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'ZAT IZZ APPLES, SIR'. (Signed Copy)

By: Abrami, Janka

Price: $10.45

Publisher: Brunswick, Victoria, Australia, Globe Press: 1986

Seller ID: 003855

ISBN: 0959367195

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good+

xi, + 203pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Short inscription, signed by author on half-title page, otherwise leaves clean. Sketch-art illustrated [Sharman Fineberg] card wrapper lightly splayed and creased on upper foredge corner. Foxing flecks on rear [text] panel. Janka Abrami has written a moving account of a family of Polish Jews, the Hakari's, who on arriving in Melbourne via Israel in 1955, settle in South Melbourne, and begin the process of 'blending' into the Australian way of life.Contents include: Intro., Part 1: 19 chapters. Part 2: 14 chapters. Book weight approx. 310g. Postag...
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THE WHIRLING SPINDLE: An Anthology of Poetry By Women. (Signed Copy)

By: Ackland, Joan [ed.]

Price: $12.35

Publisher: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, National Council of Women of Victoria: 1992

Seller ID: 001169

ISBN: 0959930116

Binding: Cloth Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

x + 173pp. Book negligibly canted. Spine firm. Small spot and fingermarks on rear cover. No dust jacket. Inscription signed by editor on title-page, signed by four contributors on ffep, else leaves clean. Published in celebration of the 90th Anniversary of the Council. A short biography on each contributor at rear of book. Numerous entries, some having been previously published. Weight approx. 470gms. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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GEELONG GRAMMARIANS AT THE GREAT WAR (Inscribed and Signed Copy)

By: Affleck, James

Price: $61.75

Publisher: Armadale, Victoria, Australia, Cliffe Books (in Association with the Geelong Grammar Foundation ): 1999

Seller ID: 013502

ISBN: 0958536929

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

vi, + 286pp., colour plate frontispiece, two unpaginated colour plates, unpaginated b/white halftone section, plus a line-drawn theatre map section at rear. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt titles and school crest over mildly foredge-bumped maroon boards. A personal inscription (" . . . many thanks for your help, James") additiionally fully signed and dated (11th November, 1999 - the book's release date) on title page, else textblock unmarked. Plain glassine dustwrapper has several repaired closed tears, else good. The book pays tribute to and gives short biographies of s...
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SHIMMERING SPOKES : One Australian's 16,000 Km Odyssey. (Signed Copy)

By: Allen, Richard Sanders

Price: $24.70

Publisher: New South Wales, Australia, New Holland Books: 1999

Seller ID: 008512

ISBN: 1864365218

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

346pp., plus 2 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author signature to title page, otherwise leaves clean, albeit with a hint of tanning to textblock edges. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. "Inspired by the death of his mother to breast cancer, Richard Allen made an extraordinary decision - to cycle around Australia to raise funds for cancer research . . . this is Richard's personal chronicle of his experiences, the people he encountered and the obstacles he overcame during his colourful and arduous journey. Cycling up ...
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KINGS CROSS SWINDLERS. (Signed Copy)

By: Andrew, Patrick

Price: $12.35

Publisher: Australia, Gordon A. Publishers: 1994

Seller ID: 002032

ISBN: 0646027581

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

189pp., book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed on title page by author, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has several mild creases and lightly splayed, else good. "This is a humourous story about the confidence tricksters who inhabit Australia's famous bohemian centre . . . " Book weight approx. 250g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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PARALLEL FORCES. (Signed Copy)

By: Anggraeni, Dewi

Price: $16.15

Publisher: Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia, Indra Publishing: 1988

Seller ID: 005462

ISBN: 0958771812

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

197pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Concise inscription, signed by author on her bio. page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated (David Wong) card wrapper lightly edgeworn only. Are dark forces at work? Amyrra believes she is being overpowered by the force of an ominous prediction. Desperate to free herself, she tries to fight it with brutal force. Will it be enough? Book weight approx. 230g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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SPECKY MAGEE & THE SEASON OF CHAMPIONS. (Signed Copy)

By: Arena, Felice and Lyon, Garry

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia: 2004

Seller ID: 005611

ISBN: 0143300628

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

222pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed, in bold black felt pen, by co-author Garry Lyon, on half-title page, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has minimal edgewear only. "Simon 'Specky' Magee and his Under 14s football team, the Booyong High Lions, return to battle out the second half of their league's season . . . Meanwhile, he'll have to deal with his rival and worst enemy, Screamer Johnson, and he will meet the mysterious Tiger Girl, and the Great McCarthy . . . " Book weight approx. 260g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weig...
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THE NEW OXFORD BOOK OF CANADIAN SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH

By: Atwood, Margaret and Weaver, Robert [Selected by]

Price: $22.80

Publisher: Don Mills, Ontario, Canada, Oxford University Press: 1997

Seller ID: 003593

ISBN: 0195412206

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good +

xv, + 462pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Text-block very slightly distorted. Signed on the half-title page by major-name contributor: author Carol Shields [1935-2003], otherwise leaves are clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. Chosen by Margaret Atwood and Robert Weaver, this current edition is a selection of more contemporary, twentieth-century authors, the earlier edition having included many born from 1850 on. Names included here comprise the cream of Canadian literature, viz: Atwood, Carol Shields, Alice Munro, Matt Cohen, Mavis Gallant, Caroline Adderson, Mar...
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TO BALLINA & BACK (Signed Copy)

By: Ayerbe, Jack

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, Alto Books: 2007

Seller ID: 013264

ISBN: 0980289629

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

xiii, + 256pp., b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A personal inscription, signed Jack, to reverse of half-title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper unfdamaged. From the rear panel: "It seemed like a good idea at the time. With these words, young Australian veterinarian Jack Ayerbe moves to a rural practice in the north-west corner of Ireland. It was 1970, an outbreak of respiratory disease was threatening the local cattle population and, sensing adventure, Jack takes up the challenge. It would change his life forever . . . " Book w...
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THE WIRE CLASSROOM. (Signed Copy)

By: Bailey, John

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, The Australasian Book Society: 1976

Seller ID: 010092

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

203pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain green boards very lightly bumped on lower foredge corner. Author signature and stamped number '67' to half-title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated (Gary Shead), loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased and indented. " . . . a funny, frank, satirical, serious, highly topical novel of New Guinea. It is centred on an innocent young Australian schoolteacher who, in the remote hot village of Wendi, finds himself confronted by such appalling characters as Peanuts O'Neil, Mucker, Bendix van Kra...
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A PICTURE OF HAMPSHIRE. (Signed Copy)

By: Baker, John L.

Price: $26.60

Publisher: London, Robert Hale: 1986

Seller ID: 008345

ISBN: 0709025750

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

270pp., b/white line-drawings, by the author, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain russet boards undamaged. Signed by author on title page, otherwise leaves unmarked. Colour art-illustrated (Winchester City Cross', John L. Baker), loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased, and mild sunning to spine. "One of England's largest and most beautiful counties, Hampshire is an area of exceptional variety . . . More than 100 of John Baker's delicate and revealing line drawings enhance a satisfying and comprehensive text." Contents include: List...
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A BOOK FOR ME (Signed Copy)

By: Ball, C R Joe

Price: $24.70

Publisher: Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, Melrose Books: 2012

Seller ID: 011188

ISBN: 1907732500

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

vii, + 102pp., including four pages of b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Personal inscription, "Lorrie . . . ", signed by the author on title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edge-rubbed only. The death of his beloved wife caused Joe Ball to enquire on the purpose of his life. He recounts his personal journey, that saw him "shed the male cloak of certainty, only to be pitched headlong into the fascinating and frustrating world of awareness and enlightenment where logic no longer applies . . . " Book weig...
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RUBBISH (Signed Copy)

By: Barfoot, Chris and Klapish, Simon

Price: $14.25

Publisher: Hartwell, Victoria, Temple House/ Sid Harta: 2003

Seller ID: 001849

ISBN: 1877059528

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

v, + 254pp., b/w art illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine tight. Inscription, signed by Simon Klapish on title page, else leaves unmarked. Art-illustrated [Beau White], card wrapper undamaged. The humorous adventures of Dave who runs the biggest rubbish dump in the state. Rubbish and money are his passions, although he has a growing desire for the local pig farmer's daughter. On a government-sponsored fact-finding tour in France, the head of the Paris dump offers to pay Dave to take some 'harmless' packages off his hands from a French Pacific island . . . Book weight approx. 350...
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COMEDIANS IN THE MIST: The Serious Business Of Being Funny in Australia. (Signed Copy)

By: Bartlett, Geoff [Compiled by]

Price: $10.45

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Harper Collins: 1999

Seller ID: 003115

ISBN: 0732265363

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

210pp., intext, b/w portrait illustration of interviewees. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Inscription, signed 'Geoff' on half-title page, minor production flaw on author bio/portrait page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated [Nigel Buchanan] card wrapper mildly bumped and creased. Contributors include: Mikey Robins, Peter Berner, Amanda Keller, Magda Szubanski, Paul McDermott, Red Symons, Wendy Harmer, John Clarke, Greg Fleet, Julia Morris, Jean Kitson and many more. Lossely inserted with book: Author's business card. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item w...
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DERBYSHIRE GHOSTS & LEGENDS. (Signed Copy)

By: Bell, David

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Berkshire, England, Countryside Books: 2002

Seller ID: 008220

ISBN: 185306260X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

128pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Short inscription, signed by author on title page, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a small, soft crease to lower corner of rear panel, otherwise very good. "Derbyshire is a county steeped in ancient legends and traditions, born of a rich and colourful history and a landscape at once romantic and forbidding . . . David Bell has brought together a remarkable collection of Derbyshire's legacy of the unexplained and the supernatural. In addition he provides a glossary of dialect words and phrases which recall a time and a way of life ...
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NATURAL AFFAIRS : A Botanist Looks at the Attachments Between Plants and People. (Signed Copy)

By: Bernhardt, Peter

Price: $28.50

Publisher: New York, Villard Books: 1993

Seller ID: 008290

ISBN: 0679413162

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

xiv, + 225pp., colour plates, plus b/white line-drawn and photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Quarter-cloth spine firm, small area of discoloration to same. Plain purple boards undamaged. Author's signature and date (1993) to title page, otherwise leaves clean. Oblique crease to three leaves. Rough trimmed foredge. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket nominally creased on edges. "Professor Bernhardt examines some of the fascinating relationships between humans and plants throughout the ages . . . an absorbing tour of the strange points in history where the...
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INEXPLICABLES: Poems (Inscribed Copy)

By: Berry, Michael

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Australia, Author (Michael Hilary Berry): 2012

Seller ID: 013756

ISBN: 0987228412

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

107pp. Intext b/white illustrations by Michael Berry. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-art illustrated ('Deluge Series-Mystery', Michael Berry) card wrapper trivially bumped only. A short personal inscription, signed 'Michael', on front fly-sheet, else textblock unmarked. "Inexplicables. An examination of the human condition by means of poetry and drawings" Contents include: Prelims., The Poems. Ink Drawings. Short author bio. Book weight approx. 150g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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ONE MAN IN HIS TIME : Edward Bishop Master Builder 1844-1902 (Signed Copy)

By: Bishop, Marjorie de Freyne

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, The Craftsman Press: 1979

Seller ID: 012978

ISBN: 0909108129

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

xi, + 98pp., floor plan layout front endpaper. Sepia halftone plate illustrations throughout, including subject-portrait frontispiece. Book clean and square. Illustrated boards covered with permanent clear adhesive film, which is partly soiled, including overlap on pastedowns. Signed by author on limitation page (500 copies printed, of which 45 were numbered and signed - this copy is signed only). The story of Melbourne, Victoria colonial master builder Edward Bishop (1844-1902), written by his eldest grand-daughter Marjorie de Freyne Bishop (1904-1989). The author lived all of her life in the...
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THE GHOST OF JOHNNY SAVAGE. (Signed Copy)

By: Bone, Ian

Price: $8.55

Publisher: Dingley, Victoria, Australia, Mammoth [Reed For Kids]: 1996

Seller ID: 003470

ISBN: 1863307559

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

115pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Signed by author on half-title page, otherwise leaves mildly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped on lower foredge corner. A stand-alone, Volume 13, in the 'Mammoth Mystery' series, finds a confused Grace, uncertain who to trust or believe; is rock & roll icon Johnny Savage really dead? Or is he the mysterious Karl in disguise? With Gino, who is sure he knows, is Grace able to solve this mystery.?" Contents include: 22 compelling chapters. Book weight approx. 140g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo...
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BOON: In the Firing Line. (Signed Copy)

By: Boon, David with Thomas, Mark A.

Price: $14.25

Publisher: Sydney, Sun Australia: 1993

Seller ID: 003133

ISBN: 0725107243

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fair +

xiii, + 161pp., unpaginated [16 page], candid and action-illustrated, b/w halftone plate section. Book square. Spine firm. Dampstain on upper foredge of several leaves, plus inscription signed by David Boon and Merv Hughes on title page. Pictorial card wrapper mildly edgeworn, and dampstained. 'Boon' is the story of Tasmania's most beloved cricketing hero, David Clarence Boon . . . Contents include: Foreword by Allen Border, Intro., Beginning, Trials and tribulations, Ashes and islands, Home & Away 1992-93, Boon's views, Watchers and players, Postscript, D.C.Boon-Statistical profile. Book weig...
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Category: Signed Books