{"product_id":"1945-cullenbenbong-by-bernard-oreilly-antique-australian-fiction-book-1st","title":"1945 Cullenbenbong by Bernard O'Reilly Antique Australian Fiction Book 1st","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n \u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   1945 Cullenbenbong by Bernard O'Reilly Antique Australian Fiction Book 1st\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n   \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        Cullenbenbong\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        By Bernard O'Reilly\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\n        Published by W.R. Smith \u0026amp; Paterson Pty Ltd: Brisbane 1945 (2nd Impression)\n       \u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        \u003cstrong\u003e\n         With Original Decorated Cover\n        \u003c\/strong\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cbr\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        \"Cullenbenbong by Bernard O'Reilly is an affectionate collection of recollections and bush stories centred on the rural community and rugged country of his early life in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales. Drawing on personal memories and tales handed down around the family hearth, O'Reilly evokes the people, animals and landscapes of the valleys and creeks running into the Cox's River below Kanimbla. His account brings together the adventures of childhood, the personalities of country neighbours and the everyday experiences that gave an isolated community its distinctive character. The result is a warm portrait of Australian bush life, shaped by close family ties, local storytelling and a lasting attachment to place.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         \u003cbr\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         Across thirteen chapters, O'Reilly moves through subjects ranging from brumby running and a wallaby drive to rain, snow, the river and the older men whose experiences connected the community with its past. Humour and adventure sit alongside an appreciation of the natural surroundings, while the changing weather and demanding terrain form an essential part of the world he remembers. In his introduction, he freely acknowledges the imperfections of memory, presenting these stories as a personal recollection rather than a formal history. That conversational approach gives the book much of its charm, preserving the atmosphere of stories shared beside a winter fire and offering readers a vivid sense of the relationships between country people and their environment.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         \u003cbr\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         Published in Brisbane by W. R. Smith \u0026amp; Paterson Pty. Ltd., this April 1945 second impression followed the original printing of October 1944. The volume retains its original decorated cover, featuring a rural landscape framed by a striking patterned border, and includes a photographic frontispiece captioned \"In the Cullenbenbong Country.\" The photographed copy shows wear and creasing to the cover, deterioration around the spine and inner front hinge, age toning to the pages and a handwritten donation inscription beside the title-page gutter. An appealing early printing for readers and collectors of Australian bush memoirs, Blue Mountains regional literature and Bernard O'Reilly's writing, retaining the distinctive visual character of its original wartime publication.\"\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        \u003cbr\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        General wear and fading to covers and spine with splitting to outer hinges as shown. Pages clean and well presented. Complete in 206 pages this is a decent copy of a desirable Australian fiction book in good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n     \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     Size 18cm x 12cm x 1.25cm - 206 Pages\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/font\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Antique Books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51222024061067,"sku":null,"price":34.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/0770\/0875\/files\/9125e6de-22ea-47f2-98c9-124382b1a337.jpg?v=1794719834","url":"https:\/\/antiquebooksaustralia.com.au\/products\/1945-cullenbenbong-by-bernard-oreilly-antique-australian-fiction-book-1st","provider":"Antique Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}