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Norwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should...

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The Iremongers have taken up what was not wanted and wanted it.Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA darkly whimsical work of literary fiction, Alva & Irva: A Novel chronicles the strange, insular...

The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Signed"A Letter to Our Son" is a deeply personal memoir in which the acclaimed Australian novelist addresses his newborn...

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Set onboard an ocean liner travelling to Australia in 1864, this novel is both a love story and an historical tour-de-force that relates the developing romance between Oscar Hopkins, an...

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When Harry Carey, Sr. died in 1947, director John Ford cast Carey's 26-year-old son, Harry, Jr. in the role of The Abilene Kid in 3 Godfathers. Ford and the elder...

Author: Peter CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1994, FIRST EDITIONCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: SignedThe Unusual Life of Tristan Smith is a humorous, allegorical novel...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodWhat happens when an aristocratic French idealist and his roguish, working-class English manservant are thrown together in the raw, teeming...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the intersection of wit and erudition stands John Carey, one of Britain's most formidable literary critics, whose Original Copy: Selected Reviews and Journalism...

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...

A vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present "[A] fizzing, exhilarating book."-Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times, London "Delightful.'"- New York Times Book Review Poetry is language made special,...

Olivier is an aristocrat, the traumatized child of survivors of the French Revolution. Parrot the son of an itinerant printer who always wanted to be an artist but has ended...

Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Yellowed Markings: SignedA darkly comic literary thriller, My Life as a Fake chronicles the obsessive journey of Sarah...

Author: Peter CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1988Condition remarks: FIRST EDITION SIGNED BY AUTHOR!Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with light tanningPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed Oscar and Lucinda is a novel...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: SignedCondition remarks: Boards in good condition. Binding remains tight. Small tear on rear panel of DJ. Pages slightly...

Edition: 1st ed., 1st impr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedPart travel memoir and part love letter to one of the world's most iconic cities, this vivid...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA masterwork of Australian short fiction, American Dreams presents a quietly unsettling collection of stories in which Peter Carey...

Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: unclipped dj. In the sun-drenched and socially rigid world of Victorian-era England and Australia, two misfits...

Author: Peter CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe Tax Inspector is a novel by Peter Carey that delves into the complexities of identity...

Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedA bold and inventive work of postcolonial literary fiction, The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith chronicles the story...

Author: Peter Carey Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 952 Peter Carey's two Booker Prize-winning novels, in one handsome hardcover volume. Oscar and Lucinda is a sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel set...

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Edition: 1st aus ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedBorn into a world that refuses to accept him, Tristan Smith — a physically deformed child raised in the shadow...

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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...

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Author: Lionel GodfreyBinding: HardbackPublished: ROBERT HALE LIMITED - LONDON, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Hollywood's quintessential leading man. The...

A wonderfully readable anthology of our greatest poetry, chosen by the author of A Little History of Poetry "Does anyone know more about poetry than John Carey? Almost certainly not."-...

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Author: Peter CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1997Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: YellowedMarkings: SignedA convict arrives in London, he seeks to find the truth about his origins....

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The incomparable Oscar and Lucinda won Peter Carey his first Booker Prize, and the Miles Franklin Award. Oscar Hopkins, the hydrophobic, noisy-kneed son of a preacher, renounces his father's stern...

Edition: 1st us ed., 1st prCondition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedWinner of the Booker Prize, True History of the Kelly Gang is a bold work of...

Edition: 1st uk ed., 1st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: SignedWinner of the Booker Prize, True History of the Kelly Gang is a bold work of...