Classic Fiction (pre-1945)

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Janie Mclachlan

Janie Mclachlan

$20.00 AUD
Author: H.A. LindsayBinding: HardbackPublished: Robert Hale, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsA solitary figure stands on rugged coastal rocks, gazing out at the turbulent sea....
Rhesos

Rhesos

$40.00 AUD
Author: Euripides; Richard Emil Braun (trans.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, New York, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book presents a classical Greek tragedy. The narrative examines...
Amphitryon 38: Comédie En Trois Actes

Amphitryon 38: Comédie En Trois Actes

$20.00 AUD
Author: Jean GiraudouxBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen Educational Ltd, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents Jean Giraudoux's comedic play, "Amphitryon 38," structured in three acts. The narrative...
Thule

Thule

$15.00 AUD
Author: Marjorie LawBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson, Australia, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsIt is 1944 and Melbourne is in the grip of rationing and war fever....
Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

$25.00 AUD
Author: Jonathan SwiftBinding: HardbackPublished: Constable, 1961Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book recounts the extraordinary voyages of Lemuel Gulliver. Gulliver encounters various fantastical lands and their unique...
The Golden Treasury; With A Fifth Book Selected By John Press

The Golden Treasury; With A Fifth Book Selected By John Press

$15.00 AUD
Author: Francis Turner PalgraveBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1980Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThe Golden Treasury presents a curated collection of literary works. This volume...
The Great Oak

The Great Oak

$15.00 AUD
Author: Jack LindsayBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1957Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsA man in period attire gazes upward, his expression conveying a sense of...
Poetical Works Of Henry Lawson

Poetical Works Of Henry Lawson

$15.00 AUD
Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, Australia, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of poetic works. The cover illustration depicts a scene...
The Colour Of Cockcrowing And Other Poems

The Colour Of Cockcrowing And Other Poems

$15.00 AUD
Author: T. H. JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a collection of poetic works. These verses offer readers a journey through...
Alicia In Terra Mirabili

Alicia In Terra Mirabili

$40.00 AUD
Author: Ludovici Carroll; Carruthers, Clive Harcourt (translator)Binding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1964Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a Latin translation of a...
Selected Poems

Selected Poems

$75.00 AUD
Author: Boris Pasternak; Translated from the Russian by J. M. Cohen; Donia Nachshen (illustrator)Binding: HardbackPublished: Lindsay Drummond Limited, 1946Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis volume...
Remorse: 1813

Remorse: 1813

$50.00 AUD
Author: Samuel Taylor ColeridgeBinding: HardbackPublished: Woodstock Books, 1989Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis literary work presents a compelling tragedy, originally staged in 1813. The narrative unfolds with...
Petronii Arbitri. Cena Trimalchionis

Petronii Arbitri. Cena Trimalchionis

$65.00 AUD
Author: Martin S. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1975Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents 'Cena Trimalchionis', a significant portion of Petronius's Satyricon. The...
Cakes And Ale; Or, The Skeleton In The Cupboard

Cakes And Ale; Or, The Skeleton In The Cupboard

$40.00 AUD
Author: W. Somerset MaughamBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1970Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCakes and Ale; or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard offers a satirical look at...
Sybil Or The Two Nations

Sybil Or The Two Nations

$30.00 AUD
Author: Benjamin DisraeliBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1983Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSybil or The Two Nations is a significant work of 19th-century literature. The narrative...
The Ship Of Fools

The Ship Of Fools

$40.00 AUD
Author: Sebastian BrantBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1971Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work presents a vivid allegorical journey, where a vessel transports a diverse collection...
Sir Roger De Coverly

Sir Roger De Coverly

$25.00 AUD
Author: Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele & Eustace BudgellBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1967Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume presents a collection of literary works centered...
It

It

$180.00 AUD
Author: Stephen KingBinding: HardbackPublished: Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom, 1986Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe cover features a menacing clown's face inverted, with a dilapidated house emerging from its...
They Change Their Skies

They Change Their Skies

$15.00 AUD
Author: Letitia Preston OsborneBinding: HardbackPublished: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1945Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tearPages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores themes of migration, identity, cultural adaptation, and personal transformation....
Doctor At Sea

Doctor At Sea

$15.00 AUD
Author: Richard GordonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, London, 1955Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis novel presents a comedic narrative centered on the experiences of a medical professional aboard...
Plautus: Miles Gloriosus

Plautus: Miles Gloriosus

$15.00 AUD
Author: PlautusBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvard University Press, 1970Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerMiles Gloriosus is a comedic play from ancient Rome. The narrative centers on a...
The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus The King; Oedipus At Colonus

The Three Theban Plays: Antigone; Oedipus The King; Oedipus At Colonus

$35.00 AUD
Author: SophoclesBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1982Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis volume collects three seminal works of ancient Greek drama. The narratives follow the tragic fate of...
Prose Works Of Henry Lawson

Prose Works Of Henry Lawson

$20.00 AUD
Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, Australia, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe cover art depicts a solitary figure seated by a glowing campfire amidst a...
The Mimic Men

The Mimic Men

$15.00 AUD
Author: V. S. NaipaulBinding: HardbackPublished: Andre Deutsch, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsRalph Singh, a former politician from a fictional Caribbean island, recounts his life story from...
The Mustard Seed

The Mustard Seed

$20.00 AUD
Author: Vicki BaumBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1953Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe novel set in post war America with an Italian Giano who is brought to the...
A Thousand Summers

A Thousand Summers

$15.00 AUD
Author: Garson KaninBinding: HardbackPublished: Granada, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a narrative centered around human relationships and emotional depth. The cover art, featuring delicate...
The Girl In A Swing

The Girl In A Swing

$15.00 AUD
Author: Richard AdamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Allen Lane, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA captivating narrative unfolds around a mysterious woman and the enigmatic circumstances that surround her. The...
Rudyard Kipling: Realist And Fabulist

Rudyard Kipling: Realist And Fabulist

$20.00 AUD
Author: Bonamy DobréeBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1967Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a critical examination of Rudyard Kipling's literary contributions. It analyzes...
Oliver Twist: Abridged Edition

Oliver Twist: Abridged Edition

$15.00 AUD
Author: Charles DickensBinding: HardbackPublished: Dean & Son, 1111Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerOliver Twist, a young orphan, endures a harsh existence in a workhouse before escaping to...
James Bryce ( Two-Volume Set))

James Bryce ( Two-Volume Set))

$50.00 AUD
Author: H. A. L. FisherBinding: HardbackPublished: The Macmillan Company, 1927Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis set details the life and times of James Bryce, Viscount Bryce of...
The Theatre of Aristophanes

The Theatre of Aristophanes

$25.00 AUD
Author: Kenneth McleishBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, London, 1980Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe book focuses on the Athenian theatre of Dionysos in the 5th century BC,...
Aeschylus: The Oresteian Trilogy (SIGNED)

Aeschylus: The Oresteian Trilogy (SIGNED)

$100.00 AUD
Author: Rush RehmBinding: HardbackPublished: Hawthorn Press Melbourne, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book presents a comprehensive analysis of Aeschylus's Oresteian Trilogy. The work provides readers...
Sophocles: Oedipus the King

Sophocles: Oedipus the King

$15.00 AUD
Author: Sophocles; Berg, Stephen; Clay, DiskinBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, USA, 1978Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerA tragic play unfolds. Fate and free will intertwine....
A Selection of Poems by Robert Bloomfield

A Selection of Poems by Robert Bloomfield

$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert Bloomfield; Edited with an introduction by Roland GantBinding: HardbackPublished: The Grey Walls Press, 1947Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis anthology presents a curated selection of...
Selected Poem's Of Henry Lawson

Selected Poem's Of Henry Lawson

$25.00 AUD
Author: Henry LawsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Sydney, Angus and Robertson Ltd, 1980Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsHenry Lawson's selected poems present a collection of evocative verses. Lawson's poetry often reflects...
The Tortoise And The Hare

The Tortoise And The Hare

$25.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth JenkinsBinding: HardbackPublished: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1954Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe magnetic Evelyn Gresham, fifty-two, is a KC of considerable distinction. He has everything life...
The River And The Road

The River And The Road

$15.00 AUD
Author: Judith WrightBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdown Press, Australia, 1966Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis narrative follows a young boy's experiences as he navigates the complexities of life, encountering various challenges...
Henry Lawson's Humorous Stories

Henry Lawson's Humorous Stories

$15.00 AUD
Author: Henry Lawson; Cecil Mann (editor)Binding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThese stories offer a window into the lives and experiences of ordinary...
Restoration Carnival

Restoration Carnival

$15.00 AUD
Author: Vivian De Sola PintoBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1954Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis anthology presents the works of five prominent courtier poets from...
John Macneil: A Memoir By His Wife

John Macneil: A Memoir By His Wife

$50.00 AUD
Author: MacNeill, Hannah (edited by Rev. H.B. Macartney and introduction by Rev. D.S. McEachran)Binding: HardbackPublished: Marshall Brothers, London, 1897Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis biography...
Almayer's folly: A story of an Eastern river

Almayer's folly: A story of an Eastern river

$20.00 AUD
Author: Joseph ConradBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1962Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis early novel introduces us to Kaspar Almayer, a white trader in the Malay Archipelago....
The Old Wives' Tale

The Old Wives' Tale

$40.00 AUD
Author: Arnold BennettBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 2004Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Old Wives' Tale deals with the lives of two very different sisters, Constance...
The Life Of Mr Jonathan Wild The Great

The Life Of Mr Jonathan Wild The Great

$25.00 AUD
Author: Henry FieldingBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1966Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA man recounts the story of Jonathan Wild. He lived in a world of crime...
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

$30.00 AUD
Author: Henry FieldingBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, London, 1967Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA picaresque novel follows the journey and experiences of Joseph Andrews and his friend...
The Spanish Bawd. Being a Tragi-Comedy of Calisto and Melibea

The Spanish Bawd. Being a Tragi-Comedy of Calisto and Melibea

$25.00 AUD
Author: Fernando de RojasBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1973Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book presents a tragicomic narrative. It follows the intertwined stories of Calisto and...
The Adventures Of Roderick Random

The Adventures Of Roderick Random

$30.00 AUD
Author: Tobias SmollettBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1961Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA young man faces numerous challenges and adventures as he navigates the complexities of 18th-century...
Two Tales: The Royal Slave And The Fair Jilt

Two Tales: The Royal Slave And The Fair Jilt

$20.00 AUD
Author: Mrs Aphra BehnBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1953Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsAphra Behn presents two captivating narratives. One story follows a royal figure forced into...
A Little Learning

A Little Learning

$15.00 AUD
Author: Evelyn WaughBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen Publishing Ltd, 1983Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis autobiography recounts the formative years of a celebrated author. It offers insights into his...