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Shakespeare And His World

Shakespeare And His World

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor damage and creasing. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Name plate on fep. Binding condition: Intact. A richly illustrated biographical study, Shakespeare and...
Out Of Africa

Out Of Africa

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Fair. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good; stained boards. Out of Africa is a celebrated autobiographical memoir that chronicles the seventeen years...
Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration

Sherlock Holmes: A Centenary Celebration

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good dust jacket with minor wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight binding, no loose pages. Published to mark one...
Selected Letters Of Henry James / Watch And Ward / Guy Domville

Selected Letters Of Henry James / Watch And Ward / Guy Domville

$120.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to Very Good. Jackets: Present on all three volumes — worn with some fading and minor edge wear. Pages: Yellowed. Markings: (in description). Binding: Appears intact...
The Life Of Aleksandr Blok (Two-Volume Set)

The Life Of Aleksandr Blok (Two-Volume Set)

$150.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Avril Pyman's two-volume biography stands as the definitive English-language account of Aleksandr Blok, the...
R.J. Mitchell: World-Famous Aircraft Designer; Schooldays To Spitfire

R.J. Mitchell: World-Famous Aircraft Designer; Schooldays To Spitfire

$45.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Usual shelf-wear. Few figures in British aviation history loom as...
The Mosquito Log

The Mosquito Log

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few aircraft captured the imagination of World War II as completely as...
Across The Bar: The Story Of 'simpson', The Man With The Donkey: Australia And Tyneside's Great Military Hero

Across The Bar: The Story Of 'simpson', The Man With The Donkey: Australia And Tyneside's Great Military Hero

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight and secure. One of the most enduring legends of the Gallipoli campaign,...
God's Frontiersmen: The Scots-Irish Epic

God's Frontiersmen: The Scots-Irish Epic

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good — jacket protected by mylar sleeve, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. From the rugged hills...
Rembrandt: In The Collections Of The National Gallery Of Victoria

Rembrandt: In The Collections Of The National Gallery Of Victoria

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A - softcover/catalogue format with tanning and yellowing to covers. Page Condition: Yellowed with tanning. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, usual shelf-wear. Few...
Herzen And Russia

Herzen And Russia

by -
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks: **RUSSIAN TEXT ONLY** Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded slipcase. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Few figures in Russian intellectual history burn as brightly as Alexander Herzen — revolutionary...
The Later Letters Of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873

The Later Letters Of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: gifter's inscription on fep. Binding condition: Good. Few intellectual figures of the nineteenth century left as rich...
Russian Contemporaries on K. Marx and F. Engels - Русские Современники О К.Марксе И Ф.Энгельсе

Russian Contemporaries on K. Marx and F. Engels - Русские Современники О К.Марксе И Ф.Энгельсе

by -
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks: **RUSSIAN TEXT ONLY** Condition: Good. Jacket: worn with minor wear along the edges. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: No binding issues noted. At the intersection...
Victoria With Love: Some Personal Views Of Life In Victoria, Australia

Victoria With Love: Some Personal Views Of Life In Victoria, Australia

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few places inspire such personal devotion as the state of Victoria, Australia — and this...
Henry Handel Richardson: The Letters

Henry Handel Richardson: The Letters

$150.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: VG. Jackets: VG. Slipcase: VG. Pages: bright. Marking: unmkd. Binding: tight. "Henry Handel Richardson: The Letters" compiles the Australian novelist's private correspondence into a three volume scholarly...
Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - card cover in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Few artists have burned as brightly — or...
Poems Of Henry Lawson

Poems Of Henry Lawson

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears, jacket protected by mylar sleeve. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few voices have...
Garry Ord's Friendship Book

Garry Ord's Friendship Book

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Warm, nostalgic, and deeply human, Garry Ord's Friendship Book is a celebration of...
Capturing The Golden Bird: The Young Hans Christian Andersen

Capturing The Golden Bird: The Young Hans Christian Andersen

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good — no tears, slight shelf-wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact. Before Hans Christian Andersen became the...
Autumn Memories: A Mccubbin Family Album

Autumn Memories: A Mccubbin Family Album

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Autumn Memories: A McCubbin Family Album opens a rare and intimate window into...
We Are Aboriginal: Our 100 Years: From Arnhem Land's First Mission To Ngukurr Today

We Are Aboriginal: Our 100 Years: From Arnhem Land's First Mission To Ngukurr Today

by -
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. Rubbed edges. Media included, A century of survival, resilience, and cultural continuity unfolds in We are...
The Unknown Matisse: A Life Of Henri Matisse: Volume One 1869-1908

The Unknown Matisse: A Life Of Henri Matisse: Volume One 1869-1908

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Tight and sound. Before Henri Matisse became the...
Army Australia

Army Australia

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. From the sun-scorched plains of the outback to the jungles of Southeast Asia, the Australian...
Australian Sporting Hall Of Fame

Australian Sporting Hall Of Fame

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good - no tears, worn but not faded. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure. Australia has always punched above...
Great British Writers

Great British Writers

by Various
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. From the fog-laden streets of Victorian London to the windswept moors of...
Matisse

Matisse

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Tear on back of jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: previous owner. Binding condition: Binding intact, pages secure. Few artists have...
World So Wide

World So Wide

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some chipping and wear to edges and corners. Pages: Yellowed and tanning visible on internal pages. Markings: No obvious markings visible. Binding: Appears...
Dashiell Hammett: A Life

Dashiell Hammett: A Life

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterfully researched biography, Dashiell Hammett: A Life chronicles the turbulent and...
The Macmillan Dictionary Of Biography

The Macmillan Dictionary Of Biography

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A comprehensive reference work, The Macmillan Dictionary of Biography presents thousands of...
Italian Opera: An Introduction Including Stories Of Twelve Famous Operas

Italian Opera: An Introduction Including Stories Of Twelve Famous Operas

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, with some minor chipping along edges and spine. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact hardcover. A richly informative guide...
Beethoven: The Pianoforte Sonatas

Beethoven: The Pianoforte Sonatas

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Part of the esteemed Musical Pilgrim series published by Oxford University Press,...
Réponses: The Autobiography Of Françoise Sagan

Réponses: The Autobiography Of Françoise Sagan

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A candid and captivating autobiography, Réponses presents the...
Matthew Flinders: 1774-1814

Matthew Flinders: 1774-1814

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, tears at top of jacket — some light yellowing to the top edge of the dust jacket. Pages: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight...
Mistinguett: Queen Of The Paris Night

Mistinguett: Queen Of The Paris Night

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good/Fair. Jacket: No dust jacket — cloth boards in red with wear and aging. Page Condition: Yellowed, with some tanning and foxing visible. Markings: No obvious markings...
The Albert Coates Story: The Will That Found The Way

The Albert Coates Story: The Will That Found The Way

$20.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Appears firm with no loose pages. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A compelling...
When Being Italian Was Difficult

When Being Italian Was Difficult

$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good, slight aging. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Binding appears intact. Notes: This is a...
Edward Marsh: Patron Of The Arts: A Biography

Edward Marsh: Patron Of The Arts: A Biography

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact, hardcover binding appears solid. Stickers/Labels: None visible. A landmark...
Middleton Vc

Middleton Vc

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: N/A (paperback). Page Condition: Good. Markings: sticker FEP. Binding: Appears intact. This compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life of Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume Middleton VC,...
The Story Of Mankind

The Story Of Mankind

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Fair to Poor. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed with tanning and foxing visible; some age-related browning. Markings: Previous owner markings possible; aged pages suggest heavy...
High Midnight

High Midnight

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Dust jacket present, slightly worn/faded at edges; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Intact hardcover. Set against the glittering backdrop of...
The Incurable Wound

The Incurable Wound

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: Worn/faded, some tears — the yellow dust jacket shows some age-related toning and light wear at edges and corners. Page Condition: Yellowed —...
The Writing On The Wall: And Other Literary Essays

The Writing On The Wall: And Other Literary Essays

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark collection of literary criticism, The Writing on the Wall and...
Matters Of Fact And Of Fiction

Matters Of Fact And Of Fiction

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark collection of critical prose from one of America's most celebrated...
Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark work of biographical literature, Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey chronicles...
The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas

The Autobiography Of Alice B. Toklas

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. One of the most celebrated works of literary modernism, The Autobiography of...
Claudine And Annie

Claudine And Annie

by Colette
$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Claudine and Annie is the fourth and final instalment in Colette's beloved...
The Music Masters 2: After Beethoven To Wagner

The Music Masters 2: After Beethoven To Wagner

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A fascinating survey of the Romantic era in classical music, The Music...
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure hardcover binding with no loose pages....