All That Swagger (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Overall: Good. DJ: unclipped; small tears, faded, no major defects. Boards: faded. Pages: yellowed with some foxing on book block. Binding: remains tight.
Sweeping across generations of colonial Australian life, All That Swagger is a monumental saga that chronicles the fortunes of the Delacy family, Irish immigrants who carve a home out of the untamed wilderness of New South Wales in the early nineteenth century. At its heart stands Danny Delacy, a man of fierce courage and restless spirit, whose dream of building a dynasty in a raw, new land collides with the relentless march of time, progress, and the ambitions of his descendants. Franklin masterfully captures the elemental tension between pioneering independence and the compromises demanded by an encroaching modern world, set against a landscape that is itself a living, breathing character. Winner of the S. H. Prior Memorial Prize in 1936, All That Swagger stands as one of the great works of Australian literature, a bold and affectionate portrait of a nation finding its identity through the sweat and sacrifice of ordinary people. Miles Franklin writes with a lyrical vitality and an unsentimental honesty that transforms a family chronicle into a meditation on belonging, inheritance, and the cost of ambition. Notably, this first edition bears what appears to be a signed inscription from the author herself — a remarkable provenance that raises the question: what other stories might these pages hold beyond the ones printed on them?
Author: Miles Franklin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1936, The Bulletin, Sydney
Genre: Australian history
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Overall: Good. DJ: unclipped; small tears, faded, no major defects. Boards: faded. Pages: yellowed with some foxing on book block. Binding: remains tight.
Sweeping across generations of colonial Australian life, All That Swagger is a monumental saga that chronicles the fortunes of the Delacy family, Irish immigrants who carve a home out of the untamed wilderness of New South Wales in the early nineteenth century. At its heart stands Danny Delacy, a man of fierce courage and restless spirit, whose dream of building a dynasty in a raw, new land collides with the relentless march of time, progress, and the ambitions of his descendants. Franklin masterfully captures the elemental tension between pioneering independence and the compromises demanded by an encroaching modern world, set against a landscape that is itself a living, breathing character. Winner of the S. H. Prior Memorial Prize in 1936, All That Swagger stands as one of the great works of Australian literature, a bold and affectionate portrait of a nation finding its identity through the sweat and sacrifice of ordinary people. Miles Franklin writes with a lyrical vitality and an unsentimental honesty that transforms a family chronicle into a meditation on belonging, inheritance, and the cost of ambition. Notably, this first edition bears what appears to be a signed inscription from the author herself — a remarkable provenance that raises the question: what other stories might these pages hold beyond the ones printed on them?