Catherine Mackerras (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Spine cover faded. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo softcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

First edition. Signed by Alastair Mackerras, a son of the author. An octavo-size paperback original. A touch of foxing on the top edge, o/w fine in wrappers as issued. Memoirs of the mother of one of the most remarkable families of 20th Century Australia, a unique account of life in an Australian-Scottish family at the turn of the century. Catherine's son Alastair contributes a foreword, and has inscribed this copy to a Sydney couple, dated 12.2.92. Other children in the family include Charles Mackerras, the c conductor, Colin Mackerras, an academic, and Malcolm Mackerras, a political analyst. Postage within Australia for this small/light book is set at $5, so please disregard any site default rate, which will be adjusted downwards when the order is processed by the bookseller.

Condition: Good. No dust wrapper, text unmarked. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

8vo (22x14cm), hardback, prelims + 124pp. Ex library, with stamps, catalog nos, marks at rear pastedown where label removed, etc., No dustwrapper. Good condition. Bumped, foxed, a few small marks, front flap from dustwrapper has been pasted in along hinge at free front endpaper. Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-Library. Hardback/Hardcover with dust cover. Clean copy in good condition. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 124 p. 22 cm. 8 b&w plates. Blue cloth in blue dustjacket. Jacket has a bit of rubbing and soiling to panels and worn edges. Ink corrections on several pages. 3 inserted notes and one label added by author. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper. Father of Australian Music.

Hardcover. Published in 1963. B&W Frontispiece of Isaac Nathan. Book in good condition. Inscription on first page, some tanning on page edges. Dust jacket in fair condition - scuffing marks, and wear/tear at edges.

Sydney: Currawong Publishing Co., (1963). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket (lightly worn). (xii, 124pp.). With portrait, title-vign. and 7 full-page plates. 1st edition. Minor pen annotations. Typed annotations loosely inserted. Previous owners name on front free endpaper. Signature on title-page. Fine. NOTE: Isaac Nathan is also known as the 'Father of Australian Music'.