Tracks
by Davidson, Robyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- F-/F-
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Book Club Associates, 1980 F-/F-. 8vo. original brown boards gilt (a trifle rubbed & bumped) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed); pp. 256, with illustrations + endpaper map. A near fine copy. Winner of the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award 1980. Flatsigned on the title page by the author, 'Robyn Davidson'. . Signed by Author. Book Club. Hard Cover. F-/F-.
Synopsis
Robyn Davidson was born in Queensland, Australia, and is the author of Tracks , the extraordinary account of her 1,700-mile journey across Australia with four camels, which won the 1980 Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and became a film in 2013. She has written extensively for National Geographic and other magazines, and is also the author of Desert Places , the novel Ancestors , and the essay collection Travelling Light . Ms. Davidson lives in London, India, and Australia.
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Details
- Seller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 025764
- Title
- Tracks
- Author
- Davidson, Robyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F-
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- Book Club
- Publisher
- Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- Robyn Davidson Tracks Central Australia Western Australia Travel Camels Desert
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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Castlemaine, Victoria
About Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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