Paginé de 181 à 202. Quelques illustrations en noir et blanc dans le texte. . . . Classification Dewey : 70.49-Presse illustrée, magazines, revues.

Demi percaline. Zustand: Bon. Relié. Dos lisse, solide, informations dorées. Plats marbrés, légèrement frottés sur les bords. Intérieur frais, malgré quelques rares rousseurs sans incidence sur le texte. THAMILLA, Ferdinand DUCHENE, illustrations de Georges SCOTT. 33 pp. LA MOUETTE. Histoire surnaturelle par F. ANSTEY. 14 pp. LE MYSTERE DE LA CHAMBRE JAUNE, Gaston LEROUX, illustrations de SIMONT. 154 pp. LA CONSOLATRICE, Marcelle TINAYRE, illustrations de SIMONT. 48 pp. LE COCKATOO, récit australien par Par WARREGO. 10 pp.…

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. In colour illustrated card wrappers with yapped edges; text block edges have an unusual diagonal textured trim. 12mo. Yapped edges are rubbed and chipped with several short closed tears, covers generally a little worn, some small marks. Internally the pages are a little toned, but not brittled, and the gutter on the half title slightly strained, else neat, clean, bright and tight. Paul Warrego was the pen name of Paul Wenz. Wenz, born in Rheims, France in 1869, to an affluent merchant family; but the world of European Business didn't suit and he left Europe for Australia in the mid 1890s, settling in New South Wales. His writing career, often revealing of the bush life he adopted, began in 1900 with the publication of short stories written in French but set in Australia. This novella, published in 1908, was his only work written in English and preceded his first novel The Sundowner, which was published in Paris in 1923. It draws on his experiences of Station work and as a jackeroo. His early work tend to show him as an amused apologist for Australia but his more mature works show a more matter of fact Australian identity and in the 1920s and 1930s he began more heavily involved in the Australian literary scene, working with and befriending the likes of Miles Franklin, Dorothea Mackeller and Frank Clune, becoming an overpowering presence. This works are revealing of the Australia and the Australian way of life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A very hard to find title. …