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The first novel written about the enigmatic literary legend. Australia, 1901. Just twenty years old and the daughter of struggling bush farmers, Miles Franklin pulls off the impossible-publishing My Brilliant...

'There is a theory that any woman can be rescued from the shoals of failure and despair by finding some man to ask her in marriage, but before I could...

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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....

The first novel written about the enigmatic literary legend. Australia, 1901. Just twenty years old and the daughter of struggling bush farmers, Miles Franklin pulls off the impossible-publishing My Brilliant...

The beloved Australian classic, published in a stunning Penguin Clothbound Classics edition for the first time Miles Franklin's debut novel follows the vivacious and rebellious sixteen-year-old Sybylla Melvyn - closely...

Author: Colin RoderickBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, Australia., 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor fading to DJ, Colin Roderick's Miles Franklin: Her Brilliant Career chronicles the fascinating life of...

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This is not a romance-I have too often faced the music of life to the tune of hardship to waste time in snivelling and gushing over fancies and dreams; neither...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Moderate marks and flecks on boards. Unclipped dj, worn with some loss. Beneath the...

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Author: Verna ColemanBinding: HardbackPublished: Sirius Books, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life and contributions of Miles Franklin, an influential Australian author, during her years...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedSet against the bustling backdrop of early twentieth-century Chicago, On Dearborn Street presents the vivid experiences of an ambitious young Australian woman...

Author: Colin RoderickBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, Australia, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Boards are slightly bowed. This biography chronicles the life and literary contributions of Stella Maria...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Overall: Good. DJ: unclipped; small tears, faded, no major defects. Boards: faded. Pages: yellowed with some...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the sunburnt pastoral landscapes of colonial Australia, Cockatoos: A Story of Youth and Exodists chronicles the lives of young settlers and...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: clipped dj. In the rolling hills of the Monaro tablelands in colonial New South Wales, a...

Erica Marsden's son, an artist, has been imprisoned for homicidal negligence. In a state of grief, Erica cuts off all ties to family and friends, and retreats to a quiet...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Rebound copy. Library stamps and markings appear on the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedCondition remarks: First published in 1901. Preface by Henry Lawson. Original cloth. x, 232 pp. In the sun-scorched Australian bush at the turn of...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerWith the sharp wit of a born satirist and the elegant...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Worn spine; rubbed cover. Light creasing on corners. Internally sound; no loose pages.Set against the...

From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland , comes a rich, layered and thrilling novel of love, war and friendship, To Sing of War . Longlisted 2024...

A SHAMELESS BOOK CLUB PICK AN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY GREAT READ 'A powerful, well-crafted story' - Sydney Morning Herald ' a heart-wrenching yet hopeful tale.' - The Sunday Age '...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: unclipped dj. Long before Sybylla Penelope Melvyn became an iconic figure in Australian literature, Miles Franklin conceived her as a...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Sticker remnant on fep. Otherwise internally sound. In the tradition of great literary biography,...

WINNER OF THE PATRICK WHITE LITERARY AWARD Long before I ever met him I knew his name from the leaky desiccated type of a grey-brown slim volume, cheaply printed but...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKPEOPLE FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DAVITT AWARD FOR ADULT FICTION A SHAMELESS BOOK CLUB PICK AN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S WEEKLY GREAT READ 'A...

Anna Funder's Samuel Johnson Prize-winning Stasiland is an Australian classic, the definitive account of tyranny and resistance in the former East Germany. WINNER OF THE BBC FOUR SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE...

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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...

Author: Catherine McKinnonFormat: Paperback, 155mm x 235mm, 481g, 464 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd, Australia, 2024From the author of the Miles Franklin Award shortlisted Storyland, comes a rich, layered...

WINNER OF THE MILES FRANKLIN LITERARY AWARD HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE BARBARA JEFFERIS AWARD 'Deftly traversing time, culture and continent to weave a tale of both home and unbelonging, this...

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A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Enchanting and haunting'RACHEL RODDY'A fable for our times'SPECTATOR'This novel amazed me. It is the work of a true original'LUCIE ELVEN'A seaside Gothic tale teeming...