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Edition: First Edition. Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Clean text. A sprawling, exuberant work of Australian literary...

Dedicated to all those boys who carried their scars into manhood, Boy on a Wire is about an underdog who bites back. Sent to boarding school at a young age...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Hinges cracked. An account of a journey by motor-car across the length and breadth...

Failed Shakespearean actor and would-be private detective William Power returns in this brilliant, wry sequel which recreates the tension and fear of World War II in Australia. Fresh from foiling...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping work of autobiographical fiction, Shantaram chronicles the extraordinary journey of Lin, an Australian fugitive...

Strange Objects Covered With Fur is the twenty-ninth collection from the writing program at the University of Technology, Sydney. It showcases fiction, non-fiction, scriptwriting and poetry from some of Australia's...

The Dark Wet is the first collection of short stories by Jess Huon. Rich, lyrical and deeply felt, it explores the struggle towards a sense of self and belonging, expressed...

Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA. Grove Day's literary biography chronicles the remarkable life of Louis Becke, the nineteenth-century Australian author whose...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedA work of literary historical fiction, Conditions of Faith chronicles the journey of Emily Stanton, a young...

Young Elizabeth Balcombe, or Betsy to friends and family, found life on the remote island of St Helena intolerably dull. Most fourteen-year-olds would. Her father had been posted to that...

The launch of the first rocket in 1926 led to the development of the first long-range missile - the A4, renamed V2 - fired in anger during the Second World...

With a sparkling lyricism, House of Given reflects on the gentle insistence of love. Despite the strains and impositions people place upon it, especially within the close confines of family...

This book is a comprehensive guide to Australia's rich herpetofauna - more than 1000 species of frogs, crocodiles, turtles, tortoises, lizard sand snakes. Included is up-to-date information about habitats, full-color...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsRumored to have been kept under lock and key in the finest libraries of Victorian England, Curious Pleasures: A Gentleman’s Collection of...

Replacing the battles of heroes and gods with the struggle of mortal humans with time and space, Wimmera reinvents the epic poem. All the classical elements are there but they...

An anxious sighting marks the re-appearance of high-school friend Jason Bunt in Mike Planner's orderd life as a court-room sound recordist. Fear of Tennis is a novel about the impossibility...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA cornerstone of Victorian literature, Great Expectations chronicles the life of Pip, an orphaned boy of humble origins whose chance encounter with...

From snappy and urbane to passionate and divine, the writing of tomorrow's novelists dances in burnished reds and icy blues. The latgest collection from our most gifted young writers is...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Minor stains on boards. Binding remains tight. DJ slightly warped in mylar. A poignant work...

The book titled Shark by the author Bruce Pascoe. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Captain James Cook collection of Bob and Mary Ann Parks is a landmark of its kind, and represents the finest such collection offered. The catalogue includes highlights such as:...

Edition: new ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: N/APages: Yellowed Markings: SignedA landmark collection of short fiction, Collected Stories gathers the full breadth of Peter Carey's early imaginative work, showcasing the...

An unforgettable WWII love story inspired by the arrival of the US troops in Wellington. Wellington, 1942. Lorna's brothers are overseas fighting for their lives, and as war rages in...

Mandela traces the life and work of South Africa's first democratically elected president. Beginning with his early years in a tiny village in the Transkei, the title follows him to...

An illustrated guide to the elephants of Africa. Colour photographs display a variety of elephant moods and activity in natural habitats in Africa, highlighting in particular their intelligence and social...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA landmark of Australian historical fiction, Land-Takers chronicles the brutal and unrelenting struggle of Derek Cabell, a...

Set against a red desert landscape, Attempts to Draw Jesus follows the lives of two teenagers in unfamiliar surroundings. In his gran's day, jobs weren't a problem. But when Jack...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA landmark collection of South Seas fiction, By Reef and Palm chronicles the raw, sun-scorched...

As the 2010 federal election approaches, who better than Mungo MacCallum to guide us through the sweat and semantics of the campaign trail? This typically fast-paced, witty and perceptive account...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedA deeply moving work of literary fiction, Lovesong chronicles the intertwined lives of two couples whose stories of passion,...

A bushfire in Dell's childhood still haunts her. She dreams up new starts, but her spilling stories cannot over-write the past. Evvie dances into Dell's life. She has run as...

This text explores the impact of the Egyptians on Western civilization. Starting with the history of ancient Egypt, the book goes on to look at the Egyptian achievement; Egypt and...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA warmly nostalgic work of Australian coming-of-age fiction, All the Green Year chronicles the misadventures and youthful escapades...

Roland Dallas''s biography of King Hussein of Jordan is the story of an extraordinary man, the survivor o f several assassination attempts and a man equally at home a t...

'Lion of Hollywood' is the definitive biography of Louis B Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - MGM - the biggest and most successful film studio of Hollywood's Golden Age. An...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsWhite Topee chronicles the extraordinary journey of two sisters, Steve and Blue, as they traverse the Australian bush...

Focusing as much on Marx's private life as on his public persona and work, this classic biography looks into detail at his relationship with his mother and father, wife and...

Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedA haunting work of Australian literary fiction, Dirt Music chronicles the lives of three damaged souls drawn together by grief,...

Of all the photographs in the "Country Life" archive, none are more poignant or intriguing than these images of houses that have been lost. In a great number of cases,...

Each of the chapters in this text explores one of ten stages in the development of Western art through a detailed discussion of 15 key works, which range from well...

Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA gripping work of Australian historical biography, this account chronicles the turbulent life of Ned Kelly, the legendary...

One of the great untold stories of pre-colonial Africa at last receives a chronicle worthy of its significance. Revisit exotic Zululand, once the most powerful and sophisticated black state in...

Dinosaurs have long presented a fascinating enigma to man: What did they look like? How did they live? Why were they so huge? Why did they disappear so completely? This...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedA gripping courtroom drama and revenge thriller, A Prisoner of Birth chronicles the story of Danny Cartwright,...