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Dad Stories (SIGNED)

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

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

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

The Canterbury Tales

by Chaucer
$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

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

Japanese Art: 110 Full Colour Illustrations

by -
$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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sir Gawain And The Green Knight

by -
$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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Collected Poems

by Pope
$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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 —...