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Biography of the author of 'Seven Little Australians' which charts her career as a writer, motherhood, and her work in promoting social causes. Includes a list of books and other writings by Ethel Turner. The biographer is a former academic historian and now full-time writer.
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- PublisherViking Australia
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0670837172
- ISBN 13 9780670837175
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages391
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From a Chair in the Sun: The Life of Ethel Turner
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From a Chair in the Sun
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23cm x 15.5cm. 391pp. B&W illustrations. Ex libris. Gully repaired. Hardcover with dustjacket. Biography of the author of the classic "Seven Little Australians". Seller Inventory # 138817
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From a Chair in the Sun.
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Viking, VIC, 1994
ISBN 10: 0670837172
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From a Chair in the Sun: The Life of Ethel Turner.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 391 pages. Illustrated, minor shelf wear to bottom of spine. Seller Inventory # 007787
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FROM A CHAIR IN THE SUN: The Life of Ethel Turner
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From a Chair in the Sun The Life of Ethel Turner
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Viking, Australia, 1995
ISBN 10: 0670837172
ISBN 13: 9780670837175
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Seller: Sue Lloyd-Davies Books, CARMARTHEN, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Brown boards with bright white titling to the spine. In the original publisher's illustrated dustjacket. Dustjacket is Not price-clipped. Now protected in a clear plastic cover. First Edition with the correct number string - 10, 9, 8,7,6, 5,4,3,2,1. White endpapers printed with Ethel Turner Ex Libris book plate. The book may lack the half-title, there is a leaf missing - but I 'm not quite sure whether it was a half title or just a blank leaf? . Its loss is hardly noticable . (6) + 392 pp including index, plus 24pp b/w photographic illustrations. Page fore-edges slightly 'toned'. Internally Pages very clean and bright in firm binding. "The biography of the Australian writer 'Ethel Turner' (or Mrs Curlewis as she became upon her marriage) , best remembered as the author of the well-loved 'Seven Little Australians', published when she was only 24. She also wrote articles, essays, poetry and edited the children's pages of several newspapers. For many years a new Ethel Turner book appeared every Christmas. Ethel also lent her pen to such causes as temperance, conscription and the welfare of children and working girls." . No Inscriptions or Marks. Overall an Excellent Very Clean, Tight and Bright copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Seller Inventory # 108689
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