{"product_id":"2026100009240-secondhand-twixt-shadow-and-shine","title":"'Twixt Shadow And Shine","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition: ex-library copy showing honest wear consistent with age and institutional handling. Jacket: N\/A (issued in publisher's cloth, pre-dustjacket era). Page Condition: Foxing and staining present throughout the text block, with the usual tanning of paper expected in a colonial-era printing of this vintage. Markings: Ex-library copy with the usual markings — stamps; no personal inscriptions or annotations beyond standard library apparatus noted. Binding: Original decorative publisher's cloth, somewhat loose in the joints with the spine cracked at the hinge, though the text block remains intact with no pages loose or detached — a shelf-worn but complete and structurally sound copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the pen of one of Australia's most celebrated nineteenth-century literary figures comes 'Twixt Shadow and Shine, a collection that showcases Marcus Clarke's masterful ability to illuminate the contradictions of colonial Australian life — the beauty and brutality, the hope and despair, the light and the darkness that defined a nascent society. Clarke, best known for his landmark convict novel His Natural Life, brings the same unflinching moral clarity and vivid characterisation to these pages, presenting a world where fortune and misfortune are separated by the thinnest of margins.\n\nA titan of Australian letters, Clarke writes with a journalist's precision and a poet's sensibility, capturing the raw textures of life on the colonial frontier with both compassion and candour. Originally published in Melbourne in 1874 and now presented in this second edition of 1893, the work carries a historical and literary significance that extends far beyond its era. For readers drawn to the formative voices of Australian literature, this rare volume promises both an intimate portrait of a vanished world and a timeless meditation on the human condition — a reminder that between shadow and shine, we each must find our own way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49219869802715,"sku":"2026100009240-SECONDHAND","price":180.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/73da23dd-f78e-45f8-826a-4620e29ff98c.png?v=1788482987","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009240-secondhand-twixt-shadow-and-shine","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}