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Dad Stories (SIGNED)
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSome bonds defy simple description — they are felt in quiet moments, inherited lessons, and the...
The Folio Book Of Humorous Anecdotes
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodLaughter, it turns out, is one of the most faithfully recorded phenomena in human history — and The Folio Book of Humorous Anecdotes is its...
Short Stories
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodFew writers possessed the cool, unsentimental eye for human frailty that W. Somerset Maugham brought to the short story form, and this Folio Society collection...
The Canterbury Tales
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodFew works in the English literary canon can claim the enduring power and vivid humanity of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales — a magnificent collection...
The Best After-Dinner Stories
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodThere is a particular art to the after-dinner story — the perfectly timed anecdote, the slow-burn wit, the punchline that lands like a well-placed...
Japanese Art: 110 Full Colour Illustrations
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFew artistic traditions rival the breathtaking elegance and philosophical depth of Japan's visual heritage, and Japanese Art: 110 Full Colour Illustrations presents a stunning...
The Christopher Robin Story Book: From When We Were Very Young, Now We Are Six, Winnie-The-Pooh, The House At Pooh Corner
$90.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: worn and frayed boards with light soiling; binding fragilel...
What A Scream!: And Other Stories
$90.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the golden age of British comic writing comes What A Scream! And Other Stories,...
The Four Million
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodNew York City has never felt so intimate, so electric, or so achingly human as it does...
The New Testament In Modern English
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodAt a time when the ancient scriptures felt increasingly remote from everyday life, J. B. Phillips undertook a monumental...
Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám: Rendered Into English Verse By Edward Fitzgerald; Followed By Euphranor: A Dialogue On Youth; And Salámán And Absál: An Allegory Translated From The Persian Of Jámi
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOne of the most celebrated works of world poetry, the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám presents Edward FitzGerald's...
Greek Tragedies: Volume 2
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of myth, morality, and human suffering stands the enduring tradition of Greek tragedy — and...
Lou-Lan And Other Stories
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the vast, sun-scorched deserts of Central Asia, a vanished city holds the secrets of an entire civilisation...
The Complete Poetry & Selected Prose Of John Milton
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew voices in the English literary canon resonate with the grandeur and moral gravity of John...
The Vintage Mencken
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew voices in American letters have ever cut as sharply, or laughed as loudly, as that of H.L....
The Love Object
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the quiet devastation of ordinary lives, Edna O'Brien's The Love Object presents a masterful collection of short...
Euripides: Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis, The Bacchae
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the sunlit theatres of ancient Athens comes the electrifying dramatic genius of Euripides, the most...
Little Children
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWilliam Saroyan's Little Children is a luminous collection of short stories that captures the raw, tender pulse of...
A Small Book Of Grave Humour
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat lies beneath our feet may be solemn, but what is carved in stone above it...
The Collected Poems Of A. E. Housman
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew poets have captured the bittersweet ache of youth, mortality, and the English...
Short Circuits
$40.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingFrom the pen of Canada's most celebrated humorist comes Short Circuits, a sparkling...
Sir Gawain And The Green Knight
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the frost-bitten halls of Camelot to an eerie green chapel lost in a wild winter...
Modern Short Stories
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the classrooms of Melbourne's Church of England Grammar School to the wider world of literary appreciation, Modern...
Australian Pageant
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rich and vivid tapestry of Australian life, history, and landscape, Australian Pageant is...
The Poetical Works Of Adam Lindsay Gordon
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the sun-scorched plains of colonial Australia to the fog-shrouded racetracks of England, the verse...
Matthew Henry's Commentary: On The Whole Bible In One Volume
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodFew works in the history of Christian literature have endured with the authority and reverence commanded by Matthew Henry's Commentary...
Power For Mission: A Panorama Of The Dynamic And Effect Of The Holy Spirit Movement In The Seventies
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of faith and cultural transformation, Power for Mission presents a sweeping panorama of one of...
The World And Other Places
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFrom one of Britain's most daring and lyrical voices comes The World and Other Places, a spellbinding collection of short stories that traverse the boundaries between...
The Bond Of Poetry: A Book Of Verse For Australasian Schools
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersA cornerstone of Australasian literary...
Mungo Maccallum's Australian Political Anecdotes
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: stained book block; From the smoke-filled back rooms of colonial governance to the bear pit of modern Parliament House, Australian political life...
Readings In Australian Government
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedCondition remarks: some foxing on the book block; At the crossroads of democratic theory and practical governance,...
This Is My Philosophy: Twenty Of The World's Outstanding Thinkers Reveal The Deepest Meanings They Have Found In Life
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingWhat does it mean to live a life of genuine meaning? This is My Philosophy presents a remarkable...
The History Today Companion To British History
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the Roman invasion to the modern age, The History Today Companion to British History stands as an authoritative and comprehensive reference work...
The Lilt Of The Irish: An Encyclopedia Of Irish Folklore And Humor
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew cultures have woven their soul so vividly into story and song as the Irish, and The Lilt of the Irish: An...
The Decameron
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodIn the shadow of the Black Death that devastated fourteenth-century Florence, ten young Florentines flee the plague-ridden city...
Treasury Of World Masterpieces: Tess Of The D'Urbervilles; The Mayor Of Casterbridge; Far From The Madding Crowd
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedFew names in English literature carry the weight of Thomas Hardy, whose unflinching portraits of rural life, tragic fate,...
Looking At Life: 'New Statesman' View
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: small markings on contents pages, text remain clean; dj chipped and torn with some...
The Australian Dream
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to be Australian? The Australian Dream, edited by the eminent historian Ian...
The Existential Imagination: From De Sade To Sartre
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when the darkest recesses of the human condition are given literary form? The Existential Imagination: From...
The Oxford Book Of Ballads
$15.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew literary forms capture the raw pulse of human experience quite like the ballad — and The Oxford Book...
Collected Poems
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerAmong the most dazzling intellects of the English Augustan Age, Alexander Pope crafted verse of such precision, wit, and satirical force that...
The Nigger Of The 'Narcissus'; Typhoon; The Shadow Line
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThree of Joseph Conrad's most celebrated novellas are gathered in this essential volume, each a masterclass...
Social Contract
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodAt the heart of modern political thought lies a single, electrifying question: on what terms do individuals surrender their freedoms to a...
The Great God Mogadon And Other Plays
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the irreverent pen of one of Australia's most celebrated comic dramatists comes a collection of plays that...
Selected Poems
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the rugged landscapes of Australia to the intimate corridors of human consciousness, Rodney Hall's Selected Poems presents...
Consolidation: The Second Paperback Poets Anthology
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark gathering of voices from the Australian poetic landscape, Consolidation: The Second Paperback Poets Anthology...
Edmund Spenser's Poetry
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew poets have shaped the English literary imagination as profoundly as Edmund Spenser, whose works stand as monuments...
Dreaming Backwards: The Selected Poetry Of Eli Mandel
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTo read Eli Mandel is to be pulled into a current that flows simultaneously forward and back —...