DEVANNY, JEAN.

Bird of Paradise.

Frank Johnson, Sydney, 1945. 284 pp, very fine copy in green, cloth boards.

-- Camberwell Books

Book number: 196849

Keywords: literature australia modern firsts world war two

DEVANNY, JEAN

The Butcher Shop

Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland University Press. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0196480019) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First NZ Edition. NZ Fiction originally published in 1926. Feminist writing, it was a success in the UK but banned in New Zealand, and later Australia for being "sordid, unwholesome and unclean" for its explicit condemnation of sexual oppression in marriage and the brutality of farm life. CONDITION 241 pages. Bright and crisp with mild handling signs and name inside front. #New Zealand Literature#. Very Good/N/A.

-- Ariel Books

Book number: 14190

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: 0196480019

DEVANNY, JEAN

The Butcher Shop. Edited and Introduced by Heather Roberts

Op. Auckland University Press / Oxford Univers. 1981, First Thus Edition. (ISBN: 0196480010) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. pp243. Exterior page edges yellowed, top edge foxed with some very sparse fox to foredge. Some very sparse fox to top of pretitle page. Otherwise clean & tight. NZ classic, first published in 1026 & banned in NZ & later Australia for '..being disgusting, indecent and communistic - in other words, for promoting revolutionary ideas about the role of women and for a bold portrayal of the brutaklity of farm life.'. Very Good.

-- Booked

Book number: 1006648

Catalogue: Fiction & Poetry New Zealand

Keywords: Fiction, New Zealand, Jean Devanny, the Butcher Shop 0196480010

DEVANNY, JEAN

The Butcher Shop

New York: The Macaulay Company, (c.1926). 1st U.S. edition. Hardcover. [solid copy, spine slightly turned, light age-toning to page edges, some pencil notations and previous owner's signature on ffep; jacket moderately edgeworn, some scuffing to front panel, chipping at top of spine, a couple of sticker-scars on spine]. The first published novel by this New Zealand-born writer (1894-1962), who later became a prominent speaker and activist on behalf of the Communist Party of Australia, and was well-known for her outspoken opinions on sexuality and women's rights. This early work, which depicts "the sacrifice of womanhood in the marriage marts" through the story of a woman who "represents modern intellectual unrest baffled by the staid existence of a pastoral community" and lets herself in for tragedy when "she wants to retain both her husband and her lover," was banned in New Zealand, Australia, Germany and parts of the U.S. The author was expelled from the Communist Party in 1941, ostensibly for "moral degeneracy," and later lamented that her involvement with the Party and its causes had prevented her from realizing her full potential as a writer (although she did publish over a dozen books, both fiction and non-fiction).. Very Good+ in Good dj .

-- ReadInk

Book number: 16419

Catalogue: Fiction: Vintage

Keywords: New Zealand Maoris Sexuality Feminism Marriage Banned Books Dust Jacket Art 1920s

DEVANNY, JEAN:

BY TROPIC SEA AND JUNGLE. Adventures in North Queensland.

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1944. Cloth, top edge soiled else v.g. in torn/def. d/w, pp. 230.

-- Serendipity Books

Book number: 75454

Keywords: Australia Queensland travel

DEVANNY, JEAN

By Tropic Sea and Jungle - Adventures in North Queensland

Sydney. 1944. Angus and Robertson. 1st Ed. X, 230 PP. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover. Covers rubbed, ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.2.

-- Maritime Books

Book number: 32249

Keywords: Queensland Australia

DEVANNY JEAN

By Tropic Sea and Jungle. Adventures in North Queensland

Australia, Angus & Robertson. 1944, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo. 230 pp, gutter slightly damaged on front and rear endpapers, d/j frayed showing water rings in various places. This book is like one of those gorgeous butterflies which drift down from North Queensland. It moves in the same graceful, erratic way, with flashes of vivid colour, free-and-easy, vital and intriguing. Good/Fair.

-- Dee Why Books

Book number: 78426

Catalogue: Australiana

Keywords: General Fiction

DEVANNY, JEAN

Cindie: A Chronicle of the Canefields

New York, Penguin Books - Virago Press. 1987. (ISBN: 0140161538). Soft Cover, 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall. Black marker stripe along bottom page edges, otherwise unmarked, clean copy. xii, 332pp. Introduction by Carole Ferrier. Very Good.

-- Turn-The-Page Books

Book number: 025842

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: 0140161538

DEVANNY JEAN

Paradise Flow

Australia, Hecate Press. 1985. (ISBN: 0959468846) Soft Cover. 56 pp, edited and with an introduction by Carole Ferrier, with a preface by Diane Menghetti. Very Good.

-- Dee Why Books

Book number: 47867

Catalogue: Entertainment

Keywords: Plays 0959468846

DEVANNY, JEAN

PARADISE FLOW.

London, Duckworth, 1938. First Edition, first printing. 288pp crown 8vo, ugly rebound ex-library copy, slightly trimmed, label, stamps and card pocket, hinge weak; text complete.

-- E.S.A.W. Books

Book number: nrr294

Catalogue: New Zealand

Keywords: AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND WOMEN

DEVANNY, JEAN; EDITED BY FERRIER, CAROLE,

Point of Departure: The Autobiography of Jean Devanny.

St. Lucia, Queensland, Univ. Of Queensland Press, 1986. 1st Thus. Hardcover., Vg+/Vg+. Pages: 332.

-- Vintage Books

Book number: MASTER025720I

Catalogue: Australia

DEVANNY, JEAN

POOR SWINE.

London, Duckworth, 1932. First Edition, first printing. 285,[3]pp cr 8vo original cloth. Small bookseller's stamp and trace of erased name and bookplate on endpaper (NOT ex-library), covers slightly marked and tiny tear at head of spine; good sound copy.

-- E.S.A.W. Books

Book number: nrr295

Catalogue: New Zealand

Keywords: AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S

DEVANNY, JEAN.

Sugar Heaven.

Modern Publishers, Sydney. 1936. 8vo, 317pp. A good paperback copy with a very canted spine and worn covers. Some foxing.

-- Sainsbury's Books

Book number: 72653

Keywords: Australian Literature

DEVANNY, JEAN.

Travels in North Queensland.

London, Jarrold, 1951. 251pp. With 25 photogr. illustrations. Orig. cloth with illustr. dustwrapper. Very good copy.

-- Antiquariat Manfred Nosbüsch

Book number: 33723AB

Keywords: Australien; Englisch

DEVANNY, JEAN

Travels in North Queensland.

. Original Cloth. Book, Jarrolds, London, 1951. Australiana, travel. Hbk, 251 pp w I, b/w ills, ex-library copy w usual ex-library distinctions, text yellowed, edges slightly soiled, recased w new eps, edgeworn, spine slightly sunned w gilt & ink lettering, fair copy.

-- Graham Toms, Fine and Rare Books

Book number: 004963

DEVANNY, JEAN

Travels in North Queensland

London. New York. Jarrolds 1951. 1st Edition. Impressively photo illustrated. Description: 251 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Queensland --Description and travel. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.Weight in Kg appr.: 1

-- MW Books

Book number: 115540

DEVANNY JEAN

Cindie

London, Virago Press Ltd. 1986, Reprint. (ISBN: 0860688054) Paperback. 332 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. This Is A Compelling Chronicle Of Plantation Life And Its Challenge. Very Good/No Jacket.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 066857

Catalogue: Australian - Modern Fiction

Keywords: 0860688054

DEVANNY JEAN

Cindie

London, Virago Press Ltd. 1986, Reprint. (ISBN: 0140161538) Paperback. 332 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. In August 1896 Randolph Biddow's Family Join Him On The Sugar-cane Plantation Of North Queensland. Very Good/None Issued.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 058911

Catalogue: Fiction - Popular Fiction

Keywords: 0140161538

DEVANNY JEAN

Cindie

London, Virago Press Ltd. 1986, Reprint. (ISBN: 0860688054) Paperback. 332 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. This Is A Compelling Chronicle Of Plantation Life And Its Challenge. As New/No Jacket.

-- Marlowes Books

Book number: 058127

Catalogue: Australian - Modern Fiction

Keywords: 0860688054