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Ultima Thule
by Henry Handel
This book is missing it's dust cover but remains in very good condition overall with some minor wear and previous owner's name penned inside the front cover (see pictures)
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is a three-part novel by Australian writer Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson under her pen name, Henry Handel Richardson. It consists of Australia Felix (1917), The Way Home (1925), and Ultima Thule (1929). Ultima Thule was a medieval geographic term to denote a distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world" and refers to a house built by a character in the trilogy. The trilogy was acclaimed for its rich characterizations and then-startling depiction of mental illness attacking an otherwise respectable person, while his much-younger wife, who does not think herself clever, must become resourceful with a high-level of uncomfortable capability. In recent years, it has been recognised as a graphic description of the onset and evolution of young onset dementia caused by neurosyphilis, the condition from which the author's father died.
The book is based, at least in outline, on events in the life of Richardson's parents, Walter Lindesay Richardson and Mary Bailey, though it should not be considered a biography, as many major and minor changes were made. Ultima Thule won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for 1929.
Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (3 January 1870 – 20 March 1946), known by her pen name Henry Handel Richardson, was an Australian author.
by Henry Handel
This book is missing it's dust cover but remains in very good condition overall with some minor wear and previous owner's name penned inside the front cover (see pictures)
The Fortunes of Richard Mahony is a three-part novel by Australian writer Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson under her pen name, Henry Handel Richardson. It consists of Australia Felix (1917), The Way Home (1925), and Ultima Thule (1929). Ultima Thule was a medieval geographic term to denote a distant place located beyond the "borders of the known world" and refers to a house built by a character in the trilogy. The trilogy was acclaimed for its rich characterizations and then-startling depiction of mental illness attacking an otherwise respectable person, while his much-younger wife, who does not think herself clever, must become resourceful with a high-level of uncomfortable capability. In recent years, it has been recognised as a graphic description of the onset and evolution of young onset dementia caused by neurosyphilis, the condition from which the author's father died.
The book is based, at least in outline, on events in the life of Richardson's parents, Walter Lindesay Richardson and Mary Bailey, though it should not be considered a biography, as many major and minor changes were made. Ultima Thule won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal for 1929.
Ethel Florence Lindesay Richardson (3 January 1870 – 20 March 1946), known by her pen name Henry Handel Richardson, was an Australian author.
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Books will be shipped in either a solid cardboard box (made from re-purposed grocery store boxes) or well wrapped inside a bubble-wrap envelope. Larger soft cover books or magazines will be placed inside a plastic protector, and shipped with cardboard backing inside a reinforced mailing envelope. My packing methods will always protect the item from harm incurred during shipping.
If you have any special requirements or concerns I will be happy to hear from you and ship according to your preferences so long as costs remain within the shipping price.
