Jean Devanny (32 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Good. Slight wear. May have minor sticker residue, marks, or writing. Our service is second to none because we use easy to remove inventory tags and ship every day so your book arrives quicker! As an independent bookstore in the Midwest, we thank you for the support. Satisfaction guaranteed in all transactions. Let us know what we can do to help!

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.

paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine.

Condition: Very Good. 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. .

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: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 315 pp. Red cloth with black titles. Wear to board edges and spine cloth, short tears to spine cloth at both ends, front hinge cracked, one loose leaf (pg 27,28),small black stain, most likely ink, to fore edges of some pages, interior clean with very little toning. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG Virago Classic published 1986 some toning to pages slight shelfwear and spotting to end papers. No owner incscription. Scarce novel by contemporary of Miles Franklin and lifelong left activist.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 352 pages. cover and spine worn, name on inside cover, text lightly tannedIn August 1896 Randolph Biddow's family join him on the sugar-cane plantation s of North Queensland. For his wife Blanche, it is an exile in the wilderness; b ut for their maid Cindie, it is an exciting world of tropical forests, rewarding.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 241 pages. Cover wornThe Butcher Shop first appeared in 1926. Despite big overseas sales it was ba nned in New Zealand and later Australia for being disgusting, indecent and commu nistic - in other words for promoting revolutionary ideas about women and for a.

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Gut. Gr 8°, 318 S. Leinen, farbiger Kopfschnitt, Einband stärker beschabt, leichte papierbedingte Bräunung der Seiten, guter Zustand.

Condition: Good. 1951. First Edition. 251 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges.

paperback. Condition: Used; Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover.

Condition: Very Good. FIRST VMC EDITION. Trade paperback. Edgewear, creasing, bump to bottom corner. Tanned edges, a few patches of foxing, else, clean. Very good. VMC no. 230.

318 Seiten Die Jahresangabe ist ungefähr. Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen, keine Eintragungen. Rücken, Ecken, Kanten gut. Schiefstand. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 501 Hardcover Leinen, ohne Schutzumschlag.

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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. The cover is in poor condition, heavily faded, with wear and discolouration. The page edges are lightly tanned and foxed. 230 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (203-228mm).

Originalleinen, 320 Seiten, Einband und Block angeschmutzt, Stempel im Vorsatz RdW Reihe Stichworte: Abenteuer, Kriminalliteratur, Reise, Trivialliteratur, RdW Deutsch 300g.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Looks at the Great Barrier reef and islands, Gulf of Carpentaria, and the outback particularly the indigenous aborigines , flora and fauna. CONDITION Black cloth has light wear at spine ends and tips, gilt title dulled, map eps, 244 pages with b/w photo plates, mostly bright and crisp copy with light foxing to pages opposing photo plates due to differing paper types. DJ has tear with some loss to spine heal, wear to spine heel and tips. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

1st Ed. X, 230 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover. Covers rubbed, ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.2.

Condition: Fair. 1932. First Edition. 285 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. 2 pages of adverts for other Devanny works to rear. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Binding remains firm. Several pages slightly rough cut. Text block edges notably foxed with slight rubbing. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces and bumping to corners. Gilt lettering is slightly darkened and worn. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Book has a heavy forward lean. Visible rubbing and water marks to boards with dark mottling overall. Dark spots heaviest to spine. Both boards notably warped.

Hardback. Jean Devanny, University of Queensland Press. Author: Jean DevannyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press., 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tanned edges, previous owner "ex-libris" sticker in FEP.This compelling autobiography, Point Of Departure, chronicles the remarkable life of a significant twentieth-century figure. It uncovers the formative experiences and intellectual journey that shaped a pioneering voice in literature and activism. The narrative presents a vivid account of personal struggles and triumphs against a backdrop of profound social change, illustrating the author's unwavering commitment to her ideals. Readers will find a passionate and insightful reflection on a life dedicated to both artistic expression and political engagement, detailing the evolution of a powerful individual perspective. Hardback.

Hardcover. 230 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and use. Retired library copy with corresponding labelling. Book smells musty. Otherwise a good copy. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1000.

319 Seiten um 1950/keine Jahresangabe, Hardcover, Ganzleinen, abgegriffen, verschmutzt, fleckig, gebräunt, abgerieben, am Buchrücken eingerissen, Kanten und Ecken bestossen, schiefgelesen, Seiten gebräunt, vergilbt, altersfleckig, verschmutzt, Bibliotheksexemplar, viele Bibliotheksstempel, tw. Notizen, locker in Bindung, mittelmäßiger Zustand Sprache: Deutsch.

Paperback. 56pp. 8°. Covers slightly worn. Slightly used.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. First American Edition. (no dust jacket) [general wear to edges and corners of covers, lower corners slightly bumped, spine somewhat faded, age-toning and light soiling to edges of text block, one-time owner's single name in ink on front endpaper]. A novel embodying "the conflict of two ways of living -- the sophistication of city civilization, and the clean simplicity of the Australian bush." A scarce work (also published under the title "Taipo") by this New Zealand-born writer (1894-1962), who later became a prominent speaker and activist on behalf of the Communist Party of Australia, and was well-known for her outspoken opinions on sexuality and women's rights. This novel, about a swell fellow from the outback who inherits a fortune, and is subsequently "caught by a worldly woman attracted by his money and his physical strength," is concerned, as was most of Devanny's fiction, with the economic, social and sexual dynamics at work in male-female relationships. [NOTE that the quoted passages here are from the book's dust jacket, which is NOT present on this particular copy.] Devanny's first novel, "The Butcher Shop," had been banned in New Zealand, Australia, Germany and parts of the U.S.; in 1929 she moved with her family to Australia, where she was deeply involved with the Communist Party until she was expelled in 1941, ostensibly for "moral degeneracy." She later lamented that her devotion to the Party and its causes had prevented her from realizing her full potential as a writer (although she did publish over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction).

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 296. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1935 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 296.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 380. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1928 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 380.

Surikov, V. (illustrator). the first Russian edition of Sugar Heaven, the socially significant novel by Jean Devanny, first published in Australia in 1936. Issued in Moscow in 1963 by the State Publishing House for Fiction and translated from English by T. Redko, this edition introduced Soviet readers to one of the key works of Australian proletarian literature. Set against the background of the 1935 sugarcane workers' strike in Queensland, the novel explores themes of labour struggle, political awakening, solidarity, and social justice. Devanny, a prominent left-wing writer and political activist, blends documentary realism with a powerful human narrative, portraying both the harsh realities of rural working life and the moral transformation of her characters. As the first Russian translation and publication, this edition holds particular historical and bibliographic significance, reflecting the cultural exchange between Soviet and Australian progressive literature during the Cold War period. The book is preserved in an unusual original binding with flaps, showing some rubbing along the folds. The text block is slightly loosened, the spine has been discreetly reinforced, and there is darkening to the front fore edge. Otherwise, the volume remains in very good condition.