Book Details
Title: Come in Spinner; A treasury of popular Australian humour
Author: Bill Wannan
Illustrator: Vane Lindesay
Publisher: Currey, O'Neil
Year: 1979
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 208
Dimensions: L22cm x W14cm x D3cm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Dust jacket is in acceptable condition. Wear around edges and corners with rubbing and some tears, most notably at the spine ends. The spine colour has faded out. Mild scuffing. The hardcover beneath is reasonably well preserved. The gold embossing of the title/author is intact. Shelf wear to ends of spine, edges and corners. Some bumping to edges and crushing to the ends of the spine. Binding is firm and intact. Apart from some very mild tanning, pages are in very good condition.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
" 'Come in Spinner' is a collection of the cream of Australia's popular humour: a feast of fables, sayings, rhymes, recitations and stories tall and short, told by Australians in typical Australian manner.
This is a book that will prove a sheer delight to anyone, anywhere, who loves laughter and has a fondness for people.
The editor, the leading authority on Australian folklore and humour, has compiled a valuable introduction to the genuine oral humour of the Australian people which should find a place on the bookshelf of every student of folklore."
Book Details
Title: Come in Spinner; A treasury of popular Australian humour
Author: Bill Wannan
Illustrator: Vane Lindesay
Publisher: Currey, O'Neil
Year: 1979
Impression/Edition: N/A
Cover: Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Pages: 208
Dimensions: L22cm x W14cm x D3cm
Weight: 600g
ISBN: N/A
Battle Scars:
Dust jacket is in acceptable condition. Wear around edges and corners with rubbing and some tears, most notably at the spine ends. The spine colour has faded out. Mild scuffing. The hardcover beneath is reasonably well preserved. The gold embossing of the title/author is intact. Shelf wear to ends of spine, edges and corners. Some bumping to edges and crushing to the ends of the spine. Binding is firm and intact. Apart from some very mild tanning, pages are in very good condition.
Don't forget to check the photos below for a visual and make sure you are happy prior to purchase. Happy to answer questions if there is information missing.
Book Content:
Blurb -
" 'Come in Spinner' is a collection of the cream of Australia's popular humour: a feast of fables, sayings, rhymes, recitations and stories tall and short, told by Australians in typical Australian manner.
This is a book that will prove a sheer delight to anyone, anywhere, who loves laughter and has a fondness for people.
The editor, the leading authority on Australian folklore and humour, has compiled a valuable introduction to the genuine oral humour of the Australian people which should find a place on the bookshelf of every student of folklore."
