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The Tiger In The Smoke
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the fog-shrouded streets of postwar London, a city still haunted by the wounds of war, Margery Allingham's The Tiger...
Philby: The Spy Who Betrayed A Generation
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Edition: 2nd Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew betrayals in modern history cut as deep as that of Harold Kim Philby — a senior British...
Blitz: A Novel Of Wartime London
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLondon, 1940: the skies burn orange and the city trembles beneath the relentless thunder of Luftwaffe bombers in David Fraser's gripping wartime novel Blitz:...
The Snow Goose
$15.00 AUD
Edition: 14th aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the lonely marshes of the Essex coast, where the great grey birds wheel and cry against a leaden...
Selected Poems 1957-1981
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the brooding landscapes of Yorkshire to the mythic world of animal and elemental forces, Ted Hughes crafted...
Sir Michael And Sir George: A Tale Of Comsa And Discus And The New Elizabethans
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the grand tradition of British satirical fiction, Sir Michael and Sir George skewers the pomp and...
Lost Empires
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the smoky gaslit world of Edwardian music halls in the final months before the First...
Adam In Moonshine — Benighted
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodTwo early masterworks from one of Britain's most versatile literary talents are united in this handsome omnibus volume, offering readers both the romantic escapism of Adam...
Midnight On The Desert: A Chapter Of Autobiography; Rain Upon Godshill: A Further Chapter Of Autobiography
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers of the twentieth century possessed both the prolific output and the reflective depth of J....
Wonder Hero
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the glittering yet hollow world of manufactured celebrity, Wonder Hero strips bare the machinery of fame...
They Walk In The City
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the teeming, indifferent sprawl of 1930s London, two young northerners — Rose Salter and Edward Fielding...
Margin Released: A Writer's Reminiscences And Reflections
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers of the twentieth century possessed the breadth of experience and sheer literary range of J.B....
Angel Pavement
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the grey, grinding heart of 1930s London, a small, unremarkable veneer-trading firm called Twigg & Dersingham...
Faraway
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingRestlessness, romance, and the intoxicating call of the unknown drive J. B. Priestley's Faraway, a sweeping adventure...
Let The People Sing
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the grand tradition of English comic fiction, Let the People Sing is a boisterous, warm-hearted romp...
Daylight On Saturday
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the relentless grind of a British aircraft factory during the darkest years of the Second...
Great Expectations
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew novels in the English literary canon have captured the anguish of social ambition and the hunger...
The Way Of All Flesh
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew novels have cut as deeply into the hypocrisy of Victorian family life as Samuel Butler's The...
Barchester Towers
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the cloistered world of a mid-Victorian cathedral city, a bitter war for ecclesiastical power ignites the...
Mr. Midshipman Easy
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingSet against the thunderous backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, Mr. Midshipman Easy is a rollicking nautical adventure...
Cranford
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingIn the quiet, genteel village of Cranford, where the elegant economy of its predominantly female inhabitants reigns...
The Mill On The Floss
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew novels capture the ache of childhood longing and the suffocating grip of provincial society quite like...
London: The Glamour Years 1919-39
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBetween the armistice of 1918 and the gathering storm of the Second World War, London blazed with an extraordinary energy...
The First Ten Penguins
$110.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; pamphlet included; faded slipcase; A landmark moment in publishing history, The First Ten Penguins is a facsimile...
Edwardian Pigs
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageStep back into the golden pastoral world of Edwardian England through this enchanting volume from The Cameo Collection...
All The Queen's Men
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the glittering yet treacherous world of the Elizabethan court, power was never inherited — it was seized,...
The Life And Times Of King George Vi
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Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew monarchs have been thrust so unexpectedly into the crucible of history as King George VI, a man who became...
Wish You Were Here: The English At Play
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA wry and affectionate portrait of a nation at leisure, Wish You Were Here: The English...
Somerset Maugham
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew writers of the twentieth century mastered the art of storytelling with such effortless cunning as William Somerset Maugham — and Anthony...
Persons Of Consequence: Queen Victoria & Her Circle
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn Persons of Consequence: Queen Victoria and Her Circle, Louis Auchincloss presents an incisive and elegantly crafted portrait of Victorian England through the lives of...
Robin Hood
$65.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: NewJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodCondition remarks: new in original plastic wrapper; Few legends have captured the hearts and imaginations of readers across centuries quite like that of Robin Hood...
Under Milk Wood: A Play For Voices
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodIn the imagined Welsh seaside village of Llareggub, a single spring day unfolds in all its glorious, bawdy, and lyrical chaos — and Dylan...
Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Imphal & Kohima: October 1943 To July 1944
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign includedIn the steaming jungles of northeast India, two battles — Imphal and Kohima...
Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Burma: The Chindits, January 1943 To March 1944
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included. In the steaming jungles of Burma, a daring and unconventional military force...
Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Malta, Islands Under Siege, Eyewitness Epic Struggle
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIssue 13 of Images of War: The Real Story of World War II chronicles one of the most...
Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Battle Of Britain: 1 July To 31 October 1940
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign included. In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against the...
Images Of War: The Real Story Of World War Ii - Dunkirk 10 May To 4 June 1940
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; souvenir newspaper and campaign includedFew episodes in military history carry the weight of Dunkirk —...
The Royal Tour 1901: Or The Cruise Of H.M.S. Ophir
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the spring of 1901, a freshly crowned monarchy set sail on one of the most ambitious diplomatic voyages in British imperial history —...
The Vicar Of Wakefield; She Stoops To Conquer And Poems
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodOliver Goldsmith stands as one of the most brilliantly versatile figures of eighteenth-century English literature, and this collected volume brings together three of his most celebrated...
Samuel Pepys: The Saviour Of The Navy
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFew figures in English history straddle the worlds of intimate private life and momentous public service quite like...
A Dance To The Music Of Time: Complete 12-Volume Set
$120.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew works of English literature match the sheer ambition and elegance of Anthony Powell's A Dance to the...
Works: Plays (Three-Volume Set)
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFew writers captured the conscience of twentieth-century Britain with the same commanding force as J. B. Priestley,...
The Australians At The Boer War (SIGNED)
$200.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: dj within mylar, taped to boards; some glue residue on the pastedown; binding slightly shaky;...
The Citizen Of The World: Or Letters From A Chinese Philosopher Residing In London To His Friends In The East
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodWhat if the sharpest critic of Georgian England were not a native son, but a fictional Chinese philosopher writing home with bemused, devastating wit? First...
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...
Countrygoer In The Dales
$15.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: fep clippedA passionate love letter to one of England's most breathtaking landscapes, Countrygoer in the Dales draws readers into...
Paved With Gold: Or The Romance And Reality Of The London Streets
$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Some moisture damageCondition remarks: good for age - worn and frayed boards with some discolouration; pages -...
This Is Ireland: Ulster And The City Of Belfast
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingBefore the Troubles carved their divisions into the landscape, Ulster stood as a province of quiet grandeur, rugged coastlines,...