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THE YIELD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: HarperVia / Harper Collins, (2020) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's award winning second novel (third book) one which reclaims Australia's Indigenous voices as it combines history and current crises with a dictionary of the Wiradjuri language. This is the story of a young Wiradjuri woman who returns home to Australia to attend a funeral, only to find that her ancestral lands are threatened by mining. The novel explores language as well as themes of colonialism, environmental issues and intergenerational trauma. It was awarded the 2020 Miles Franklin Award, the 2020 Voss Literary Prize and the 2020 Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction. Author's note. 343 pp. ISBN: 978-0063003460.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 90140More details Price: $25.00 -
Set of 4 INDONESIAN PHRASE BOOKS & DICTIONARIES - 3 English, Indonesian and 1 French Indonesian.
Princeton NJ, Singapore & Yogyakarta, Indonesia: Belitz, Lonely Planet, Periplus and Kanisius, 1981 to 1997. Set of four small booklets - dictionaries and phrasebooks - includes phrase books from Berlitz and Lonely Planet, a French Indonesian phrase book, 'Parlez Indonesien' and a small dictionary with over 6000 entries. ISBN: 2-831509327.
Condition: Very good overall - 3 in glossy illustrated covers, 1 in plain white wrappers.
Book ID: 86848More details Price: $25.00 -
FUTURESPEAK: A Fan's Guide to the Language of Science Fiction.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Paragon House, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Contains over 1,000 entries in alphabetical order plus several appendices and a bibliography. SIGNED on the title page by TWO authors: Rogow and C.J. Cherryh who wrote the foreword to this book. Uncommon thus. Illustrated with small drawings by Leah Rosenthal. 408 pp. ISBN: 1-557783470.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 86064More details Price: $24.50 -
NOTES FOR A GLOSSARY OF WORDS AND PHRASES OF BARBADIAN DIALECT.
Edition: Trade paperback.
Bridgetown: Barbados National Trust n.d. (ca 1975). Fifth edition of a work originally published in 1955 - each edition adds more words to the list. [6] 120 pp. Wraparound cover art by Jill Walker.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (light vertical crease on back cover).
Book ID: 77580More details Price: $15.00 -
FUTURESPEAK: A Fan's Guide to the Language of Science Fiction.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Paragon House, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Contains over 1,000 entries in alphabetical order plus several appendices and a bibliography. SIGNED on the title page by TWO authors: Rogow and C.J. Cherryh who wrote the foreword to this book. Uncommon thus. Illustrated with small drawings by Leah Rosenthal. 408 pp. ISBN: 1-557783470.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (a few additional words have been neatly added in the upper margins of the appropriate pages)
Book ID: 72612More details Price: $40.00
