Miegunyah Press, Australia, Date: 2007. Hardcover. Fine Condition/Fine. Book Number 88 in second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes. Size: Large 8vo ( 9 to 11 inches). Item Type: Book. ISBN/EAN: 9780522853551.. 9780522853551 2007. Miegunyah Press ISBN 0522853552 9780522853551 [AU]

ISBN10: 0522853552, ISBN13: 9780522853551, [publisher: Miegunyah Press, Melbourne] Hardcover First Edition The engaging, passionate exchange between two of Australia's finest writers, this is Number Eighty Eight in the second numbered series of the Miegunyah Volumes. A very good copy in a very good dustjacket. ; 245 x 160mm; xviii, 637 pages
[WARRNAMBOOL, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2007]
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Melbourne; Miegunyah Press; 2007. hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition. 637 pages Melbourne; Miegunyah Press; 2007 ISBN 0522853552 9780522853551 [AU]

ISBN10: 0522853552, ISBN13: 9780522853551, [publisher: Miegunyah Press, Australia & New Zealand] Hardcover 637 pages. A few page corners are a little worn and folded. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.
[Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 2007]
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Carlton, Victoria, Australia: The Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Press), Date: 2007. xvii, 637pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain red boards negligibly bumped on two foredge corners. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour art illustrated (Katherine Hattam) dustjacket softly edge creased, protected by previous owner in removable plastic cover. "Love, marriage, births, deaths, art, politics, gardens, pets and philosophy, the letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright in 'Portrait of a Friendship' range over all these topics and more, with the wit and vitality of writers who relished the play and beauty of words . . . " Contents include: Introduction. Conversions. Acks. 1950s. 1960s. 1970s. 1980s. 1990s. Index. Book weight approx. 1.26KG. (Customers outside Australia only - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote).. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 24cm x 16cm). 2007. The Miegunyah Press (Melbourne University Press) ISBN 0522853552 9780522853551 [AU]

Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press. Date: 2007. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. 637 pages. The engaging, passionate exchange between two of Australia's finest writers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback. 2007. The Miegunyah Press ISBN 0522853552 9780522853551 [AU]

ISBN10: 0522853552, ISBN13: 9780522853551, [publisher: MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PUB] Hardcover A fascinating insider’s view of Australia’s cultural life from two central figures, and a profoundly moving and inspiring portrait of a friendship. ‘The funny bits are the great leavening of life and what makes us friends.’ Barbara Blackman, 23 February 1994 Love, marriage, births, deaths, poetry, art, politics, gardens, pets and philosophy- the letters of Barbara Blackman and Judith Wright in Portrait of a Friendship range over all of these topics and more with the wit and vitality of writers who relished the play and beauty of words. In the late 1940s, poet Judith Wright and her partner, philosopher Jack McKinney, read some of their work at a meeting of writers in Brisbane. In the audience was young Barbara Patterson, who would, in a few years, marry the painter Charles Blackman. From this meeting grew a firm friendship, and the letters that nurtured it over half a century have created a fascinating and very personal record of Australian literary and artistic life. Above all, it is a profoundly moving and inspiring portrait of a friendship. Barbara Blackman is an essayist, journalist, librettist and oral historian. She was married to the painter Charles Blackman for thirty years. Judith Wright was one of Australia’s best known writers, publishing poetry, short stories, children’s fiction, literary criticism and family ...

ISBN10: 0522853552, ISBN13: 9780522853551, [publisher: The Miegunyah Press. First Australian edition., Carlton, Victoria] Hardcover First Edition Both sides of fifty years of correspondence; inscribed by Barbara Blackman to Betty and Roy Churcher in the year of publication.Fine in dustwrapper
[Woollahra, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 2007]
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