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The Insect That Stole Butter?
Combining both accessibility and authority, The Insect That Stole Butter? describes the origins and development of over 3,000 words and phrases in the English language. The book draws on Oxford's...
Australia Twice Traversed
$40.00 AUD
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The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature
'Unprecedented in the breadth of what it offers from both the ancient and the recent literature of the country.' - Thomas Keneally Some of the best, most significant writing produced...
The Best Australian Essays: 2006
A rich and diverting collection of essays, compiled by one of Australia's finest writers.
The Linguistic Moment: From Wordsworth to Stevens
$15.00 AUD
This series of readings, explores the functioning of moments in poems when the medium--language--becomes an issue. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to...
The Oxford Anthology Of Australian Literature
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work in Australian literary studies, The Oxford Anthology of Australian Literature presents a sweeping and authoritative...
Secondhand Literary Studies & Australian Writing Bargain Book Box SP2693
$100.00 AUD
The star of this box is hiding in plain sight: all seven volumes of Boris Ford's landmark Pelican Guide to English Literature, the series that shaped how English literature was...
The Australian Legend
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it truly mean to be Australian? The Australian Legend confronts this question head-on, arguing...
An Australian Muster
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of Australian literary criticism, An Australian Muster presents a wide-ranging collection...
The Cambridge Australian English Style Guide
$15.00 AUD
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Australia's First: A History Of The University Of Sydney (Two-Volume Set)
$80.00 AUD
Edition: First EditionsCondition remarks: Condition: Good . Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good . Markings: No markings Two volumes: 1850-1939, 1940-1990; the official history, describing the strains and scarcities of...
The Oxford Companion To English Literature
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Wear and tear, some fading. Page Condition: Good. Markings: previous owner. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visibly present. The Oxford Companion to English Literature...
The Australian Writers' Dictionary
A revision of Shirley Purchase's successful Australian Writers' and Editors' Guide, incorporating more than 1000 new entries - names and places, foreign words and phrases, abbreviations and acronyms, capitalisation and...
The Oxford Literary Guide to Australia
$15.00 AUD
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An Introduction to Language
$12.00 AUD
The book titled An Introduction to Language by the author Victoria A. Fromkin. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Bliss
$60.00 AUD
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Lusting for London: Australian Expatriate Writers at the Hub of
This book examines the flight of young Australian writers to London in the decades before and after Federation in 1901. Peter Morton studies how their careers were shaped by shifting...
Geelong Grammarians: A Biographical Register, Volume One 1855–1913
$35.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew institutions have shaped Australian public life as profoundly as Geelong Grammar School, and Geelong Grammarians: A Biographical Register, Volume One 1855–1913 stands as...
Your Dreaming: Poets, Pontificators and Expatriates
'Your Dreaming' by writer Guy Rundle and actor Max Gillies satirizing current Australian political scene. 'Prime Minister Howard' gathers together a crowd of Australian academics to express their views on...
The Oxford Companion To Australian Literature
$25.00 AUD
Author: William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, Barry AndrewsBinding: HardbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, 1986Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis authoritative reference work presents a comprehensive overview...
The Oxford Literary Guide To Australia
$20.00 AUD
Author: Peter PierceBinding: HardbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThe Oxford Literary Guide To Australia presents a comprehensive overview of the rich...
Cassell Companion to Quotations
..".unique reference source...Taking nothing for granted, Nigel Rees, author, broadcaster, and authority on the popular use of language, highlights quotes that are often misremembered and/or misattributed, pinpoints remarks that are...
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
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The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
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Geographic Travels In Central Australia: From 1872 To 1874
$40.00 AUD
Author: Ernest GilesBinding: HardbackPublished: Corkwood Press, 1993Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Ex Libris sticker on FEPHardcover. Condition: Fine. F. 9912 - original, 1875 (published by M'Carron, Bird &...
William Wordsworth
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S. T. Gill's Australia
$35.00 AUD
Author: Geoffrey DuttonBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan , 1981Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsS. T. Gill's Australia presents a vivid depiction of 19th-century Australian life through the eyes of...
Nature Studies In Australia: With A Natural History Calendar, Summaries Of The Chapters, And Complete Index
$60.00 AUD
Author: William Gillies And Robert HallBinding: HardbackPublished: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, 1910Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Rebound copy. Nature Studies In...
Essays To Honour Nina Christesen: Founder Of Russian Studies In Australia
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Worn but not faded - jacket still in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No visible markings. Binding: Firm and intact. No stickers or...
The Great Australian Science Book
Author: Luke O'Neill Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 96 How do we measure the universe? How do our bodies repair themselves when we are ill? What species will exist on...
The Complete Plain Words
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The Complete Plain Words is a definitive guide to clear...
McCarthy's Field Guide to Grammar: Natural English Usage and Style
You ain't gonna like it: bad grammar's not so bad. - The Times Remember all those grammar rules from school? No? Most of us don't. Mike McCarthy, renowned corpus linguist...
Peter Sallis - Summer Wine & Other Stories
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Peter Sallis is known to millions as Norman Clegg in the classic BBC series Last of the Summer Wine, and to millions more - whether they realise it or not...
The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English
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Pears Shilling Cyclopaedia: Facsimile Of First Edition
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work in the history of popular reference publishing, Pears Shilling Cyclopaedia: Facsimile of First Edition presents a faithful...
Australian Classics: 50 Great Writers and Their Celebrated Works
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Helplessly Tangled in Female Arms and Legs: Elizabeth Jolley's Fiction
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Modern Australian Usage
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The King's English
$12.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. The King's English by H.W. Fowler and F.G. Fowler is a landmark...
Clivosaurus: The Politics of Clive Palmer: Quarterly Essay 56
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Fiction And Repetition: Seven English Novels
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA landmark work of literary criticism, Fiction and Repetition: Seven English Novels...