Robin Dalton (66 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. My Relations : By Robin Ann Eakin, Aged 8, 1929 This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Words from a Robin Memories Of When The Passion Is Real. Book.

Condition: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was eighty-five. The bus was travelling very slowly in the right direction and could hardly have been missed by anyone except Aunt Juliet, who must have been travelling fairly fast in the wrong direction.Growing up in the 1930s in a grand old home in Sydney's bohemian Kings Cross, Robin Dalton experienced a childhood of curiosity and wonder. Raised by a bevy of idiosyncratic aunts and a revolving door of unconventional houseguests, Dalton recalls a time when children had real adventures in a world not easy but perhaps less complicated than today's.With a gentle warmth and wicked wit, Robin Dalton brings to life all the colour, glamour and charm of Australian society between the wars. Steeped in nostalgia, Aunts Up the Cross is a delightfully funny memoir of family, childhood and an Australia of yesteryear. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In 1929 an eight-year-old child, who had very few relations, imagined an assortment of eccentric aunts, uncles and cousins. She wrote and illustrated a little book about them, which her grandmother kept.This is it. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From 96-year old Robin Dalton, an eye-opening memoir of love, relationships and sexual liberation during and after WWIIAt the age of ninety-six Robin Dalton looks back on a rich and colourful life, and especially her sumptuous love life. This is a story of romance and love like no other.After marrying young and disastrously, society belle Robin Eakin divorces. The event makes the front page of the Sydney newspapers, bumping the war news to page 2.Then there are the American and British servicemen in Sydney-the dancing, the many trysts and a number of not-too-serious promises of marriage.Robin sets off for London at the end of the war, the only passenger on a military flight, to meet her latest fiance, Johnny. Her extensive luggage-jewellery, crockery, linen and furs-followed by ship.But her doting fiance is in for bad news: Robin has fallen for David, Marquis of Milford Haven, friend and cousin of the Duke of Edinburgh, and, once her luggage arrives, Robin says goodbye to Johnny and dashes off with David.While most of Europe struggles with post-war austerity, Robin's days and nights are filled with extravagant dinners, parties with royalty and romantic getaways. Affairs, exotic travel and high living abound before Robin meets and marries Emmet Dalton. But even this deep true love was not destined to last.One Leg Over is a delightful glimpse of a bygone world of romance, glamour and decadence portrayed with inimitable style and outrageous humour. A surprising, lively and fun memoir of love, relationships and a young woman's sexual liberation Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Bijou- Film. Very good+ regular size hardcover, scarf on the ffep in a vg jacket. brown w/gold & white lettering Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Condition: good. Fast & Free Shipping â" Good condition. It may show normal signs of use, such as light writing, highlighting, or library markings, but all pages are intact and the book is fully readable. A solid, complete copy that's ready to enjoy.

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

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1997 edition. The book has mild shelfwear at the edges of the spine and covers and slightly loose hinges, otherwise the book is in excellent condition with crisp, unmarked pages, a tight binding, and a clean cover. The dustjacket has mild rubbing and surface scratching to both covers, light shelfwear to the edges and corners of the jacket, and faint smudging from use at the back cover, otherwise the dustjacket is in very good condition, intact and attractive.…

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

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hardcover. Condition: Fine. Tanning to edge of pages Appears unread, may have minor superficial marking. Next day dispatch from the UK (Mon-Fri). Please contact us with any queries.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Dalton, Alex; Laguna, Fabio (illustrator).

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

Paperback. Robin Dalton, Text Publishing. My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was eighty-five. The bus was travelling very slowly in the right direction and could hardly have been missed by anyone except Aunt Juliet, who must have been travelling fairly fast in the wrong direction. Growing up in the 1930s in a grand old home in Sydney's bohemian Kings Cross, Robin Dalton experienced a childhood of curiosity and wonder. Raised by a bevy of idiosyncratic aunts and a revolving door of unconventional houseguests, Dalton recalls a time when children had real adventures in a world not easy but perhaps less complicated than today's. With a gentle warmth and wicked wit, Robin Dalton brings to life all the colour, glamour and charm of Australian society between the wars. Steeped in nostalgia, Aunts Up the Cross is a delightfully funny memoir of family, childhood and an Australia of yesteryear. Robin Dalton was born in Sydney, and lived in London from 1946. She was a television performer, an intelligence agent, a literary agent and a film producer (Madame Souzatska starring Shirley Maclaine; Oscar and Lucinda starring Cate Blanchett), as well as an author. Her 1965 account of her childhood in Kings Cross, Aunts up the Cross remains an Australian classic. The previously unpublished My Relations was released in 2015. She died in 2022 at the age of 101. Paperback.…

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

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 3rd Edition. Book condition is very good. Dust jact very good except top has minor use. Text body clean. great copy.

Secondhand, Hardback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384. Secondhand, Hardback.

Hardback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. vi,104pp. Delicious memoir of a childhood in Kings Cross ( Sydney) 112 p. Dinah Dryhurst (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. My great Aunt Juliet was knocked over and killed by a bus when she was eighty-five. The bus was travelling very slowly in the right direction and could hardly have been missed by anyone except Aunt Juliet, who must have been travelling fairly fast in the wrong direction. Growing up in the 1930s in a grand old home in SydneyÂ's bohemian Kings Cross, Robin Dalton experienced a childhood of curiosity and wonder. Raised by a bevy of idiosyncratic aunts and a revolving door of unconventional houseguests, Dalton recalls a time when children had real adventures in a world not easy but perhaps less complicated than todayÂ's. With a gentle warmth and wicked wit, Robin Dalton brings to life all the colour, glamour and charm of Australian society between the wars. Steeped in nostalgia, Aunts Up the Cross is a delightfully funny memoir of family, childhood and an Australia of yesteryear. Foreword by Clive James. Pictorial endpapers. 172 pages. Tanning to page edges. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Autobiography::Memoir; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0855617306. ISBN/EAN: 9780855617301. Inventory No: 272848.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. B&W photographs throughout. 22.5 x 15 cm. 172 pp.

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