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About meA Bookseller who tries to go home on time but never quite manages it (maybe a camp-bed behind the counter is in order). Spend my spare time in other bookshops. Go figure.

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Currently readingTo Serve Them All My Days by R. F. Delderfield
The Enchafed Flood, or, The Romantic Iconography of the Sea by W. H. Auden
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Historic Sydney as Seen by its Early Artists : The Founding of Australia by Susanna Evans

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Portrait of Sydney by Cedric Emanuel

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Jewish Life in Australia Today by Helen Light

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Sydney : A Pictorial Contrast by Phil Gray

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Life Was Simple Then : A Pictorial Celebration of Australia's Past by Stephen Brooke

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Living in the City : A Pictorial Record of Australia's Cities by Stuart Bremer

There is no dust jacket--mine are just green like yours. I don't think there ever was a dust jacket, as I ordered mine new through Kepler's Book Store in Menlo Park, CA in 1975 (!!!). I was told then that Peter Smith was a publisher of previously out-of-print books. The Fires of Spring is Michener's semi-autobiographical novel, and unlike anything else he has written. Quite inspiring--a more hopeful Great Expectations.

posted by Banbury at 7:48 pm (EST) on Nov 3, 2009

You are the only other member who appears to have Pelle The Conqueror in your library. I first read it after it was mentioned in James Michener's The Fires of Spring.

posted by Banbury at 9:28 pm (EST) on Nov 2, 2009

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