Not Quite Straight - A Memoir

Smart, Jeffrey
1996 (First edition). William Heinemann Australia , Melbourne, Australia

This is Smart's first book and is a real delight being"elegant, observant and utterly engaging". the was one of the great and outrageous figures of Australian life being an expatriate Australian painter "known for his precisionist depictions of urban landscapes that are 'full of private jokes and playful allusions' " Born in July 1921 the died in 2013 in Tuscany his adopted new home.

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Specifications

Author Smart, Jeffrey
Publisher William Heinemann Australia
Place Published Melbourne, Australia
Year Published 1996 (First edition)
Date of First Edition
or Edition Notes
1996
Size 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm
Chapters Unspecified
Pages 464pp

Condition Report

Cover Hardcover in white textured paper with a dark blue title original a firm spine in excellent condition with minute shelf scuffing original lower edges only and with a faultless, illustrated dust wrapper depicting a departing truck original a bend in the road, protected in clear archival covering.
Overall Purely text internally with bright orange endpapers and a neat original signature of the author on the title page as well, the book is in pristine condition, being barely cover broken.