The Kelly gang edited by Nancy Keesing (Second hand book)

SECOND HAND BOOK

The story of Ned Kelly and his notorious gang of bushrangers – their spectacular raids on banks and towns, the murders of 3 policemen at Stringybark Creek and of the informer Aaron Sherritt, the final shootout at Glenrowan – is a familiar and oft-told one in Australia. The editor has gone to the original sources – contemporary newspaper accounts, personal reminiscences, police reports – to retell the Kelly story as faithfully and as factually as possible. Lavishly illus. with reproductions of original line drawings from the Illustrated Australian News, the Illustrated Sydney News and the Australasian Sketcher, and with 9 colour plates from the famous ‘Ned Kelly’ series painted by one of Australia’s best-known contemporary artists, Sidney Nolan

Specifications:

Condition: very good, very minor wear on the edges of the dust jacket.

Publisher: Ure Smith

Year: 1975

Format: Hard cover

Pages: 64

ISBN: 0725402199

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SECOND HAND BOOK

The story of Ned Kelly and his notorious gang of bushrangers – their spectacular raids on banks and towns, the murders of 3 policemen at Stringybark Creek and of the informer Aaron Sherritt, the final shootout at Glenrowan – is a familiar and oft-told one in Australia. The editor has gone to the original sources – contemporary newspaper accounts, personal reminiscences, police reports – to retell the Kelly story as faithfully and as factually as possible. Lavishly illus. with reproductions of original line drawings from the Illustrated Australian News, the Illustrated Sydney News and the Australasian Sketcher, and with 9 colour plates from the famous ‘Ned Kelly’ series painted by one of Australia’s best-known contemporary artists, Sidney Nolan

Specifications:

Condition: very good, very minor wear on the edges of the dust jacket.

Publisher: Ure Smith

Year: 1975

Format: Hard cover

Pages: 64

ISBN: 0725402199

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Weight .57 kg
Dimensions 26.5 × 19.8 × 1.5 cm

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