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The Holy Barbarians

The Holy Barbarians

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of cultural journalism and social criticism, The Holy Barbarians chronicles the Beat Generation subculture of Venice West, California, presenting...
Slipstream

Slipstream

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of Australian literary fiction, Slipstream chronicles the life of a man shaped by the vast, unforgiving landscapes...
The Green Mosaic: Memories Of New Guinea

The Green Mosaic: Memories Of New Guinea

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly evocative work of travel memoir and natural history, The Green Mosaic: Memories of New Guinea chronicles Eric C....
Settlers And Convicts: Recollections Of Sixteen Years' Labour In The Australian Backwoods

Settlers And Convicts: Recollections Of Sixteen Years' Labour In The Australian Backwoods

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA vivid and candid work of colonial memoir, Settlers and Convicts: Recollections of Sixteen Years' Labour in the Australian Backwoods chronicles the...
Staying On Alone: Letters Of Alice B. Toklas

Staying On Alone: Letters Of Alice B. Toklas

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rich and intimate work of epistolary nonfiction, Staying On Alone: Letters of Alice B. Toklas chronicles the final chapter...
The Court Of Versailles: In The Reign Of Louis Xiv

The Court Of Versailles: In The Reign Of Louis Xiv

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of historical non-fiction, this volume chronicles the dazzling and treacherous world of the French royal court...
Lesbos: The Pagan Island

Lesbos: The Pagan Island

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing and personal memoir, Lesbos: The Pagan Island chronicles Australian author Betty Roland's journey to the Greek...
Lillian Hellman: The Image, The Woman

Lillian Hellman: The Image, The Woman

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Remainder markA richly detailed literary biography, William Wright's work chronicles the turbulent life of one of America's most celebrated and controversial...
How It Was

How It Was

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping memoir by the fourth and final wife of Ernest Hemingway, How It Was chronicles the intimate details of...
Exiles At Home: Australian Women Writers 1925-1945

Exiles At Home: Australian Women Writers 1925-1945

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of Australian literary criticism and feminist scholarship, Exiles at Home chronicles the lives and careers of a...
The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire

The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA towering achievement of historical literature, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire chronicles the trajectory of one of...
The Wit Of Peter Ustinov

The Wit Of Peter Ustinov

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA delightful celebration of one of the twentieth century's most brilliantly comic minds, this collection compiled by Dick...
The Africans

The Africans

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of mid-twentieth-century fiction rooted in the political and cultural upheaval of post-colonial Africa, The Africans by Naomi Mitchison...
Historical Memoirs Of The Duc De Saint-Simon: A Shortened Version

Historical Memoirs Of The Duc De Saint-Simon: A Shortened Version

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A landmark work of historical memoir and primary source literature, Historical Memoirs of...
In The Psychiatrist's Chair

In The Psychiatrist's Chair

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work in popular psychology and biography, In the Psychiatrist's Chair presents a...
Life In Mexico

Life In Mexico

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of nineteenth-century travel literature, Life in Mexico chronicles the vivid observations of a Scottish-born woman who accompanied...
My Brother, Ernest Hemingway

My Brother, Ernest Hemingway

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A candid and deeply personal memoir, My Brother, Ernest...
I Heard The Old Men Say

I Heard The Old Men Say

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA rich work of South African history and folklore, I Heard the Old Men Say chronicles the remarkable...
When I Was Last On Cherry Street

When I Was Last On Cherry Street

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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Usual wear. Tight binding and clean pages. Foxing on block but does not extend internally. A...
Strange Communists I Have Known

Strange Communists I Have Known

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA compelling work of political history and memoir, Strange Communists I Have Known presents...
Gatsha Buthelezi: Chief With A Double Agenda

Gatsha Buthelezi: Chief With A Double Agenda

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA sharp and unflinching work of political biography and analysis, Gatsha Buthelezi: Chief With...
Two Dreisers

Two Dreisers

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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary criticism, Two Dreisers presents a rigorous and revelatory dual study of Theodore Dreiser, arguing that...
Namesake

Namesake

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsUnknown
The Oak And The Calf: Sketches Of Literary Life In The Soviet Union

The Oak And The Calf: Sketches Of Literary Life In The Soviet Union

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of literary memoir and political testimony, The Oak and the Calf...
Australia As It Is: Facts And Features, Sketches And Incidents Of Australia And Australian Life

Australia As It Is: Facts And Features, Sketches And Incidents Of Australia And Australian Life

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid piece of nineteenth-century travel writing and social observation, Australia As It Is: Facts And Features, Sketches And Incidents...
Advertisements For Myself

Advertisements For Myself

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA landmark work of American literary audacity, Advertisements for Myself presents Norman Mailer's bold and restless self-examination through...
California Classics: The Creative Literature Of The Golden State; Essays On The Books And Their Writers

California Classics: The Creative Literature Of The Golden State; Essays On The Books And Their Writers

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rich work of literary criticism and cultural history, California Classics: The Creative Literature...
Sappho's Island: A Paean For Lesbos

Sappho's Island: A Paean For Lesbos

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly evocative work of travel writing and cultural history, Sappho's Island: A Paean for Lesbos presents a lyrical portrait...
Alan Marshall Talking

Alan Marshall Talking

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA celebrated work of Australian autobiography and oral history, Alan Marshall Talking presents the beloved storyteller in intimate conversation, sharing...
Romantic Revolutionary: A Biography Of John Reed

Romantic Revolutionary: A Biography Of John Reed

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Some moisture damage Markings: Previous ownerA sweeping and authoritative biography, Romantic Revolutionary: A Biography of John Reed chronicles the extraordinary life of John...
Australia From A Woman's Point Of View

Australia From A Woman's Point Of View

$35.00 AUD
Edition: First Australian EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing and social observation, Australia From A Woman's Point Of View chronicles...
May Carstairs: A Succourer Of Many

May Carstairs: A Succourer Of Many

$75.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light foxing from age. A poignant historical document, May Carstairs: A Succourer Of Many offers a devout and...
C.G. Jung: The Haunted Prophet

C.G. Jung: The Haunted Prophet

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA probing and unflinching psychological biography, C.G. Jung: The Haunted Prophet chronicles the life of one...
Karo: The Life And Fate Of A Papuan

Karo: The Life And Fate Of A Papuan

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA compelling work of biographical history, Karo: The Life And Fate Of A Papuan...
African Heroes

African Heroes

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of historical narrative and biography, African Heroes chronicles the lives of remarkable individuals from across the African continent...
The Making Of Tania Hearst: How A Rich White Girl And A Black Police Spy Tried To Start The American Revolution

The Making Of Tania Hearst: How A Rich White Girl And A Black Police Spy Tried To Start The American Revolution

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA gripping work of investigative non-fiction, The Making of Tania Hearst: How a Rich White Girl and a Black Police...
Try: Try Youth And Community Services: The First 100 Years 1883-1983

Try: Try Youth And Community Services: The First 100 Years 1883-1983

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of institutional and social history, this centennial volume chronicles the first hundred years of Try Youth...
Solzhenitsyn

Solzhenitsyn

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary biography and political criticism, Giovanni Grazzini's Solzhenitsyn presents a sweeping portrait of one of the...
Pack Of Thieves?: 52 Port Arthur Lives

Pack Of Thieves?: 52 Port Arthur Lives

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly detailed work of Australian convict history, Pack of Thieves?: 52 Port Arthur...
Not For Rent: Conversations With Creative Activists In The U.K.

Not For Rent: Conversations With Creative Activists In The U.K.

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA vibrant work of cultural documentation, Not For Rent: Conversations With Creative Activists In...
Bubbles On The Surface: ... More Than A Catalogue

Bubbles On The Surface: ... More Than A Catalogue

$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsUnknown
Notes To My Sisters

Notes To My Sisters

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA heartfelt work of personal reflection and empowerment, Notes to My Sisters by Moni...
Brown Skins — Brown Paper (SIGNED)

Brown Skins — Brown Paper (SIGNED)

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: SignedUnknown
Hotel Splendide

Hotel Splendide

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA beloved classic of culinary memoir and comic autobiography, Hotel Splendide chronicles Ludwig Bemelmans's early years as a...
Everybody's Autobiography

Everybody's Autobiography

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of literary modernism, Everybody's Autobiography chronicles Gertrude Stein's celebrated...
Shevchenko The Man: The Intimate Life Of A Poet

Shevchenko The Man: The Intimate Life Of A Poet

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis richly detailed literary biography chronicles the intimate life of Taras Shevchenko, the towering...
The Journalistic Javelin: An Illustrated History Of The Bulletin [signed]

The Journalistic Javelin: An Illustrated History Of The Bulletin [signed]

$45.00 AUD
Edition: Limited edition no. 56 / 500Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: Good Markings: SignedA richly detailed work of Australian media history, The Journalistic Javelin: An Illustrated History of the...
The Illustrated Still Glides The Stream

The Illustrated Still Glides The Stream

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA tender and evocative work of autobiographical fiction, Still Glides the Stream chronicles the quiet rhythms of rural English life through the...