Published by The Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 1977
ISBN 10: 0245530460 ISBN 13: 9780245530463
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Softcover. Condition: Good. Photographic and Illustrations (illustrator). Reprint. The text is illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs and the occasional black-and-white illustration. Colour photographic paperback binding with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. A guide on gracious living, etiquette, fashion and other necessary accoutrement to have the finer things in life. Rubbing of the book edges with patchy fading to the book edges and back strip. Browning and foxing to the text block edges and age toning of the pages. Gift inscription to the top left hand corner of the verso of the front panel and there are a few foxing spots to the first few and last few pages of the book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 96, [16] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Film, Radio & Television; Gracious Living; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0245530460. ISBN/EAN: 9780245530463. Inventory No: 0122590.
Published by Sphere Books, [London], 1981
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Reprint. Tall octavo. Trade paperback. Heavily illustrated. Just about fine in glossy wrappers.
Published by George G Harrap 1976, 1976
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
Imperial octavo softcover (VG) minor cracking to some gutters; 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.
Published by Sydney, The Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., reprinted 1977,, 1977
4to. 112pp. Colour and b/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a very good copy. Limp edition.
Published by Sphere Books, 1977
Seller: SydneyBooks, Roseville, NSW, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Good condition, with all pages unmarked and in tact. Binding is tight.
Published by Sphere, 1977
ISBN 10: 0722133855 ISBN 13: 9780722133859
Seller: Wild & Homeless Books, Bridport, United Kingdom
First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Rarely seen in the UK, Dame Edna's Coffee Table Book has a flavour that's very difficult to describe. In that respect it's rather like one of the Australasian recipes featured within, for example Tasmanian Tuna Fish with Curry and Almonds. "Make milk into white sauce with flour and 1/2 butter in the traditional Tasmanian manner. Add other flavourings and cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Then plonk in the tuna." And so on. There's Barry Humphries' mischief and brio in those phrases "the traditional Tasmanian manner" and "then plonk in the tuna", plonk being a word hardly ever seen in recipes, although when you think about how most of us actually cook there is no reason why it should not be. The book starts with commendations from "some of Edna's famous friends", firstly the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Patrick White, who is pictured looking serious in a big woolly pullover and was indeed a friend of Barry Humphries. White's entry ends: "whether beating the daylights into a fluffy sponge or taking a chisel to a plastic doily, whether jollying the timorous male or popping a reluctant blackhead, let Dame Edna be your guide." The "reluctant blackhead" catches the eye, but check out too the reworked cliche: not beating the living daylights out of something, but beating the daylights into a fluffy sponge. So when one photo of Dame Edna under a sign proclaims "LOWBROW ENTERTAINMENT COMES TO THE WEST END AT LAST ! ! !" it's true but not entirely true. There's all sorts of low humour in here, a random flick presents Norm's Brandied Ginger Balls, but it's clever with it. The book itself is still tightly bound and the pages are clean, except for about two thirds of the way up the outer edge of pages 43 to 46, where it looks as if a reader has held part of the edge of these pages with a wet thumb, so there's a little bit of browning. If you look very closely indeed, you can also see where a couple of pages had small folds in the top corner. The front and back covers show signs of shelfwear and handling along the edges, at the corners, and up and down the spine, but nothing very significant for a book of this age and kind. Joan Bakewell, another one of Edna's famous friends, is quoted as saying: "The experience of working with Dame Edna Everage is one that, however hard I try, I can never forget." The same could be said of reading this tremendously lively book.
Published by Sphere Books, London, 1977
ISBN 10: 0722133820 ISBN 13: 9780722133828
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: VG+. First Edition. Presumed first edition, undated [c. 1977]. 4to. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & marked); pp. 112, with illustrations. A very good copy.
Publication Date: 1976
Seller: Berkelouw Rare Books, Berrima, NSW, Australia
London: Sphere Books, 1976. Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. wrapper. (112pp.). Copiously illustrated.