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Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture (from the acclaimed author
Picardie's journey to uncover the secret life of Christian Dior's beloved sister Catherine takes the reader to the heart of Occupied Paris, where he mastered the art of couture while...
Aaron Copland: The Life and Work of an Uncommon Man
The son of Russian immigrants, Aaron Copland (1900-1990) became America's most loved and esteemed composer. Commonly referred to as the American composer - 'the best we've got' in the words...
The Least Likely Bride
Brimming with passion, laced with humor, Jane Feather's tantalizing historical romances have been called "well-written and fast-moving...entertaining" ("Booklist") and "great fun" ("Publishers Weekly"). Now the "New York Times" bestselling author...
Sport in Australian Drama
Nowadays sport is often seen as spontaneous, expressive and vital; theatre as artificial and predictable. It is only relatively recently however that they have bifurcated into two opposing forms of...
David Garrick and the Birth of Modern Theatre
Actor, director, impresario, author, David Garrick is the most legendary man of the theatre of modern times. He reformed English theatre practice, established a 'natural' style of acting, and made...
Black and White
$10.00 AUD
Winner of the 1991 Caldecott Medal Four stories are told simultaneously, with each double-page spread divided into quadrants. The stories do not necessarily take place at the same moment in...
Family Life: A Novel
Known for his "cunning, dismaying and beautifully conceived" fiction ( New York Times ), Akhil Sharma delivers a story of astonishing intensity and emotional precision. Growing up in Delhi in...
The Worst Thing About My Sister
Being a sister isn't always easy ...but what's the very worst thing about your sister? Marty and her sister Melissa couldn't be more different. Marty loves her Converse trainers, playing...
Sapphire Battersea
A fascinating, funny and moving Victorian-era novel featuring Hetty Feather. Hetty Feather is a Foundling Hospital girl and was given her name when she was left there as a baby...
Lily Alone
Lily isn't home ALONE - but she sort of wishes she was. Looking after six-year-old twins Bliss and Baxter and three-year-old Pixie is a lot of responsibility. When Mum goes...
Amnesia
$12.00 AUD
The two-time Booker Prize winner now gives us an exceedingly timely, exhilarating novel at once dark, suspenseful, and seriously funny that journeys to the place where the cyber underworld collides...
Engineers of Human Souls: Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century
Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity in a time that turned...
Fire in the Blood
$12.00 AUD
From the author of the acclaimed and bestselling Suite Franaise comes a newly discovered, never-before-published novel--a story teeming with the life of a small French village in the years before...
Straight A's Never Made Anybody Rich
The author of this book, Wess Roberts PhD, accepts neither fame nor fortune as a sign of success. Rather he tells us what matters is how well we measure up...
Nelson Mandela: A Biography
Sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island for his part in organizing armed rebellion against South Africa's white rulers, Nelson Mandela stayed faithful to his goal of a peaceful, non-racial...
Master Minds Of Modern Science
$20.00 AUD
Author: T.C. Bridges & H.H. TiltmanBinding: HardbackPublished: George G. Harrap & Co., 1934Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Tanning and foxing to pages,...
Jardine, Matheson & Company: An Historical Sketch
$20.00 AUD
Author: Matheson JardineBinding: HardbackPublished: Jardin, Matheson & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, 1111Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some minor buymps and...
I Can Take It!: The Autobiography Of A Photographer
$20.00 AUD
Author: Jack CatoBinding: HardbackPublished: Georgian House, 1947Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner sticker to FEP, tanned pages and foxing...
My Way With The Miniature
$20.00 AUD
Author: Lancelot ViningBinding: HardbackPublished: The Focal Press, London, 1946Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Slight scuffing, yellowing and minor chips to...
The Camera And Its Images
$20.00 AUD
Author: Arthur GoldsmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Ridge Press., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume presents a detailed examination of photographic equipment and the art of image...
The Story And The Song: A Survey Of English Musical Plays, 1916-78
$15.00 AUD
Author: Derek And Julia ParkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Chapell & Company., 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the evolution of English...
The Punch Book Of Travel
$15.00 AUD
Author: William DavisBinding: HardbackPublished: Punch Publications., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThe Punch Book Of Travel presents a collection of witty observations...
La Stupenda: A Biography Of Joan Sutherland
$15.00 AUD
Author: Brian AdamsBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of Australia., 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsBrian Adams chronicles the extraordinary life and career of one of opera's...
Dr Barnardo
$15.00 AUD
Author: Norman WymerBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans., 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis book tells the remarkable story of how he saved...
How Did Sports Begin?
$15.00 AUD
Author: R BraschBinding: HardbackPublished: Longman., 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: FEP has minor tear. This fascinating non-fiction work chronicles the ancient origins and cultural...
Annapurna: The First 8,000 Metre Peak
$15.00 AUD
Author: Maurice HerzogBinding: HardbackPublished: Jonathan Cape, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis gripping narrative chronicles the monumental 1950 French expedition to Annapurna,...
Costume At Castle Howard
$45.00 AUD
Author: Nicholas HowardBinding: HardbackPublished: Castle Howard Estate Ltd., 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis book contains a selection of 18th-20th century costumes from the owner of...
The Limerick
$15.00 AUD
Author: G. LegmanBinding: HardbackPublished: Bell Publishing Company., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThe scholarly work The Limerick chronicles the history and evolution of this distinctive poetic form. It...
Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid book 6)
$10.00 AUD
The hilarious, award-winning and global bestseller "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever" is here! The sixth instalment in the "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" series - it's perfect for...
The Wall Came Tumbling Down: The Berlin Wall And The Fall Of Communism
$20.00 AUD
Author: Jerry BornsteinBinding: HardbackPublished: Arch Cape Press, New York, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, The Wall Came Tumbling Down: The Berlin Wall And The Fall...
The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid book 5)
$10.00 AUD
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth is the massively funny fifth title in the highly-illustrated, bestselling and award-winning Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. Perfect...
Early Europe: Mysteries In Stone
$15.00 AUD
Author: Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the monumental achievements of prehistoric European civilizations, presenting a fascinating overview of their enigmatic...
Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid book 4)
$10.00 AUD
The eagerly-awaited next instalment in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series has arrived - publishing for the very first time in the UK in hardback! Split your sides laughing...
Private And Public Memory: A History Of The City Of Malvern
$20.00 AUD
Author: Lynne StrahanBinding: HardbackPublished: Hargreen Publishing Company in conjunction with the City of Malvern, Melbourne, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical work chronicles the intricate development...
The Best Of Steam Trains
$25.00 AUD
Author: Patrick B. WhitehouseBinding: HardbackPublished: Bison Books, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe non-fiction work The Best Of Steam Trains presents a captivating visual and historical account of...
The Front Door: Darwin, 1869-1969
$20.00 AUD
Author: Douglas LockwoodBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, Adelaide, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the pivotal century in the life of Darwin, Australia,...
The Upper Yarra: An Illustrated History
$30.00 AUD
Author: Brian CarrollBinding: HardbackPublished: The Shire of Upper Yarra, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Upper Yarra: An Illustrated History chronicles the rich...
Australia's Heritage Watch: An Overview Of Australian Conservation
$20.00 AUD
Author: Robert IngpenBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative volume presents a comprehensive look at the efforts to preserve Australia's rich natural and...
The Love Of Trees
$15.00 AUD
Author: Kenneth A. BeckettBinding: HardbackPublished: Octopus Books, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide, The Love Of Trees, presents a profound appreciation for arboreal wonders, detailing their...
The Explorers: From The Abc Television Series
$20.00 AUD
Author: Bill PeachBinding: HardbackPublished: ABC Enterprises, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the daring journeys and groundbreaking discoveries that shaped our understanding of the...
William Grant Broughton: Bishop Of Australia, With Some Account Of The Earliest Australian Clergy
$25.00 AUD
Author: F. T. Whittington, Ll.B.Binding: HardbackPublished: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1936Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical biography chronicles...
The Journey Of Burke And Wills
$15.00 AUD
Author: Max CowellBinding: HardbackPublished: P. Hamlyn, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe historical account The Journey Of Burke And Wills chronicles the harrowing 1860-1861 expedition across inland Australia,...
The Norfolk Island Book
$20.00 AUD
Author: R. S. HillierBinding: HardbackPublished: Anson Publications, Norfolk Island, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the unique history and vibrant culture of Norfolk Island, presenting...
Australian Artists Today
$25.00 AUD
Author: Graeme NORRISBinding: HardbackPublished: Graeme Norris Publ. Melbourne, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis volume stands as a vibrant snapshot of Australian visual arts in the early 1980s,...