James ralph darling (6 Ergebnisse)

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Melbourne, National Library of Australia, 2006; 180 x 250 mm, xi, 324 pp. Hard Cover - Near Fine in a like dw (there is a small bump to one corner that can be seen in the images).

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Light wear to boards. No end paper. Content is clean and bright. Good DJ with light wear.

xi+324pp. Large 8vo. Original boards in dustwrapper. Black and white frontispiece. A very good copy. First edtiion.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. After a superb lifetime contribution to education and public life generally Sir James Darling at the age of 81 took up his pen to write the first of his "Reflections" as a fortnightly column on the Age editorial page. One of the challenges he had was to confine each of the essays to the required 600 words to fit the editorial page. That he did so in his elegant, succinct prose is a tribute to his mastery of language. More than thirty-five years after the first of his "Reflections" were published, to read these essays today, they remain as fresh, relevant and challenging as the day they were written.…

x+224pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper. Date on ffep. A very good copy. First edition.