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The Public Life (Two-Volume Set)
$120.00 AUD
Author: J. A. SpenderBinding: HardbackPublished: CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD., 1925Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis substantial political memoir chronicles the shifting currents...
Fifty Years Of Europe: A Study In Pre-War Documents
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket, rubbed edges. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the crossroads of empire and catastrophe,...
Duino Elegies: The German Text, With An English Translation, Introduction And Commentary By J. B. Leishman And Stephen Spender
$30.00 AUD
Edition: 3rd., ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsDuino Elegies presents a monumental cycle of ten poems that grapple with profound existential questions concerning...
Encounters: An Anthology From The First Ten Years Of Encounter Magazine
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the...
J: A Novel
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...
Politics And A Man
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis compelling political memoir, Politics And A Man, chronicles the intricate life and career of a prominent figure in public...
A House in St John's Wood: In Search of My Parents
An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender's extraordinary life written by his son, Matthew Spender, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and unpublished archives. Stephen Spender's life, with all its...
Stephen Spender: A Literary Life
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: John Sutherland (University College...
Stephen Spender: The Authorized Biography
Seven years after Stephen Spender's death, John Sutherland offers the authorised life of this brilliant, but famously enigmatic, man. Sutherland's account ranges from the depiction of Spender's cosmopolitan family (and...
Stephen Spender: a Life in Modernism
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A critical biography of the poet explores the Spanish Civil War, the rise and fall of Marxism and Nazism, World War II, Vietnam, the sexual revolution, and modern figures such...
Stephen Spender: A Portrait with Background
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Hugh David Format: Hardback...
World within World: The Autobiography of Stephen Spender
Virtually from its first appearance in 1951, this book was considered one of the most illuminating literary autobiographies to have come out of the 1930s and 40s. In writing it...
New Collected Poems of Stephen Spender
Author: Sir Stephen Spender Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 Stephen Spender, along with his friends W. H. Auden, Louis MacNeice and C. Day Lewis, rose to prominence in the...
Surrender: Popular Penguins
As life slips away, Gabriel looks back over his brief twenty years that have been clouded by frustration and humiliation. A small town and distant parents ensure that he is...
Work Suspended and Other Stories
These pieces show the range of Waugh's skills: Mr Loveday's Little Outing; Cruise; Period Piece; On Guard; An Englishman's Home; Excursion in Reality; Bella Fleace Gave a Party; Winner Takes...
The Mind Benders (SIGNED)
$90.00 AUD
Author: James Gibb StuartBinding: HardbackPublished: Embryo Books - William Maclellan, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis book examines the lives and ideas of influential...
Fever Dream: An Agent Pendergast Novel
FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast is visiting the old family home in Louisiana. Surrounded by ghosts of the past, he can't help but think of Helen - his wife who...
Suspended on a Line
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A Forager's Life: A tender and spellbinding debut memoir
A memoir about belonging and motherhood, told through the author's lifelong passion for wild food When Helen Lehndorf moves to the city after a childhood living off the land in...
Nothing New Under the Sun: A suspense thriller
Archaeologist Carter Devereux's research leads him to an unsettling conclusion: our ancestors may have been far more advanced than we ever imagined. Following an ancient trail across South America, India...
Nothing New Under the Sun: A suspense thriller
Archaeologist Carter Devereux's research leads him to an unsettling conclusion: our ancestors may have been far more advanced than we ever imagined. Following an ancient trail across South America, India...
Baumgartner: A tender masterpiece of love, memory and loss from one of
Baumgartner's life has been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife, Anna. But now Anna is gone, and Baumgartner is embarking on his seventies whilst trying to live...
Privilege: A smart, sharply observed novel about gender and class set on a college campus
Author: Mary Adkins Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Carter University: "The Harvard of the South." Annie Stoddard was the smartest girl in her small public high school...
The Murder Notebook: A Novel of Suspense
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Fighting Talk: The Most Stirring Speeches, Surrenders, Battle Cries and Fighting Words in History
$12.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: James Inglis Format: Paperback...
Name: A searing new novel from the author of Love Me Tender
Author: Constance Debre Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 144 In the world of the bourgeoisie and aristocrats, names are everything. They are currency that cannot be bartered but give their...
Spenser's "Amoretti": A Critical Study
The book titled Spenser's "Amoretti": A Critical Study by the author Donna Gibbs. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
The Wheel of Darkness: An Agent Pendergast Novel
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A Penny To Spend
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Author: Edward BrownBinding: HardbackPublished: Harrap, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsA Penny to Spend is a heartwarming work of children’s fiction that presents...
Saraswati: A Book of the Year in Telegraph, Independent and Guardian
* AN INDEPENDENT BEST BOOK OF 2025 * A GUARDIAN BOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO *As a holy river returns, seven lives change course in this masterpiece debut for fans...
Oi Jimmy Knacker: A Memoir of an East Ender's Childhood
$15.00 AUD
Oi Jimmy Knacker is a vivid memoir of Ken Kimberley''s childhood and youth in the pre-war East End of London, illustrated in full colour by Ken''s own paintings and sketches.'
What Price Surrender?: A Story of the Will to Survive
$40.00 AUD
The book titled What Price Surrender?: A Story of the Will to Survive by the author Desmond Jackson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
A Concise Compendium of Wonder: A triptych
A radical collection of reimagined fairytales from three incredible Australian authors, for readers of all ages. In the middle of a great famine, two siblings are cast out into a...
Spencer Ostrander: Time Square in the Rain
On one of Spencer Ostrander's early visits to Times Square, the rain began to fall. The people in the crowd, suddenly draped in plastic, were transformed into abstract, brilliant reflections...
Baumgartner: A tender masterpiece of love, memory and loss from one of
The life of Sy Baumgartner - noted author, and soon-to-be retired philosophy professor - has been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife, Anna. Now Anna is gone,...
The Day Tripper: A tender new novel on the importance of small actions
The right guy, the right place, the wrong time. It's 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of the beautiful and...
The Day Tripper: A tender new novel on the importance of small actions
The right guy, the right place, the wrong time. It's 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of the beautiful and...
Cash is Queen: A Girl's Guide to Securing, Spending and Stashing Cash
Author: Davinia Tomlinson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 160 Cash is Queen breaks down the basics of how young women of today can learn to understand and manage money -...
Let's Hear It For Prendergast: A Novel
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Author: Barry OakleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann Australia, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis satirical novel chronicles the uproarious escapades of its unforgettable protagonist, Prendergast, as he navigates a world...
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...
The A-Z of Independent School Leadership
The A-Z of Independent School Leadership is a guide for school leaders organised around the 26 letters of the alphabet.
Nor Free Nor Secular: Six Independent Schools In Victoria: A First Sample
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt a time when Australia's educational landscape was sharply divided between state-funded public schools and their privately governed counterparts, Nor Free Nor Secular presents...