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The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society

$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsSet in the aftermath of World War II, this beloved epistolary novel chronicles the charming...
Next Stop - The Morgue

Next Stop - The Morgue

$275.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Red boards show general shelf wear, binding remains tight, dust...
Midnite: The Story Of A Wild Colonial Boy

Midnite: The Story Of A Wild Colonial Boy

$150.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: unlcipped dj. Light foxing on book block. In the sun-scorched Australian bush, a hapless young bushranger named Midnite...
The Conversations At Curlow Creek (SIGNED)

The Conversations At Curlow Creek (SIGNED)

$100.00 AUD
Edition: uncorrected proof Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Creased cover. On the eve of a man's execution in the Australian bush,...
Reach For The Sky: The Story Of Douglas Bader

Reach For The Sky: The Story Of Douglas Bader

$80.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: price clipped dj, in mylar; edgeworn, no major tears. Pages: foxing on prelims and book block....
What Am I Doing Here

What Am I Doing Here

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the windswept plains of Patagonia to the war-torn streets of Kabul, Bruce Chatwin's What Am I Doing Here presents a dazzling...
Cliffs Of Fall

Cliffs Of Fall

$180.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: clipped dj, in mylar; minor insect damage. Binding: remains tight; boards - light bumping on corners. In...
Untold Tales (SIGNED)

Untold Tales (SIGNED)

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFrom one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Untold Tales, a collection that showcases David Malouf's extraordinary gift for illuminating...
The Great World

The Great World

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes The Great World, a sweeping and profoundly human novel that binds two men together across...
Harland's Half Acre (SIGNED)

Harland's Half Acre (SIGNED)

$70.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: signed bookplate. In the sun-scorched landscapes of twentieth-century Australia, Harland's Half Acre chronicles the life of Frank...
A First Place

A First Place

$15.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat does it mean to belong to a place — to feel its soil beneath your feet, its stories threaded through your...
Reading Tim Winton (SIGNED)

Reading Tim Winton (SIGNED)

$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew Australian writers have captured the raw beauty and spiritual longing of their continent quite like Tim...
Antipodes: Stories By David Malouf (SIGNED)

Antipodes: Stories By David Malouf (SIGNED)

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: price clipped dj, in mylar. From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Antipodes, a masterfully crafted collection...
Every Move You Make

Every Move You Make

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: Unclipped djWhat does it mean to truly know another person — and what happens in the quiet, unguarded...
Dream Stuff (SIGNED)

Dream Stuff (SIGNED)

$55.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedFrom one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Dream Stuff, a masterful collection of short stories that transports...
The Hexagon

The Hexagon

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: unclipped dj with small tear, in mylar. Boards: square and clean; binding remains tight. Within the deceptively quiet...
A Change For The Better: Short Stories (SIGNED)

A Change For The Better: Short Stories (SIGNED)

$60.00 AUD
Edition: No. 37 of 50 Limited Numbered and Signed copies. Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: SignedFrom one of Australia's most idiosyncratic and underappreciated literary voices comes A Change for the...
Poems 1959-89

Poems 1959-89

$40.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSpanning three transformative decades of Australian literary life, David Malouf's Poems 1959–89 presents a sweeping...
Act One

Act One

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFrom the sun-bleached landscapes of Western Australia to the intimate corridors of the human soul, Act One announces...
The Evening Of The Holiday

The Evening Of The Holiday

$80.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: whiteout on fep. price clipped dj. Set against the sun-drenched landscapes of postwar Italy, The...
Wild Swans: Three Daughters Of China (SIGNED)

Wild Swans: Three Daughters Of China (SIGNED)

$180.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedFew books have shaken the Western world's understanding of China as profoundly as Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China — an...
The Doubleman (SIGNED)

The Doubleman (SIGNED)

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: unclipped dj. Light foxing on book block. In the shadowy world where folk music and dark...
'Twixt Shadow And Shine

'Twixt Shadow And Shine

$180.00 AUD
Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Condition: ex-library copy showing honest wear consistent...
Firestorm (SIGNED)

Firestorm (SIGNED)

$150.00 AUD
Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedA blazing force of nature meets the indomitable will of man in Firestorm, a visceral and propulsive thriller that thrusts...
Chief Of Staff

Chief Of Staff

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the shadowy corridors of power where allegiances shift and secrets are currency, Chief of Staff by William Coyle...
The Harp In The South

The Harp In The South

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: unclipped dj (9s.6d.net). Boards: square and clean; binding remains tight. 272pp. In the cramped, sun-baked slums of...
Confederates: A Novel (SIGNED)

Confederates: A Novel (SIGNED)

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: price clipped dj. Light foxing on book block. In the blood-soaked fields of Virginia, where glory and...
Our Republic (SIGNED)

Our Republic (SIGNED)

$60.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedAt the crossroads of national identity and democratic ambition, Tom Keneally's Our Republic presents a passionate and penetrating argument for Australia's transformation...
American Scoundrel: The Life Of The Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles

American Scoundrel: The Life Of The Notorious Civil War General Dan Sickles

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in American history embodied contradiction as magnificently as Daniel Edgar Sickles — congressman, adulterer, killer, and one-legged Civil...
Flying Hero Class (SIGNED)

Flying Hero Class (SIGNED)

$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedAt thirty thousand feet, with nowhere to run and no one to negotiate with, terror takes on an entirely new...
A Victim Of The Aurora (SIGNED)

A Victim Of The Aurora (SIGNED)

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: unclipped dj; light foxing on book block. Amid the frozen wastes of Antarctica, a murder shatters...
Blood Red, Sister Rose (SIGNED)

Blood Red, Sister Rose (SIGNED)

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: unclipped dj. In the mud and fire of fifteenth-century France, a teenage peasant girl hears the voice of...
The Boys In The Island

The Boys In The Island

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Signed ephemera laid-in. Price clipped dj. Ex-lib plate on front pastedown. Set against the rugged, sun-scorched...
Miles Franklin Literary Award Winners 1957-2024

Miles Franklin Literary Award Winners 1957-2024

$12,000.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodCondition remarks: See below 1957 Voss, Patrick White The Viking Press New York. Hardback in dust jacket. 1st ed. Yes - unclipped ($5.00) VG....
I Can Jump Puddles (SIGNED)

I Can Jump Puddles (SIGNED)

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: SignedAgainst all odds and with an indomitable spirit, a young boy in rural Australia refuses to let polio define...
The Exorcist

The Exorcist

$120.00 AUD
Edition: reprinted before publication Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: unclipped dj with worn edged and minor loss. Binding remains tight. Boards:...
Shall We Tell The President? (SIGNED)

Shall We Tell The President? (SIGNED)

$80.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: minor stains on book block. Unclipped dj. When a senator stumbles upon a credible assassination plot targeting the President of...
Girl With A Monkey

Girl With A Monkey

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedIn the sun-drenched world of post-war Australia, Thea Astley's debut novel Girl with a Monkey chronicles the restless inner life of Elsie...
The Complete Stories

The Complete Stories

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom one of Australia's most celebrated and internationally acclaimed literary voices comes The Complete Stories, a sweeping collection that...
Peyton Place

Peyton Place

$100.00 AUD
Edition: Facsimile EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: DJ: Original Edition Published At $7.95, in mylar. Beneath the picturesque surface of the small New England town of Peyton...
Typewriter Music

Typewriter Music

$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Typewriter Music, a masterful poetry collection that captures the rhythms of everyday life...
The Riders (SIGNED)

The Riders (SIGNED)

$150.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedWhat begins as a hopeful new chapter in an Irish cottage turns into a haunting, desperate odyssey across Europe in Tim Winton's The...
Here's Luck

Here's Luck

$40.00 AUD
Edition: 6th ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerFirst published in 1930, Here's Luck by Lennie Lower stands as one of the most beloved...
Wild Men Of Sydney

Wild Men Of Sydney

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the raucous, mud-soaked colony of nineteenth-century Sydney, a cast of extraordinary rogues, radicals, and rabble-rousers shaped the destiny of...
Hearing Secret Harmonies

Hearing Secret Harmonies

$20.00 AUD
Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodThe curtain falls — but not without ceremony — on one of the twentieth century's most celebrated literary sequences in Anthony Powell's Hearing...
Marcus Clarke

Marcus Clarke

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: price clipped dj. Few figures in nineteenth-century Australian literature burn as brightly — or as briefly...
Remembering Babylon (SIGNED)

Remembering Babylon (SIGNED)

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedIn the untamed wilderness of mid-nineteenth-century Queensland, a young English boy named Gemmy Fairley stumbles out of the bush and into...
Brown Men And Red Sand: Wanderings In Wild Australia

Brown Men And Red Sand: Wanderings In Wild Australia

$40.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn the vast, sun-scorched heartland of Australia, where ancient red sandstone rises from the earth like monuments to a forgotten...