The Man Who Loved Children
by Stead, Christina
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0207138206
- ISBN 13
- 9780207138201
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. First impression. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 527 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. An Australian Classics Edition. With an Introduction by Randall Jarrell. Sam and Henny Pollit have too many children, too little money, and too much loathing for each other. As Sam uses the children's adoration to feed his own voracious ego, Henny watches in bleak despair, knowing the bitter reality that lies just below his mad visions. A chilling novel of family life, the relations between parents and children, husbands and wives, The Man Who Loved Children, is acknowledged as a contemporary classic. Christina Stead (1902-1983) born in Australia, was the author of over a dozen works of fiction and the recipient of the Patrick White Prize. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; United States; 1930s; ISBN: 0207138206. ISBN/EAN: 9780207138201. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10516. . 9780207138201
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10516
- Title
- The Man Who Loved Children
- Author
- Stead, Christina
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0207138206
- ISBN 13
- 9780207138201
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- BZDB137 america, fiction, family, relationships, 1930s, australian classics, Fiction; United States; 1930s; Unbranded ISBN: 0207138206 EAN: 9780207138201 Stead, Christina The Man Who Loved Children
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