Classic Fiction (pre-1945)

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Riders In The Chariot

Riders In The Chariot

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the sun-scorched suburbs of post-war Sydney, four extraordinary souls — a mad spinster, an Aboriginal painter, a...
The Ebony Tower

The Ebony Tower

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom one of Britain's most celebrated and intellectually daring postmodern writers comes The Ebony Tower, a masterful collection of novellas that holds...
Death Likes It Hot

Death Likes It Hot

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed/.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: price clipped dj. Boards: clean and square - binding remains tight. Death Likes It Hot...
Penrod Jashber

Penrod Jashber

$40.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedIn the sun-drenched streets of a small American town, twelve-year-old Penrod Schofield and his irrepressible companion Sam...
Short Talks With The Dead And Others

Short Talks With The Dead And Others

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFrom one of Edwardian England's most formidable wits comes a collection of essays so sharp and spirited they feel as alive today...
The History Of The Adventures Of Joseph Andrews And His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams

The History Of The Adventures Of Joseph Andrews And His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingIn the golden age of the English novel, Henry Fielding's The History of the Adventures...
Poor Jack

Poor Jack

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerSet against the masts and tides of the Thames estuary in the late...
Roman Laughter: The Comedy Of Plautus

Roman Laughter: The Comedy Of Plautus

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of Roman theatrical tradition stands a playwright whose raucous, boundary-breaking comedies have entertained audiences...
Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me

Tomorrow In The Battle Think On Me

$55.00 AUD
Edition: advance reading copyCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat begins as an ordinary evening in Madrid spirals into something darkly unforgettable when...
Lin Mclean

Lin Mclean

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 3rd ed., - colonial ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerLong before the American West became myth, Owen...
Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodSet against the magnificent and turbulent backdrop of the Roman Empire at the time of Christ, Ben-Hur chronicles the extraordinary odyssey of Judah Ben-Hur...
Bud Abbott And Lou Costello: No. 27

Bud Abbott And Lou Costello: No. 27

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$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageLong before the silver screen gave way to the printed page, the legendary comedy duo of...
The Great Novels of Charles Dickens

The Great Novels of Charles Dickens

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image*The Great Novels of Charles Dickens* from Macmillan offers a curated journey through Dickens’s...
Collected Plays: Volume Five Part One

Collected Plays: Volume Five Part One

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBertolt Brecht's Collected Plays: Volume Five Part One presents one of the twentieth century's most formidable dramatic voices...
The Poetry Of Experience: The Dramatic Monologue In Modern Literary Tradition

The Poetry Of Experience: The Dramatic Monologue In Modern Literary Tradition

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of Romantic sensibility and Victorian poetic craft stands one of the most influential...
The Judge's Story

The Judge's Story

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerWhat happens when a man of unimpeachable integrity is drawn into a world of moral compromise...
Collected Short Stories

Collected Short Stories

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the mind of one of English literature's most celebrated voices comes a treasury of imagination and wit...
The Broken Wings

The Broken Wings

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodIn the sun-drenched streets of turn-of-the-century Beirut, a young man falls into a consuming, forbidden love — one that society, tradition, and...
The Comic World Of Dickens: The Wellers - Mrs Gamp - Mr Micawber

The Comic World Of Dickens: The Wellers - Mrs Gamp - Mr Micawber

by Various
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew authors have populated the English literary imagination with characters as vivid, absurd, and enduring as Charles Dickens,...
The Moods Of Ginger Mick

The Moods Of Ginger Mick

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Slipcase: GoodFrom the sun-baked laneways of inner-city Melbourne to the blood-soaked trenches of World War One, The Moods of Ginger Mick chronicles the...
The Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer

The Works Of Geoffrey Chaucer

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew names resonate through the corridors of English literary history with the enduring power of Geoffrey...
Œuvres Complètes

Œuvres Complètes

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: **FRENCH TEXT ONLY**Few thinkers have shaped the modern world as profoundly as Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu,...
Henry James Letters: Volume I, 1843–1875

Henry James Letters: Volume I, 1843–1875

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew windows into a literary genius are as intimate or as revealing as a collection of personal correspondence, and Henry James Letters:...
Roman Literature And Society

Roman Literature And Society

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of art and power, Roman Literature and Society by R. M. Ogilvie presents a sweeping and authoritative account of Latin literature...
The First Part Of The Delightful History Of The Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote Of The Mancha

The First Part Of The Delightful History Of The Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote Of The Mancha

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodOne of the most celebrated works in all of Western literature, Don Quixote of the Mancha chronicles the tragicomic adventures of Alonso Quixano, a Spanish gentleman...
English Poetry: In Three Volumes — Volume I: From Chaucer To Gray

English Poetry: In Three Volumes — Volume I: From Chaucer To Gray

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew collections have shaped the English-speaking world's understanding of its own poetic heritage quite like English Poetry: In Three Volumes — Volume I: From Chaucer to...
Sirius: A Fantasy Of Love And Discord

Sirius: A Fantasy Of Love And Discord

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean to be human — and what happens when a mind of surpassing intelligence is...
Lord Emsworth And Others

Lord Emsworth And Others

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingWelcome to the gloriously sunlit world of Blandings Castle, where the cabbages are...
The Heart Of A Goof

The Heart Of A Goof

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 8th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedFrom the undisputed master of British comic fiction comes a collection of short stories that transforms the genteel absurdity of the golf course into...
Mr. Mulliner Speaking

Mr. Mulliner Speaking

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 9th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedFrom the sun-drenched bar-parlour of the Angler's Rest, the irrepressible Mr. Mulliner holds court, spinning...
Jeeves And The Feudal Spirit

Jeeves And The Feudal Spirit

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerWhen Bertie Wooster's impulsive decision to grow a moustache sets off a chain of gloriously...
Blandings Castle And Elsewhere

Blandings Castle And Elsewhere

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 4th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedFrom the sunlit lawns and crumbling grandeur of a quintessentially English country estate, P. G. Wodehouse unleashes one of his most beloved comic playgrounds...
Uncle Fred In The Springtime

Uncle Fred In The Springtime

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedP.G. Wodehouse's Uncle Fred in the Springtime is a masterpiece of comic invention, plunging readers headlong into the gloriously absurd world of Blandings Castle,...
Very Good, Jeeves!

Very Good, Jeeves!

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 7th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingWhen the supremely unflappable Jeeves is once again called upon to rescue his well-meaning but catastrophically inept employer, Bertie Wooster, from a...
Nothing Serious

Nothing Serious

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedFrom the undisputed master of comic fiction comes Nothing Serious, a sparkling collection of ten short stories that showcases P.G. Wodehouse at his most...
Summer Moonshine

Summer Moonshine

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedFrom the master of English comic fiction comes Summer Moonshine, a gloriously farcical novel set against the backdrop of a crumbling English country house and the...
Right Ho, Jeeves

Right Ho, Jeeves

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 5th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingFew comic partnerships in English literature have endured quite like that of Bertie Wooster and his unflappable manservant Jeeves, and Right Ho,...
The Code Of The Woosters

The Code Of The Woosters

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 6th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedWhat happens when an amiable, silver-tongued young man of leisure is blackmailed into stealing a policeman's helmet, outwitting a proto-fascist country squire, and navigating...
A Raw Youth

A Raw Youth

$45.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: price clipped dj. In the turbulent social landscape of nineteenth-century Russia, a young man consumed by ambition, illegitimacy, and a desperate...
The Allegory Of Love: A Study In Medieval Tradition

The Allegory Of Love: A Study In Medieval Tradition

$25.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: - contains pencil markingsFew works of literary scholarship have proven as enduring and revelatory as...
Biggles & Co.

Biggles & Co.

$20.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerFew characters in British adventure fiction have matched the sky-bound daring of James Biggles Bigglesworth, and Biggles...
The Poor Parson

The Poor Parson

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: YellowedCondition remarks: significant wear evident throughout, particularly along the spine and joints. Binding: Original cloth or paper covered boards, with the spine severely worn and cracking,...
The Razor's Edge: A Novel

The Razor's Edge: A Novel

$300.00 AUD
Edition: First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: unclipped dj - worn, faded and chipped. Binding slightly shaky. What does it mean to...
The Young Desire It (SIGNED)

The Young Desire It (SIGNED)

$2,200.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: DJ: chipped and worn spine, unclipped, in mylar. Binding: Slight lean to book,...
An Imaginary Life (SIGNED)

An Imaginary Life (SIGNED)

$275.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedWhat happens when a man of words is stripped of his language, his culture, and his identity, and cast...
Chosen People

Chosen People

$1,400.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Original blue cloth, but the spine has sunned/faded to a grey-brown tone...
Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer

Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer

$250.00 AUD
Edition: First UK EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Small marking on reverse fep (top left corner); otherwise, internally sound. Binding remains tight. Unclipped dj. In...
The Hobbit: Or There And Back Again (SIGNED)

The Hobbit: Or There And Back Again (SIGNED)

$6,500.00 AUD
Edition: Limited Numbered and Signed Edition - No. 90 0f 250 copies. Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Signed and Numbered by the artist. In a hole...