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A Pride Of Heroes

A Pride Of Heroes

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd impressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the gilded façade of Doddington Hall, an aristocratic English country house, something is rotten — and Detective Superintendent James Pibble is...
Judgment In Suspense

Judgment In Suspense

$12.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersIn the shadowy corridors of post-war British society, Judgment...
Sundry Fell Designs

Sundry Fell Designs

$25.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the tradition of golden-age British crime writing, Sundry Fell Designs draws readers into a world of cunning...
The Man Who Shot Birds: And Other Tales Of Mystery And Detection

The Man Who Shot Birds: And Other Tales Of Mystery And Detection

$150.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light chipping on edges of jacket but preserved in mylar sleeve - integrity good. Light foxing...
The Factory On The Cliff

The Factory On The Cliff

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFrom the windswept heights of a dramatic coastal setting, The Factory on the Cliff draws readers...
The Notched Hairpin

The Notched Hairpin

$80.00 AUD
Edition: First UK ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerA master of subtle deduction and razor-sharp reasoning, Gerald Heard's fictional detective Mr. Donahue — a thinly veiled homage...
A Close Call

A Close Call

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingA master of English rural fiction, Eden Phillpotts crafts another gripping tale in A Close Call, a work that draws on his signature blend...
Death Designs A Dress

Death Designs A Dress

$15.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingWhen murder infiltrates the glamorous world of haute couture, it stitches together a web of secrets, jealousy, and deadly ambition that no...
Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case

Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case

$45.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodA young woman moves into a charming English house and begins to experience unsettling flashes of memory — a strangled woman, a...
Dreadful Sanctuary

Dreadful Sanctuary

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWhat if the greatest threat to humanity's ambitions isn't sabotage from an enemy nation — but from something far closer to home? Dreadful Sanctuary...
The Missolonghi Manuscript

The Missolonghi Manuscript

$20.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat if Lord Byron, on the eve of his death in the fever-ridden Greek town of Missolonghi, committed his most intimate confessions...
Glass On The Stairs

Glass On The Stairs

$30.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedBehind every closed door in a quiet American household lies a secret someone is willing to kill to protect — and in...
The Path Of The King

The Path Of The King

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFrom a Viking longship to the forests of colonial...
A World Of Love

A World Of Love

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the sun-scorched landscape of rural Ireland, a household is haunted — not by ghosts, but by the lingering, suffocating...
Middlemarch: In Two Volumes; Volume Two

Middlemarch: In Two Volumes; Volume Two

$10.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerWidely regarded as the greatest novel in the English language, Middlemarch immerses the reader in the intricate social...
Pick Of Today's Short Stories: 9

Pick Of Today's Short Stories: 9

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe finest short fiction of the mid-twentieth century comes alive in Pick of Today's Short Stories 9, a...
4.50 From Paddington

4.50 From Paddington

$40.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tears along folds, now repaired with non-acidic tape. Otherwise structural When Elspeth McGillicuddy witnesses...
The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes

The Case-Book Of Sherlock Holmes

$12.00 AUD
Edition: ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingThe final curtain falls on the world's greatest detective in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, the last of four...
Daniel Martin

Daniel Martin

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of art, identity, and moral reckoning, John Fowles's Daniel Martin chronicles the introspective journey of a successful Hollywood screenwriter who, confronted...
The Angel And The Cuckoo

The Angel And The Cuckoo

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersCondition remarks: Light water damage to front of jacketIn the smoky, labyrinthine...
Brontë Sisters: Wuthering Heights; Jane Eyre

Brontë Sisters: Wuthering Heights; Jane Eyre

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingTwo of the most electrifying novels in the English literary canon are united in this single Chancellor Press volume — Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights...
Friday Or The Other Island

Friday Or The Other Island

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat happens when civilisation's most cherished myths are stripped away and a man is left alone with the...
The Spy

The Spy

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodIn the shadowy underworld of Tsarist Russia, a young man named Yevsey Klimkov is recruited into the secret police, drawn into a web of surveillance, betrayal,...
Jane Of Lantern Hill

Jane Of Lantern Hill

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn a story brimming with warmth, longing, and the quiet magic of self-discovery, Jane of Lantern Hill chronicles the journey of young...
Beyond The Chocolate War: A Novel

Beyond The Chocolate War: A Novel

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingThe halls of Trinity School have never truly been peaceful — but in Beyond the Chocolate War, Robert Cormier returns to their shadowed corridors...
Orchards: Seven Stories By Anton Chekhov And Seven Plays They Inspired

Orchards: Seven Stories By Anton Chekhov And Seven Plays They Inspired

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark theatrical experiment born from the marriage of Russian literary genius and contemporary American drama,...
The Vicar Of Wakefield; She Stoops To Conquer And Poems

The Vicar Of Wakefield; She Stoops To Conquer And Poems

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew writers of the eighteenth century managed to master the novel, the stage, and verse with equal brilliance — Oliver Goldsmith was one such rare exception,...
The Group

The Group

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedWhat happens when the gilded promise of a Vassar education collides with the messy, unforgiving realities of adult life? The...
To Cut A Long Story Short

To Cut A Long Story Short

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMaster storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns to his most beloved form in To Cut a Long Story Short, a razor-sharp collection of fifteen short...
Just So Stories: For Little Children

Just So Stories: For Little Children

$75.00 AUD
Edition: ReprintCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodFew books have so enchantingly explained the unexplainable as Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, a timeless collection of whimsical origin tales that answers life's most...
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club

$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodBefore there was a Victorian novel in the truest sense, there was The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club — Charles Dickens's uproarious debut...
The Young Visiters

The Young Visiters

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodOne of literature's most endearing and unlikely masterpieces, The Young Visiters is the remarkable story of the socially ambitious Alfred Salteena —...
Ralph Rashleigh

Ralph Rashleigh

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedRalph Rashleigh is one of the most remarkable and harrowing narratives to emerge from the convict era of colonial Australia...
Suzanne And Joseph Pasquier

Suzanne And Joseph Pasquier

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedIn the rich tapestry of early twentieth-century Paris, Suzanne and Joseph Pasquier immerses readers in the intimate and turbulent lives...
The History Man

The History Man

$60.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the centre of a turbulent 1970s British university campus stands Howard Kirk, a radical sociology professor whose calculated charm, political certainty, and voracious...
The Keys Of The Kingdom

The Keys Of The Kingdom

$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Tears on spineIn the rolling hills of Scotland and the distant, dangerous mission fields of China, The Keys of the...
Collected Stories

Collected Stories

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew voices in American literature resonate with the same raw, tender intensity as Tennessee Williams, and Collected Stories presents the full breadth of his singular...
The Miraculous Barber

The Miraculous Barber

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st eng ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingFrom the pen of one of France's most singular and subversive literary voices comes The...
Dominique

Dominique

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerA masterwork of restrained passion and psychological acuity, Dominique stands as one of the most celebrated French...
The Tragic Comedians: A Study In A Well-Known Story

The Tragic Comedians: A Study In A Well-Known Story

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFew novels dare to dramatise a real-life tragedy of passion and politics with...
The Wandering Jew: A Tale Of The Jesuits

The Wandering Jew: A Tale Of The Jesuits

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedFew novels of the nineteenth century ignited as fierce a cultural firestorm as Eugène Sue's The Wandering...
The Affair

The Affair

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedIn the cloistered world of a Cambridge college, a scandal threatens to unravel the carefully maintained fabric...
Earthly Powers

Earthly Powers

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingOne of the twentieth century's most audacious literary achievements opens with a line that immediately signals its ambition: an eighty-one-year-old homosexual novelist,...
Short Fiction Of The Masters

Short Fiction Of The Masters

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark collection in the tradition of literary education, Short Fiction of the Masters gathers some of the...
Another Life And The House On The Embankment

Another Life And The House On The Embankment

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markFrom the shadowed corridors of Soviet Moscow emerges a master of moral introspection: Yuri Trifonov's Another Life and The House on the Embankment...
The Coming Of Verity

The Coming Of Verity

$130.00 AUD
Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Mylar sleeve on jacket.In...
Five Plays

Five Plays

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingEdmund Wilson, one of the twentieth century's most formidable literary minds, steps beyond his celebrated role as critic and chronicler to present...
Tales From Shakespeare

Tales From Shakespeare

$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Ex-library with usual markings,Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.First published in 1807, Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and...