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The Order of Things: A Life of Joseph Furphy Hardcover - 1991
by John Barnes
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- Title The Order of Things: A Life of Joseph Furphy
- Author John Barnes
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Pages 472
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Melbourne
- Date September 19, 1991
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780195531879 / 0195531876
- Weight 1.69 lbs (0.77 kg)
- Dimensions 8.75 x 5.63 x 1.33 in (22.23 x 14.30 x 3.38 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Novelists, Australian - 19th century -, Australia - In literature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 91182546
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic & Illustrations. Preface and acknowledgements by author, notes, bibliography and index. Illustrated end pages, being reproductions of Joseph Murphy's writing. Black and white photographic frontispiece of Joseph furphy. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs, cartoons and reproductions of documents. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with white and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The biography of Joseph Furphy  also known as Tom Collins. From failed selector, Bullock-driver and foundry worker (in his brothers' business), during the day while writing at night his most famous work  Such is Life. Minor rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. Both the front and rear hinges have cracked. A little rubbing of the…
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THE ORDER OF THINGS: A Life of Joseph Furphy
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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press, 1990. xviii, + 421pp., plus 1 x 16 page b/white illustrated section. B/white frontis (Joseph Furphy). Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Subject illustrated dustjacket minimally edge creased, very small area of surface abrasion to head. Leaves clean. From the jacket flap: "This book tells the story of Joseph Furphy, author of 'Such is Life'. It is the story of a remarkable man and a remarkable achievement. After struggling unsuccessfully to make a living as a selector and then as a bullock-driver, Furphy spent over twenty years working as a mechanic in his brother's foundry in the central Victorian town of Shepparton. Here he was occupied during the day manufacturing farm machinery - including the water-carts which made the name 'Furphy' known throughout Australia - and at night writing his novel . . . " Contents include: Preface. Acks. Prologue. 16 chapters…
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Oxford University Press, USA, 1991-09-19. Hardcover. Like New. 8x5x1. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Like New condition. Ships fast and guaranteed well protected with domestic tracking.
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