Kanga Creek. An Australian Idyll
by Ellis, Havelock
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- g+
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Berkshire, England: Golden Cockerel Press, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. g+. Octavo. 68 (1)pp. Original yellow half cloth over greenish paper boards with black lettering on tan paper label of spine. Publisher's device on title page. First edition of first work of fiction by the English physician, known for his studies and books on human sexuality. Boards sunned along edges and spine rubbed. Block lightly age-toned and damp-stained. Overall in good+ condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46878
- Title
- Kanga Creek. An Australian Idyll
- Author
- Ellis, Havelock
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkshire, England
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- English literature, school teacher, St. Thomas' Hospital, Sparkes creek, Short fiction
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Octavo
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- Edges
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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- Device
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