Furphy andrew (4 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 142pp., b/w illus., map, endnotes, references, index. Inscribed by co-author Andrew Furphy to the title page - "9.2.19. Good Better Best. Andrew Furphy".(BH) 5/25. Inscribed by Author(s).

HARDCOVER. `Furphy' is a uniquely Australian word. The Australian National Dictionary defines it as `a water cart' and `rumor, or an absurd story'. But how did the family name of John Furphy, an iron founder in Shepparton, come to have this extraordinary double meaning? For Australians on the land the water cart is life sustaining and indispensable, and the firm of John Furphy is the most famous of its makers. In Victoria and the Riverina, by the time of the First World War, the Furphy was the water cart. This book challenges some widely held misconceptions about the origin of the word and gives a full and authentic account of the history of the making and marketing of the Furphy. Furphy water carts were made for over 90 years. They are now collectors' items, and tank ends, with intriguing moral and political messages in cast iron, are prized as wall plaques. In the eyes of later generations they symbolise a rural past of simple verities and individual effort. 2005, First edition. A fine, copy in a near fine, lightly shelf rubbed d/w.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. TRACES THE STORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORD FURPHY FROM WHAT IT SIGNIFIED ORIGINALLY TO WHAT IT BECAME AFTER BEING APPROPIATED BY THE FIRST A.I.F. DURING WORLD WAR 1. A FASINATING TRUE STORY. GREAT VALUE HERE.

Square 4to. 140pp. Original boards in dustwrapper. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; a fine copy. . First edition. From the Library of the author,Australian scholar and academic, John Barnes with related ephemera.