Published by Angus & Robertson, 1990
ISBN 10: 0207162999 ISBN 13: 9780207162992
Seller: CorgiPack, Fulton, NY, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Very nice clean copy. Swagmen and squatters, shearers and drovers, convicts and coppers - these are the folk who built Australia, and here is their story, told in song. Over a hundred songs, some very familiar, some less well known, offer a rare key to the treasure chest of our past. There are traditional songs composed by disgruntled bush workers, by optimistic gold-seekers, by the men and women who tramped the old bush tracks during the lean times of the 1890s and 1930s; there are songs from the coalfields of the south and from the canefields of the north; songs about love, about leisure, about hope for the future. These are the songs that made Australia and, above all, they're meant to be sung. Thus they are presented here with both words and music, to enable today's Australians to enjoy to the full these legacies from our pioneering past. Warren Fahey is a musical "jack of all trades" - a collector and singer of bush songs; a "long-in-the-tooth" broadcaster and scriptwriter for the ABC; a music publisher; and a music businessman operating both the Folkways retail outlet and the ever-cheeky Larrikin Record label. Born and bred in Sydney, his performing and song-collecting projects have sent him rambling through most of Australia's outback. "You know, these old songs smack of the real Australia. After a couple of verses you can almost smell the gum-leaves and hear the billy boiling - fair dinkum!" Jack Pobar, swagman 238 pages.
Published by Angus & Robertson Publishers [1990], Auckland, New Zealand, 1990
ISBN 10: 0207162999 ISBN 13: 9780207162992
Seller: James F. Balsley, Bookseller, Williamsburg, VA, U.S.A.
Trade paperback. Condition: Very Good. Binding sound and tight without spine crease. Cover has minimal wear. Gift inscription on half-title page. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. ; Drawings; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 238 pages.
Published by Omnibus Press, 1984
ISBN 10: 0949789046 ISBN 13: 9780949789044
Seller: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. VG+, clean & square, only very light wear, binding tight with no spine creases, no markings found. Priority & International shipping not available due to size.
Published by Sydney, NSW, Australia: Music Sales Pty, Limited, 1996
ISBN 10: 0949789046 ISBN 13: 9780949789044
Seller: Rob the Book Man, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. large paperback in very good condition.
Published by Omnibus Press, 1984
ISBN 10: 0949789046 ISBN 13: 9780949789044
Seller: Cronus Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: As New. Like New Inside & Out. Clean & Crisp! No markings. You will be pleased. Excellent book! ( z1s50B ) Some minor shelf wear on cover. ** Fast Shipping! **.
Published by Sydney, Omnibus Press, 1984., 1984
First Edition
Large 4to. 236pp. B/w illustrations. Original wrappers, a near fine copy. . First Edition. Music , lyrics and scholarly commentary on Australian folksong with comic illustration.
Published by Omnibus Press, Australia, 1984
ISBN 10: 0949789046 ISBN 13: 9780949789044
Seller: Aucott & Thomas, Ibstock, United Kingdom
First Edition
Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback original, no inscriptions, spine uncreased, appears little used. 236 pages, cartoon illustrations in the text.
Published by Angus & Robertson, NSW, Australia, 1989
ISBN 10: 0207162999 ISBN 13: 9780207162992
Seller: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. 238 pages. The book is a little worn. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size J: 12"-13" Tall (304-330mm).
Published by Omnibus Books, Australia, 1984
ISBN 10: 0949789046 ISBN 13: 9780949789044
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
First Edition
Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A firm clean book with slight signs of use. 236 pages. Illustrated.