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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...
Ernest Hemingway: A Hamlyn History

Ernest Hemingway: A Hamlyn History

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of literary criticism and cultural theory, Ernest Hemingway: A Hamlet History by Dardo Scavino presents a bold and...
Final Curtain: The Last Gilbert And Sullivan Operas

Final Curtain: The Last Gilbert And Sullivan Operas

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA richly detailed work of music history and criticism, Final Curtain: The Last Gilbert and Sullivan...
The First Night Gilbert And Sullivan

The First Night Gilbert And Sullivan

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of theatrical history, The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan chronicles the original London premieres of the...
On The Hop!

On The Hop!

$200.00 AUD
Edition: Limited First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: No. 276 of 475 copies. Boards good with some surface wear;...
Diplomacy

Diplomacy

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure hardcover binding with no loose pages....
Titan

Titan

$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, bright and clean with only minor shelf wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and secure hardcover binding. Titan is...
Phase Space

Phase Space

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, slight wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and intact. A masterwork of hard science fiction,...
After The Fall

After The Fall

$50.00 AUD
Edition: Uncorrected proof copyCondition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Stained cover and book block. Red marking on half-title page....
All The Green Year (SIGNED)

All The Green Year (SIGNED)

$75.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. A warmly nostalgic work of...
Keep The Bastards Honest (SIGNED)

Keep The Bastards Honest (SIGNED)

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Signed with inscriptionA landmark work in Australian political memoir, Keep the Bastards Honest chronicles the remarkable life and career...
A Perfect Spy

A Perfect Spy

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsWidely regarded as John le Carré's most personal and psychologically rich novel, A Perfect Spy stands as a masterwork...
John Quincy Adams: A Personal History Of An Independent Man

John Quincy Adams: A Personal History Of An Independent Man

$80.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. This authoritative political biography chronicles the remarkable life...
Death Makes A Claim

Death Makes A Claim

$150.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good; with minor bumping. Binding - tight. DJ - with surface wear; some...
The Treble Chance Murder

The Treble Chance Murder

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Text - clean and bright copy. A classic British...
Operator

Operator

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. DJ - chipped...
Look Down In Mercy

Look Down In Mercy

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Text - some foxing...
The Image And The Search

The Image And The Search

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st uk ed., 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. A boldly written work of postwar literary...
Calamity In Kent

Calamity In Kent

$80.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Text -...
Trespasses

Trespasses

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA quietly devastating work of literary fiction, Trespasses by Paul Bailey chronicles the life of Oswald...
The Fourth Of June

The Fourth Of June

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good; minor marks. Binding - tight. A sharp and darkly comic coming-of-age...
Fielding Gray: The Fourth Novel Of The Alms For Oblivion Sequence

Fielding Gray: The Fourth Novel Of The Alms For Oblivion Sequence

$200.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good; faded spine; light bumping on corners. Binding...
The Driver's Seat

The Driver's Seat

$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerA razor-sharp work of psychological fiction, The Driver's Seat chronicles the unsettling final day of Lise, a woman...
Love And Human Remains: The Screenplay

Love And Human Remains: The Screenplay

$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn cover. Clean text. A landmark of Canadian drama, "Unidentified Human Remains and...
Peter Smart's Confessions (SIGNED)

Peter Smart's Confessions (SIGNED)

$120.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Signed bookplate. Boards - good. Binding - tight. A quietly devastating work of literary fiction, Peter Smart's...
Greener Than You Think

Greener Than You Think

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - fair; some marks. Binding - tight. A darkly satirical work of science fiction,...
Slow Burner

Slow Burner

$70.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Pages - some silverfish damage on...
The Aristos

The Aristos

$30.00 AUD
Edition: rev ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA bold work of philosophical non-fiction, The Aristos presents John Fowles's personal...
Highways To A War (SIGNED)

Highways To A War (SIGNED)

$60.00 AUD
Edition: aus repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA sweeping work of literary fiction, Highways to a War chronicles the...
By The Line (SIGNED)

By The Line (SIGNED)

$50.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA work of literary fiction by the celebrated Australian author Thomas Keneally, By the...
Crossing The Gap: A Novelist's Essays (SIGNED)

Crossing The Gap: A Novelist's Essays (SIGNED)

$60.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedA rich collection of literary and personal essays, Crossing the Gap presents the reflections of one of Australia's most...
Scream From Outer Space

Scream From Outer Space

$130.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - good; light bumping on corners. Binding...
The Wrath To Come

The Wrath To Come

$100.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - fair with some marks and specks....
Death Of A Dwarf

Death Of A Dwarf

$65.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards - some marks; bumped corners. Binding - tight. DJ - chipped with major loss on...
Committal Chamber

Committal Chamber

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1966Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA gripping work of crime fiction, Committal Chamber by Russell Braddon draws readers into the tense, procedural world of...
Seedtime

Seedtime

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA cornerstone of Australian literary fiction, Seedtime chronicles the early struggles and...
The Progress Of Private Lilyworth

The Progress Of Private Lilyworth

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sharp and satirical work of comic fiction, The Progress of Private Lilyworth chronicles the misadventures of an...
Watching The Climbers On The Mountain (SIGNED)

Watching The Climbers On The Mountain (SIGNED)

$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA powerful work of Australian literary fiction, Watching the Climbers on the Mountain...
Black Lightning

Black Lightning

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsSet against the vivid backdrop of mid-twentieth century Australia, Dymphna Cusack's Black...
The Sun In Exile

The Sun In Exile

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA work of literary fiction by celebrated Australian author Dymphna Cusack, The Sun in Exile chronicles...
The Half-Burnt Tree

The Half-Burnt Tree

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Inscription on title page. A work of Australian literary fiction, The Half-Burnt Tree by...
Picnic Races

Picnic Races

$20.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA work of Australian fiction by celebrated novelist Dymphna Cusack,...
Happiness: Selected Short Stories

Happiness: Selected Short Stories

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark collection of Australian short fiction, Happiness: Selected Short Stories gathers some of Katharine Susannah Prichard's most...
Illyria Reborn

Illyria Reborn

$25.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA vivid work of travel writing, "Illyria Reborn" records Australian novelist Dymphna Cusack's 1964 journey through...
The Sitters (SIGNED)

The Sitters (SIGNED)

$35.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA luminous Australian novella shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award, "The...
Fifty "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound And Little Sense

Fifty "Bab" Ballads: Much Sound And Little Sense

$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Poor Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: binding fragile. fep loose. A cornerstone of Victorian comic...
Schmidt Steps Back

Schmidt Steps Back

$50.00 AUD
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsA quietly devastating work of literary fiction, Schmidt Steps Back chronicles the later years of...
Spies

Spies

$30.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed., 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA masterwork of literary suspense, Spies by Michael Frayn chronicles the...