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David O. Selznick's Hollywood

David O. Selznick's Hollywood

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew names in cinema history carry the weight of David O. Selznick, the visionary producer whose obsessive perfectionism gave the...
My War: More Than 150 Epic Events Of World War 2

My War: More Than 150 Epic Events Of World War 2

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slightly creased cover. The Second World War was the most devastating conflict in human history, and My...
Johnno: A Novel (SIGNED)

Johnno: A Novel (SIGNED)

$250.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: DJ: slightly worn; faded spine. Boards: slightly worn spine. Binding remains tight. Set against the sun-drenched, humid streets of...
The Journals Of Woodrow Wyatt (Three-Volume Set)

The Journals Of Woodrow Wyatt (Three-Volume Set)

$70.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in twentieth-century British public life possessed the singular vantage point of Woodrow Wyatt — industrialist, politician, journalist, and confidant to prime ministers...
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good booklet. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Binding intact, no loose pages. No stickers or labels present. 30pp. Part of the Leaders...
The Calvi Affair: Death Of A Banker

The Calvi Affair: Death Of A Banker

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A - Paperback with some wear and fading to cover. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact. b&w plates intact. A gripping work...
Russia Under The Old Regime

Russia Under The Old Regime

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some wear and minor soiling to covers. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings noted. Binding...
A Traveller's Life

A Traveller's Life

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Intact. A memoir of one of Britain's most beloved travel writers, A Traveller's Life chronicles...
The Sitwells: A Family's Biography

The Sitwells: A Family's Biography

$25.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Good, bright with no tears or chips, minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Remainder mark. Binding condition: Tight and secure. A richly...
Marie Stopes: A Biography

Marie Stopes: A Biography

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor wear to edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. Ruth Hall's Marie Stopes: A...
Victorian Gallery

Victorian Gallery

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some chipping at edges and corners, minor tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No markings noted. Binding condition: Binding...
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Laocoon

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Laocoon

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Last Laocoon by Robert Sklar...
Memoirs Of A Revolutionary: 1901-1941

Memoirs Of A Revolutionary: 1901-1941

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some light wear and fading to cover. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. A landmark...
Solzhenitsyn

Solzhenitsyn

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback with some wear on edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. A landmark work of Marxist literary criticism,...
Melville

Melville

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Creased spine ith minor creasing on cover. Part of the renowned Writers and Critics series, this...
Wolsey

Wolsey

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - card cover in good condition with minor yellowing and light wear to edges. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition:...
Grains Of Greatness

Grains Of Greatness

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A charming collection from the beloved British comedian and broadcaster Charlie...
Catherine The Great

Catherine The Great

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Catherine the Great by Zoé Oldenbourg is a sweeping...
The Empress Eugénie

The Empress Eugénie

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A richly detailed biographical work, The Empress Eugénie chronicles...
George Sand

George Sand

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A richly detailed biography, George Sand chronicles the extraordinary...
The Empress Josephine

The Empress Josephine

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A richly detailed biography, The Empress Josephine chronicles the...
The Life And Times Of Cleopatra

The Life And Times Of Cleopatra

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A richly detailed work of historical biography, The Life...
Always A Countryman

Always A Countryman

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Always A Countryman is a charming and reflective memoir...
Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World The Slaves Made

Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World The Slaves Made

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. In the shadow of the antebellum South, Eugene D. Genovese's Roll,...
A Mencken Chrestomathy: Edited And Annotated By The Author

A Mencken Chrestomathy: Edited And Annotated By The Author

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 6th pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good — pages intact, binding firm. Few American writers have wielded a...
Nestor Makhno: Le Cosaque de l'Anarchie

Nestor Makhno: Le Cosaque de l'Anarchie

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY** Condition: good. Jacket: N/A. Pages: good. Markings: unmkd. This biography traces Nestor Makhno's life and the Ukrainian anarchist movement, detailing the formation of free soviets,...
The Progressive Historians: Turner/Beard/Parrington

The Progressive Historians: Turner/Beard/Parrington

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears; clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Intact. At the crossroads of history and intellectual biography, Richard Hofstadter's...
No More War!

No More War!

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Review copy slip laid in. At the height of the...
[Unforgettable] - Незабываемое

[Unforgettable] - Незабываемое

$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks: **RUSSIAN TEXT ONLY** Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. One of the most harrowing love stories of the Soviet...
The Reign Of Elizabeth: 1558-1603

The Reign Of Elizabeth: 1558-1603

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: embossed stamp on fep. Usual shelf-wear. Few monarchs have so captivated the historical imagination as Elizabeth I,...
Henry James Letters: I. 1843 - 1875

Henry James Letters: I. 1843 - 1875

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. The private voice of one of literature's greatest masters finally speaks...
Lhasa: The Holy City

Lhasa: The Holy City

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, foxed and worn, pages holding well. A classic of travel and exploration...
Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell

$35.00 AUD
Edition: First Ed.Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed with age-related tanning. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Intact, no loose pages evident. A landmark work of historical biography,...
Stalin As Revolutionary 1879-1929: A Study In History And Personality

Stalin As Revolutionary 1879-1929: A Study In History And Personality

$50.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Faded spine. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure. A landmark work in...
The Man Who Was B. Traven

The Man Who Was B. Traven

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good — no loose pages or broken binding. One of literature's greatest mysteries —...
Russia Perceived: A Trans-Siberian Journey

Russia Perceived: A Trans-Siberian Journey

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. Few journeys capture the vast, enigmatic soul of a nation quite like a...
Mahatma Gandhi And His Apostles

Mahatma Gandhi And His Apostles

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good — no loose pages or broken binding. Few figures in modern history have...
Catherine The Great

Catherine The Great

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. Few rulers in history have commanded power with the audacity and brilliance of...
The Crisis Of The Negro Intellectual

The Crisis Of The Negro Intellectual

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good, lightly yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Intact. A landmark work in African American intellectual history, The Crisis...
George Eliot

George Eliot

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Usual shelf-wear. Faded spine. Few authors...
John Le Carré

John Le Carré

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few authors have so masterfully mapped the moral...
Émile Durkheim: With Selected Essays

Émile Durkheim: With Selected Essays

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few thinkers have shaped the modern understanding of human society as profoundly as Émile Durkheim,...
Hail, Life!

Hail, Life!

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: unmkd. Few novels in the Soviet literary canon carry the raw, autobiographical weight of Hail, Life! — a testament to...
The Great Fortune

The Great Fortune

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. At the precipice of the Second World War, a...
Ottoline: The Life Of Lady Ottoline Morrell

Ottoline: The Life Of Lady Ottoline Morrell

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Tears and chips along folds and corners of jacket. At...
The Ackerley Letters

The Ackerley Letters

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Yellowed with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Rubbed edges. Few figures in twentieth-century British letters were as magnetically singular as...
The Generation Of 1914

The Generation Of 1914

$45.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: unmkd. Binding condition: Good. In the years surrounding the First World War,...
God And Three Shillings: The Story Of The Brotherhood Of St Laurence

God And Three Shillings: The Story Of The Brotherhood Of St Laurence

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage — tears and chips along folds and corners of jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition:...