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True History of the Kelly Gang  - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing

True History of the Kelly Gang - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing

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True History of the Kelly Gang - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing

by Carey, Peter

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ISBN 10
0571192165
ISBN 13
9780571192168
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London: Faber and Faber. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0571192165 . A handsome first British edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket. SIGNED by author Peter Carey directly on the half title page. Map of Ned Kelly's Australia laid in; True History of the Kelly Gang recounts the story of Ned Kelly, a Jesse James-esque desperado of the Australian frontier. Booker Prize Winner; 8vo; [10], [1-8] 9-349 [350] [8] pages; Signed by Author .

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True History of the Kelly Gang is a historical novel by Australian writer Peter Carey. It was first published in Brisbane by the University of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Man Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize in the same year. Despite its title, the book is fiction and a variation on the Ned Kelly story.

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Title
True History of the Kelly Gang - 1st UK Edition/1st Printing
Author
Carey, Peter
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
Edition
1st UK Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10
0571192165
ISBN 13
9780571192168
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2000
Bookseller catalogs
Awarded Books / Man Booker Prize;

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